On View: Souvenirs of the Cuba Trip

It has been a couple of months since 24 Pierson High School students returned from the field trip of a lifetime: a visit to Cuba, not long after its borders were reopened to American visitors. It’s safe to say the excursion left a lasting impression.

An exhibition of student photographs from Cuba and artwork inspired by that trip, along with a musical performance of an Afro-Cuban piece by some of the students, will open on Saturday at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum.

“We’ve done a lot of trips, not to Cuba, but to Spain and Italy. What will happen a lot of times is that the trip itself will be the catalyst for the kids continuing to find out about places, doing work when they get back here so that the trip itself is not the end,” Peter Solow, a Pierson art teacher who accompanied the students to Cuba, said by phone this week. “With this particular trip, this is a little more than we normally do. . . . We’re taking it to an additional level with having this exhibition.”

The opening reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, with a panel discussion by students and their chaperones ahead of that, from 4 to 5:30. The exhibit itself will run through May 17 at the museum, at 200 Main Street in the village.

According to Mr. Solow, the museum invited the students to plan a show six months ago — before they had even left for their trip in February.

“It’s been very impressive watching the kids,” he said. “They’re still so invested in it.”