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“Where Are We?” History of Navigation from 1200 BC
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisFrom ancient Polynesian stick charts and Icelandic spars to vintage nautical charts to modern electronic equipment from RDF to AIS, […]
Glassblowing Demonstrations
Sandwich Glass Museum 129 Main St, SandwichWatch molten glass, drawn from the furnace, blown and pressed into exquisite shapes. Learn why the Boston & Sandwich Glass […]
Levine Lighting Gallery
Sandwich Glass Museum 129 Main St, SandwichThe Levine Gallery of Early American Lighting is an installation of Sandwich glass lighting devices from 1825 to the electric […]
An Intimate View: Sandwich Through A Lens
Sandwich Glass Museum 129 Main St, SandwichExplore and engage in the life of a storied, multi generational Sandwich Family through intimate photographs created by original 9 […]
Collectors Collecting Collections
Highfield Hall & Gardens MAWhat one collects, why, and how one collects, will be explored throughout 2022 in the curated series of four installations […]
The Whaling Port of Provincetown, 1800-1925
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisProvincetown was once the third most important whaling port in the country, after New Bedford and Nantucket. This exhibit illustrates […]
The 19th Century’s Perfect Storm: The Portland Gale of 1898
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisThe Portland Gale was a massive storm that struck the coast of New England in late November of 1898. With […]
Hyannis Port Railroad Wharf: 1854-1937
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisPrior to the Railroad Wharf in Hyannis Port, the nearest port for ships travelling to and from Nantucket was New […]
PAAM In 3D: The Virtual Experience
Provincetown Art Assocation and Museum 460 Commercial Street, ProvincetownNo matter where you are in the world, you can visit PAAM right now! PAAM is pleased to present PAAM […]
Quest for Cod
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisUsing models, photos, diagrams, nautical charts, and personal stories, this exhibit follows two hundred years of commercial fishing in Provincetown […]
Shellfishing Cape Cod: Past, Present, Future
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street, HyannisShellfish, water dwelling invertebrate animals, live on the seafloor or burrow just under the seabed surface. The fresh and saltwaters […]
Juried Exhibition: PAAM + PMPM
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum 1 High Pole Hill Rd,, ProvincetownProvincetown Art Association and Museum and the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum are hosting an opportunity for members of both […]
Island People: Portraits and Stories from Nantucket
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, NantucketThis exhibition will draw from the NHA’s collections of painted, photographic, and silhouette portraits to highlight both famous and lesser-known […]
Presidential Summers: The Kennedys on Cape Cod
JFK Hyannis Museum 397 Main St, HyannisThe summers were magical. On Friday evenings, President Kennedy would arrive by helicopter on the lawn of the sprawling Kennedy […]
RFK: Ripple of Hope
JFK Hyannis Museum 397 Main St, HyannisThe John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is pleased to announce the return of a special exhibit to commemorate the life […]
John F. Kennedy’s Rocking Chair, ca. 1962
JFK Hyannis Museum 397 Main St, Hyannishe JFK Hyannis Museum is honored to be the temporary home of President Kennedy’s Rocker during the renovation of The […]
Asian Treasures from The Billings Collection
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, NantucketThe exhibition draws from the collection that longtime Nantucket residents and world travelers David Billings and Beverly Hall Billings have […]
Weaving Nantucket’s Past into Its Future: The Craft Continues
Hawden House 96 Main Street, NantucketEach year the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum (NLBM) curates a new exhibit examining some aspect of the lightship basket, recognized […]
Scrimshaw: The Whaler’s Art
Cahoon Museum of American Art 4676 Falmouth Rd, CotuitThis major exhibition presents the art and history of scrimshaw, a nautical folk art form created by whalers during the […]
A Tale of Two Artists
Harwich Historical Society 80 Parallel St,, HarwichHarwich residents Charles D. Cahoon (1861-1951) and Anthony Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) are celebrated around the world, yet the stories of […]
Harwich Goes to School
Brooks Academy Museum 80 Parallel St, HarwichBuilt in 1844, the Brooks Academy Museum started out as a schoolhouse. Explore the history of Harwich schools in this […]
Cranberry Culture
Brooks Academy Museum 80 Parallel St, HarwichThe Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum features Cape Cod’s largest exhibit dedicated to growing the first commercial crop […]
Crowell Barn Exhibit
Elmer Crowell Barn Museum MAExplore the story of the Harwich bird carver A. Elmer Crowell at the reconstructed barn on the grounds of Brooks […]
Special Exhibit: Innovators in Glass
Sandwich Glass Museum 129 Main St, SandwichFeaturing works by leading innovators in contemporary glass art today, this exhibition showcases works created with a variety of techniques, […]
Asian Treasures from The Billings Collection
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, NantucketThe exhibition draws from the collection that longtime Nantucket residents and world travelers David Billings and Beverly Hall Billings have […]
Celebrating Sculpture: 30th Anniversary of the Boston Sculpture Gallery
Highfield Hall & Gardens MAHighfield Hall hosts the Boston Sculptors Gallery this summer as they celebrate their 30th anniversary. Over 40 artists are creating site […]
Jack Coughlin: Themes and Variations
Cape Cod Museum of Art 60 Hope Ln, DennisJack Coughlin: Themes and Variations is a retrospective exhibition that looks closely at over 60 years of Jack Coughlin’s artwork across […]
The Helen and Napi Van Dereck Collection: Part IV
Provincetown Art Assocation and Museum 460 Commercial Street, ProvincetownThis exhibition will feature over 40 artworks from the collection of Napi and Helen Van Dereck. Napi passed away on […]
Out of the Blue: Cyanotypes by Midge Battelle, Rebecca Bruyn, and Amy Heller
Provincetown Art Assocation and Museum 460 Commercial Street, ProvincetownOut of the Blue refers to the brilliant and rarely achieved Prussian blue color indicative of cyanotype photography. This mid-19th century process […]
Brian Rutenberg: Banners of the Coast
Cotuit Center for the Arts 4404 Rte 28, CotuitWidely considered to be one of the finest American painters of his generation, Brian Rutenberg has spent forty years honing […]
Viscera: A Body of Work
Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main St, South YarmouthThis is a mixed media and fibers collection that explores the intersection of 4th wave American feminism, traditional Western women’s […]
Castle Hill 50th Anniversary
Provincetown Art Assocation and Museum 460 Commercial Street, ProvincetownIt all began in 1972, when a group of visionary artists led by Joyce Johnson launched our creative community in […]
Sunday Drives in New England
Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main St, South YarmouthPaintings featuring areas of New England by Bruce Simkins, in the Saben Board Room. For more information, click here.
Six Cape Cod Artists: Each with Unique Methods and Perspectives
Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main St, South YarmouthThis is a collection of abstract and representational works created by Twelve Hands Gallery, in the Constantinidis Great Hall. For more information, click […]
Recent Gifts: Contemporary Photography
Provincetown Art Assocation and Museum 460 Commercial Street, ProvincetownThis exhibition features some of the works of contemporary photography that have recently been donated to our Permanent Collection, drawing […]
Robin Tost: Scrap Metal Quilts
Cahoon Museum of American Art 4676 Falmouth Rd, CotuitSculptor Robin Tost creates colorful, whimsical ‘full metal quilts’ out of recycled automobile parts and cast off metal. The idea […]
Haunting Artwork
Cape Cod Museum of Art 60 Hope Ln, DennisThey have exhumed frightening works of art from our Permanent Collection just in time for Halloween! For more information, click […]
Fragile
Cape Cod Museum of Art 60 Hope Ln, DennisWhile Cape Cod is known for its natural beauty and the artwork it inspires, it is also the home of […]
Coast Guard Oceanography
Coast Guard Heritage Museum 3353 Main St,, BarnstableOur newest exhibit features Coast Guard oceanography and the Service’s leadership in the earliest years of this scientific discipline. This […]
Grand Opening and Open House of New Historic Woodworking Shop
Brewster Historical Society MAJoin the Brewster Historical Society as they open the New Historic Woodworking Shop in the Annex at the Cobb House […]