Atwood Museum, Massachusetts, United States
5.0 (213 reviews) Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Cape Cod Historic Sites • Art Museums • History Museums
So hospitable and welcoming.
Exhibit hours and days vary throughout the year. For details please visit our website. **Advance reservations are required during the pandemic.** Most, but not all exhibits may be open at this time. ** New exhibits this year include: - An outdoor Wetu (Wampanoag dwelling), - The Turning Point - Mayflower Exhibit, - WWII Commemoration, and - Honoring the Suffrage Movement. Explore Cape Cod of centuries past with 12 galleries in 14 exhibits, starting with a tour of a historical dwelling built circa 1752. Discover Cape Cod's captivating history, art, and culture at the Chatham Historical Society's Atwood House Museum. In addition to the 18th century Atwood House, Museum highlights include: a Mural Barn with works by Alice Stallknecht, the Nickerson North Beach Camp, a fishing gallery, Double Take Then and Now photo exhibit, Main Street Cape Cod, stories of the Pendleton and other shipwrecks, several rotating exhibits, a research facility, a popular gift shop and more.
Address
347 Stage Harbor Rd, Chatham, MA 02633-2229
Mobile
Website
http://www.chathamhistoricalsociety.org
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 13:52
User Ratings
5.0 based on (213 reviews)
Reviews
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5Capepickerr 5:00 PM May 24, 2022
The Essence of Chatham
Intriguing museum which had a way lot more than we anticipated. We have lived on Cape Cod 40 years and finally made it to this Chatham gem! One gets a great sense of the history of this town back in the 1700s-1900s. Good concise details on Chatham's long connection with fishing and maritime trade as well as other commerce/agriculture. The 1750s home is interesting. The huge wall murals by a local artist of all the townspeople from the 1920s hinting at their occupations was incredible, especially when one considers the hours of labor (and love) the artist poured into this yearslong effort. And as another reviewer has said, DO NOT miss that 1947 Nickerson camp; I was amazed at how big the "shack" is once you walk into it. I remember the storms that have wiped out many other of those Chatham barrier beach camps (I think only 2 structures are left out on that barrier beach as of spring 2022). These camps were for the working class locals where they could just hang and hunt and fish and catch the sunrise. It was waterfront property at its purest form.......great history.
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5Fabien B 5:00 PM May 19, 2022
Engaging, wonderful museum
I visited this lovely history museum and was impressed with the structure itself . . . a 1750's home with so much original detail still present, as well as the range of exhibits and docents at the ready to explain more about all of the displays. I highly recommend the museum for any one in interested in history and local culture.
