Salt Pond Visitor Center Museum

Website: https://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm

Address: 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, Massachusetts 02642

Phone: 508-255-3421

Email: sue_moynihan@nps.gov

Hours are 9-4:30 daily, and 9-5 beginning May 1. Stop by the outdoor stations to ask a question or for help planning your visit. Pick up the seashore Trip Planner and brochures on trails and resource topics, check out our self-serve info boards, or ask about becoming a Junior Ranger. Drop by the The America's National Parks store at Salt Pond to browse books, maps, field guides, apparel, and other seashore-related items for sale. 

The visitor center grounds are open, offering dramatic views of seashore landscapes and waterscapes. In addition, there are outdoor exhibits located at many seashore sites.

In the visitor center lobby, a large topographic map illustrates Cape Cod's glacial history, its position in the Gulf of Maine, and natural forces that continue to shape it. The museum in the Salt Pond Visitor Center emphasizes the cultural themes represented on Cape Cod. A new section interprets Wampanoag culture and history through artifacts, photographs and art, a partial wetu (home), and oral histories; this exhibit focuses on native peoples' uses of natural materials for food and shelter.

Other themes covered in the museum include whaling, lifesaving and lighthouses, maritime industries, agricultural life, and everyday life.

When you visit the museum, make sure to enjoy everything that the Visitor Center has to offer.

Salt Pond Visitor Center is Cape Cod National Seashore's main visitor facility, with frequent orientation movies, a well stocked bookstore, a comprehensive museum, and restroom facilities. The indoor theatre routinely offers 5 short films daily on a rotating schedule. Offering breathtaking views of Nauset Marsh and the Atlantic beyond.

The Visitor Center is also convenient to the popular 1.5 mile Nauset Marsh Trail and the Buttonbush Trail, a .25 mile multi-sensory trail that featuring a guide rope and text panels printed in large lettering and Braille, and the Nauset Bicycle Trail.

Hours:

Mon. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Tue. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Wed. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Thu. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Fri. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Sat. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Sun. 09:00 AM - 4:30 PM