The town of South Cape May, just west of the Cape May beachfront, was founded in 1894. By the 1950s the entire town had disappeared into the sea – all of its homes either destroyed by storms or picked up and moved to other locations.

In its heyday, South Cape May had more than 40 homes and hundreds of summer residents. Joseph Bucher, one of the last residents, chronicled life in the resort before the Atlantic Ocean swallowed it. The book, “Remembering South Cape May: The Jersey Shore Town That Vanished Into the Sea,” is co-authored by his son-in-law Robert Kenselaar.

Kenselaar is the guest curator of an exhibit that examines the rise and fall of the community that once stood on the land that today is the Nature Conservancy’s Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge.

The exhibit, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities and funded by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, is open daily until Nov. 6 at Cape May’s Carriage House Gallery. Hours vary, and admission is free.

For information or to make reservations call 884-5404 or (800) 275-4278 or see www.capemaymac.org.