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30 07, 2024

Cape Cod Artists of Impressionist New England

2024-07-30T11:04:30-04:00July 30th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

Cape Cod Artists of Impressionist New England By Amanda Wastrom, Curator Cape Cod has inspired painters for generations now. In the story of American Impressionism, this region plays a major role, mainly thanks to the Provincetown Art Colony. Around the early 1900s, Provincetown was a major summer destination for [...]

10 06, 2024

Baxter Pocket Watch Trade Sign

2024-07-16T14:43:11-04:00June 10th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

2024 Heritage Highlights Exhibit: John Baxter's Pocket Watch Trade Sign By Sarah Sherman Clark, Registrar/Collections Manager For centuries, businesses have used signs to advertise their trades, services, and goods. Because large portions of populations throughout history could not read, it was common to use the universal languages of illustrations, [...]

10 06, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight!

2024-06-10T11:10:57-04:00June 10th, 2024|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Gardens and Plants|

Volunteer Spotlight: Featuring Carole Romaine By:  Iris Clearwater, Volunteer Coordinator & Senior Gardener Do you know any kids who love Legos?  Imagine a table covered in Legos of all shapes and sizes to explore creating your own fantasy car with, inspired by the stunning cars you passed on your [...]

13 05, 2024

Alfred Glover in the Garden

2024-05-22T11:32:22-04:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection|

Alfred Glover in the Garden: An Interview with Alfred Glover By Amanda Wastrom, Curator This season, we are thrilled to have Alfred Glover’s whimsical, folk-art style sculptures populating the grounds and gardens at Heritage. For over four decades, Glover has lived and worked on Cape Cod, making art in [...]

19 04, 2024

Charging Ahead

2024-05-09T11:32:16-04:00April 19th, 2024|Categories: Automobiles, Current Exhibits, Exhibits|

CHARGING AHEAD Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections and Exhibitions With the recent emphasis on the importance of electric cars, you may think that they are a recent invention. In fact, the first electric car was made in Scotland almost two hundred years ago! Of course, that vehicle was [...]

19 04, 2024

Charging Ahead: The Mercury Arc Rectifier

2024-04-20T08:18:24-04:00April 19th, 2024|Categories: Automobiles, Current Exhibits, Exhibits|

CHARGING AHEAD: THE MERCURY ARC RECTIFIER Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections and Exhibitions Although commonly considered a thoroughly modern invention, electric cars have been around for a long time. In fact, the first electric car was made in Scotland almost two hundred years ago! Of course, that vehicle [...]

2 04, 2024

2024 Heritage Highlights

2024-04-02T12:13:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

2024 Heritage Highlights Exhibit: Featuring Items Important to Cape Codders By Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions Recently many visitors to Heritage have been saying the same thing – they want to hear more local stories. We listened! This season the Heritage Highlights exhibit in the Art and [...]

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