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Cranberries for Troops During World War II By Jennifer Y. Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions The desire for cranberries on a Thanksgiving table doesn’t end in wartime. Perhaps it is then that their presence is even more important, when food has the power to remind far-off troops of [...]

Celebrating the New Cranberry Collection at Heritage By Jennifer Y. Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions Heritage Museums & Gardens has some exciting news! If you have visited us this season, you might have gotten a glimpse of our newest exhibit, Bountiful Bogs: The Massachusetts Cranberry Story. What you [...]

2025 Heritage Highlights Did you know that the Heritage Museums & Gardens stewards a collection of over 18,000 objects? Containing everything from vintage cars to folk art paintings, this eclectic ensemble is the result of decades of collecting by our founders, Josephine and Josiah Kirby Lilly III. Encompassing what [...]

Women Artists of Impressionist New England By Amanda Wastrom, Curator Some of the most rewarding discoveries I had while researching the Impressionist New England exhibition were all the new artist friends I met. Despite the fact that most of them are now deceased, the research process often feels like [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]