Our Cape Cod Museum Trail was launched in 2014 when a few museum directors on Cape Cod gathered to discuss ways to share, coordinate and promote each other’s vast and diverse resources. It continues to evolve with many new member museums joining the trail monthly.
This organization shares everything from Cape Cod history to nature and art -a tremendous resource that you can follow on your computer, tablet or phone to plan your next Cape Cod holiday. Here, you can visit a variety of museums along the trail from its tip and the Pilgrim Monument to Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich. Explore photo galleries, view videos, read stories or just take a virtual tour any time of the year.
We just received their latest Newsletter which is highlighted below. Cape Cod is so magical in the fall with endless places to explore and visit.
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Highlights along theTrail
Discovering New Artists
Provincetown Art Association Museum
With the fall comes compelling art exhibitions across the Museum Trail. This exhibit is underwritten by the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant, awarded to under-recognized American painters over the age of 45 who demonstrate financial need. Its mission is to promote public awareness of and a commitment to American art.
Tour Historical Setucket
Brewster Historical Society
Modernism, Mexico and Cape Cod
Cape Cod Museum of Art
This exhibit of artist Milton Teichman includes 35 pieces that illustrate his high level of experimentation and exploration while exercising his ideas and skills in painting and sculpture. Teichman experiments with collage and assemblage. In sculpture, he works in bronze, clay, wood, sheet brass, styrofoam, paper, and found objects. Click here.
A Bewitching Story
Falmouth Museums on the Green
Fact: New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe is descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem. Fiction: Her latest work, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, is a bewitching story of a woman with a similar history. Click here.
Waters of the Three Bays
Historical Society of Santuit-Cotuit
Zenas “Zee” Crocker will discuss Osterville’s and Cotuit’s shared watershed: its history, demographics and components. What makes our Three Bays unique among the 53 watersheds on Cape Cod? What has led to this watershed being the third most troubled on Cape Cod?
On the Wind
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Recognized as one of the nation’s most renowned maritime-themed photographers, Ed Gifford’s remarkable photography exhibit, “On the Wind” features black and white and color images of Herreshoff sailing yachts. An avid sailor himself, Gifford has logged some 45,000 boating hours and taken part in many races worldwide. Click here.
Art on Two Wheels
Cultural Center of Cape Cod
This exhibit of a century of motorcycles and related artwork includes rare, vintage, and custom bikes, mostly Harley-Davidsons, all extraordinary, from the collection of David McGraw, who has worked for decades to acquire and restore iconic Harleys and other fine machines.
Free All Day
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Smithsonian Museum Day is a one-day event in which participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Participants are allowed to download one ticket per email address. The ticket provides free general admission on Saturday, September 21, 2019, for two people.
Nye Family Reunion
Nye Family Homestead and Museum
Come join the family for the day. This is a tradition dating back to 1902. There will be a clambake and annual business meeting.
Mushrooming Beyond the Basics
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Let’s go a little further and learn about some medicinal mushrooms, and more about mushroom features and methods of identification. Our talk with visuals will cover additional types of mushrooms to take you further on your mushrooming journey. Afterwards, we will go out on the Museum trail to find some wild mushrooms. Click here.
Grounding of the Eldia
Orleans Historical Society
The Eldia tanker grounded 35 years ago. Local historian Bonnie Snow will present an overview of the events of the spring of 1984, plus a chance for locals to reminisce with memorabilia and photographs. Image from WCAI.
Harvest Festival
Bourne Society for Historic Preservation
The Alonzo Booth Blacksmith Shop and the Alan Green Carriage House will be open. The forge will be fired up and blacksmiths demonstrating their skills. Our antique carriage collection will be on display. Pony rides, old-time games, face painting and crafts will entertain the children for a day “unplugged”. A puppet show will be presented – free with admission.
Baker’s Dozen
Provincetown Art Association Museum
One of the joys of viewing art is making connections between new pieces and those with which we are familiar. Come experience this with Beth Stein as she takes you through selected works from PAAM’s permanent collection.
A Kids’ Cranberry Festival
JFK Hyannis Museum
Favorite children’s author Jim Coogan will return to the museum to present Clarence the Cranberry Who Couldn’t Bounce. Chef Dylan Jordan of Rendezvous Café will teach how to make delicious cranberry muffins. Each participant will get a bag of cranberries and a copy of the recipe.
Dunham Shoe Factory in Concert
Wellfleet Preservation Hall
The Dunham Shoe Factory is a collaboration between Anna Patton, Mac Ritchey, Todd Roach and Dave Haughey. They are a contemporary acoustic ensemble playing original compositions influenced by world traditions. Combining the clarinet, oud, percussion and cello, their music draws from an array of styles including Egyptian, Jazz, Brazilian, Turkish, and Indian music.
Sagas of the Icelanders
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
The Sagas of Icelanders are perhaps our best source of information about the use of weapons in the Viking age, giving many examples of men using weapons to resolve their disputes and to defend their honor. When combined with evidence from archaeology and from bioarchaeology, these examples paint a fairly clear picture of how Viking-age warriors fought.
Wampanoag Day
Aptucxet Trading Post
Celebrate Cape Cod’s first people at this Annual festival celebrating Wampanoag history and culture. Featuring a performance by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers. Events include drumming, dancing, music, native games, corn husk figures, wampum demonstrations and native crafts.
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Cape Cod is magical in the autumn- come stay with us at the Freeman and experience all that Cape Cod has to offer.
