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Exhibits

11 01, 2024

Creating Cape Cod Exhibit Giveaway!

2024-01-26T08:44:11-05:00January 11th, 2024|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Exhibits|

Creating Cape Cod at Home or at Work These items have all found new homes! Thank you to everyone who showed interest. As we say goodbye to the Creating Cape Cod exhibit, we have some elements that made that exhibit special that are looking for new homes. Do you [...]

23 10, 2023

Three Sister Garden: An In-Depth Look

2023-10-23T10:12:41-04:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage, Wampanoag|

An In-Depth Look at Heritage’s Wampanoag-style Garden By:  Amanda Wastrom, Curator and Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener Over hundreds of generations, Wampanoag people in this region developed a migratory cycle of living that followed the patterns of the climate and the land. They learned what resources were available and when. [...]

6 10, 2023

Creating Cape Cod Memories

2023-10-06T12:39:37-04:00October 6th, 2023|Categories: About Heritage, Blog, Exhibits|

Creating Cape Cod Memories By:  You, the visitors! After two seasons we are saying goodbye to the Creating Cape Cod exhibit on Sunday! Visitors talked back to us, leaving their thoughts about their favorite Cape Cod memory, and their musings about the challenges and opportunities they see for the [...]

29 08, 2023

America II

2023-08-29T12:42:52-04:00August 29th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

The America II Model Ship By Amanda Wastrom, Curator Every exhibit needs a showstopper. That attention-grabbing thing that stops visitors in their tracks and (ideally) inspires gasps of awe and astonishment. That’s the dream of every curator after all: lots of pointing, closer looking, and exclamations of wow! and [...]

22 03, 2023

Concrete Distinction

2024-01-25T11:14:41-05:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Blog, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

Concrete Distinction: An Interview with Artist Marybeth Lensel By Amanda Wastrom, Curator In 2003, artist Marybeth Lensel created Concrete Distinction, a site-specific installation on the grounds here at Heritage. Longtime visitors may remember seeing it while walking the trails behind the Arbor Bowl. When I first joined the staff, I [...]

13 02, 2023

Taylor Jones: Presidential Caricaturist

2024-03-25T14:45:47-04:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection|

Taylor Jones: Presidential Caricaturist By Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions The biting art of caricature has been around for hundreds of years, and who makes a better target than politicians? With Presidents’ Day nearly upon us, it’s worth another look at Heritage’s collection of presidential cartoons by [...]

10 05, 2022

Virtual Visit Old Colony History Museum

2024-03-26T10:41:28-04:00May 10th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Automobiles, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|

Old Colony History Museum Virtual Visit: Heritage Museums & Gardens Heritage Museums & Gardens was delighted to be featured on Old Colony History Museum's Virtual Visits program on Friday, May 6! This live Zoom program featured a 30-minute video tour of Heritage, focusing on the Creating Cape Cod exhibit, [...]

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