Exhibits

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, [...]

Impressionist New England: Four Seasons of Color and Light By Amanda Wastrom, Curator Impressionism was my first art love. I grew up in New Hampshire, only about an hour north of Boston. My mother, a teacher and an art lover, would take me to museums in the city all [...]

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 [...]