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2022-05-13T16:38:58-04:00February 10th, 2021|Categories: Digital Press Kit|
Hidden Hollow™— The Facts Nestled in a two-acre dry kettle hole—a glacially formed depression common to Cape Cod—Hidden Hollow’s unique topography provides a stimulating and beautiful outdoor setting for discovery and learning. Children can climb stepping stumps, navigate log balance beams, construct forts, create nature-inspired art, build with blocks, [...]
2024-03-25T14:50:49-04:00February 10th, 2021|Categories: News and Media, Press Releases|
The Hundred Acre School Is Expanding and Renovating to Provide More Options for Families February 10, 2021 The Hundred Acre School, the Pre-K through Grade 1 STEM school at Heritage Museums & Gardens, will be expanding to add two new classrooms by renovating existing space in the [...]
2024-01-25T10:30:31-05:00February 4th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Gardens and Plants|Tags: American Elderberry, Herb Garden|
Our beautiful elderberry in the herb garden. Sambucus canadensis or American Elderberry is a shrub that can grow to 12 feet, flowering in the summer and producing an abundance of fruits in early fall. The shrub prefers sun to partial share, and moist soil; but are generally easy to [...]
2023-12-06T09:09:33-05:00December 1st, 2020|Categories: News and Media, News and Press|Tags: Gardens Aglow, Holiday, Winter|
A Treasured Holiday Tradition In this year of exceptions and firsts delivered by an unwelcome and continuing pandemic, two longtime local venues are going all out to make sure that holiday visitors will be able to revisit and renew familiar holiday traditions in ways that are both safe [...]
2023-01-10T17:23:05-05:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Wampanoag|Tags: Current Exhibits, History, Wampanoag|
Last week was Thanksgiving, which, for many Americans, conjures images of roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and Pilgrim hats. For members of this continent’s many Indigenous tribes, it is an anniversary but not necessarily a happy one. Although the Pilgrims’ landing wasn’t the first time Europeans landed in North America, [...]
2023-10-23T16:25:31-04:00October 12th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Heritage Collection|Tags: Gravestones, Halloween, Heritage Collection|
Have you ever considered that graveyards are like outdoor museums? A walk through one will take you back in time and face to face with the people of the past. Cemeteries can reveal information about historic events, religions, lifestyles, and genealogy. The epitaphs tell us of lives cut short [...]
2024-03-25T15:11:55-04:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection|Tags: Lets Play, Toys|
Hi, I’m Amanda, Assistant Curator here at Heritage. I was the primary researcher for the Let’s Play! exhibition, now on view in the Special Exhibition Gallery. What a fun project this has been to work on! It has been a blast learning the curious histories of some of America’s best [...]
2024-03-25T15:03:39-04:00September 18th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Down to Earth, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, News and Media, News and Press|Tags: Vegetables|
Down To Earth by Les Lutz What a learning experience this summer has been. Along with many of my friends, I decided to grow vegetables this summer. The most rewarding, and the most challenging, have been the tomatoes. I’ve grown them before, but not in a very long [...]
2021-04-02T14:42:32-04:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: News and Media, News and Press|
Interview With Anne Scott-Putney September 14, 2020 Heritage Museums and Gardens has reported a successful summer and is ready for the changed shoulder season on Cape Cod as the fall approaches amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Anne Scott-Putney, President and CEO of Heritage Museums and Gardens said that all of their primary [...]
2024-05-15T09:51:06-04:00September 11th, 2020|Categories: Automobiles, News and Media, News and Press|
Annual Auto Show Highlights The Classic Corvair September 11, 2020 Face masks, six-foot distancing, Zoom and elbow bumps: In some ways, Cape Cod’s summer season at cultural destinations has been topsy-turvy, with many events re-thought or restructured due to the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite changes, programs and [...]
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