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2024-01-25T10:29:04-05:00December 6th, 2022|Categories: Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Gardens Aglow, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|
America Through the Eyes of Currier & Ives By Amanda Wastrom, Curator Every year for Gardens Aglow, we select a few prints from Heritage’s collection of Currier & Ives to hang in the American Art & Carousel Gallery. These works are fan favorites for many visitors. What is it [...]
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, [...]
2024-01-25T11:25:11-05:00April 11th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage, Wampanoag|
Digging Into History By: Amanda Wastrom, Assistant Curator While we know quite a bit about the recent past of the land that now makes up Heritage Museums & Gardens (the past 100 years or so), the earlier history of our local area is more of a mystery. With a [...]
2024-01-25T16:27:56-05:00March 21st, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|
WE'RE NOT TOYS! By: Amanda Wastrom, Curator People who have been coming to Heritage for years (generations even), usually have a favorite object that they come to see. Maybe it is the carousel or the 1913 Model T, the Old East Mill or the Rhododendron collection. For many visitors, [...]
2023-01-10T16:15:57-05:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|
Fanny Palmer: One of America's Most Important Artist-Printmakers of the 19th Century By: Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions Frances Flora “Fanny” Bond Palmer (1812-1876) was the leading female lithographer of her time. Born in England, she was trained in drawing and lithography while a teen. As an [...]
2024-03-25T14:48:47-04:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: About Heritage, Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Now at Heritage|
The Carver Behind the Birds By: Amanda Wastrom, Assistant Curator A.E. Crowell. Say the name alone and it may ring a distant bell (after all, Crowell is an historic well-known Cape Cod family) but perhaps you cannot place it. For instant recognition, one must add, “you know, that famous [...]
2023-01-10T16:24:23-05:00November 9th, 2021|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Heritage Collection, Past Exhibits|
GI JOE: America’s Favorite Military Toy Created by U.S. Army Veterans Amanda Wastrom, Assistant Curator Working on this past year’s Let’s Play! New England Toy Stories exhibition, featuring New England made toys and games, meant doing a deep dive into childhood. Many of the most successful toys of the [...]
2024-01-25T15:15:37-05:00August 9th, 2021|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Past Exhibits|
Exhibit Spotlight: Paper Dolls Amanda Wastrom, Assistant Curator How do we decide which games and toys end up on exhibit? It’s hard! While the Let’s Play! New England Toy Stories exhibit features many well-known, classic games and toys (like Monopoly or Mr. Potato Head), we also highlighted the toymakers who [...]
2023-01-10T16:21:14-05:00July 6th, 2021|Categories: Automobiles, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Heritage Collection|
1925 FRANKLIN SPORT RUNABOUT AND 1910 SEARS SURREY AUTO REACTIVATION One of the unique challenges that comes with curating a collection of antique automobiles is the question of driving the cars. Do you or don’t you? Heritage believes that occasional and light operation of our cars does not [...]
2024-03-26T10:47:48-04:00June 1st, 2021|Categories: Exhibits, Heritage Collection, Wampanoag|
On Exhibit April - October 2021 This year, we invite you to connect with the history of our region. For more than 12,000 years this region has been inhabited by members of the Wampanoag Tribe, or “People Of The First Light.” We are delighted to have an opportunity [...]
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