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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. [...]
2024-01-25T10:56:09-05:00December 19th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Gardens Aglow, Now at Heritage|
The Model Train at Gardens Aglow By Les Lutz, Director of Horticulture When I think of the holidays, I think of trains. Everyone loves trains. And everyone loves model trains even more. Beginning 2013, our G-scale model train became part of the annual Gardens Aglow event at Heritage Museums [...]
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 [...]
2024-03-26T11:02:24-04:00October 20th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Gardens and Plants, Hydrangea, Now at Heritage|
Moving a Large Hydrangea - Relocating an Ancient PeeGee Standard at Heritage A couple of years ago I ‘rediscovered’ two very old Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ tree-form plants on the slope of the Arbor Bowl at Heritage. Both specimens have accession tags indicating their presence at the time of the [...]
2022-02-10T11:20:50-05:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Garden Care and Tips, Gardens and Plants, Now at Heritage|
Pollinator Tea Garden: Provide for native bees and use the leaves for amazing teas! Iris Clearwater, Senior Gardener There are many things that you can do to support both your own health and wellness, and that of our native butterflies and bees populations, which we need to keep [...]
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