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Celebrate the end of the summer with an old-time ice cream social at the Nye Museum! Enjoy an ice cream sundae and then play games on the lawn or take a stroll on the museum trails. The homestead and exhibit center will also be open for tours until 4PM for an additional fee. If inclement […]
Honoring the seafaring history of East Sandwich, Larry Brookhart of the Harwich Observatory will be onsite and will provide information on basic astronomy including celestial navigation. This is a rare opportunity to visit the museum at night. Attendees will enjoy looking at the night sky together with Mr. Brookhart, museum staff, and other astronomy enthusiasts. […]
Dip-Dyeing Demo & Hands-On Project – Join us for an afternoon of natural dyeing! You’ll learn how to make your own dye bath from plants and how to prepare fibers for at-home projects to create beautiful imprints on the ribbon. Participants are setup with a bowl of dye and watercolor paper strips for dipping or painting. This workshop […]
Summertime is the perfect time for s’mores and stories! On select Friday evenings in July, the Nye Museum will host local children’s authors for story time. Enjoy making s’mores around the campfire before settling in for an entertaining story read aloud by the authors. See schedule below. This event is appropriate for ages 5 & […]
Summertime is the perfect time for s’mores and stories! On select Friday evenings in July, the Nye Museum will host local children’s authors for story time. Enjoy making s’mores around the campfire before settling in for an entertaining story read aloud by the authors. See schedule below. This event is appropriate for ages 5 & […]
Summertime is the perfect time for s’mores and stories! On select Friday evenings in July, the Nye Museum will host local children’s authors for story time. Enjoy making s’mores around the campfire before settling in for an entertaining story read aloud by the authors. See schedule below. This event is appropriate for ages 5 & […]
A fun array of activities are planned for the Open House. Costumed tour guides will be stationed around the property including one in each room of the historic Benjamin Nye Homestead where they will interpret different aspects of Nye and East Sandwich history. The New Plimmoth Gard Reenactors will be on-site conducting demonstrations. Artisan vendors […]
In this lively talk about the first female historian of the American Revolution and our first woman playwright, Nancy Rubin Stuart captures intimate details of the life native Cape-Codder Mercy Otis Warren and her patriotic achievements. The sister of firebrand James “the Patriot” Otis, who first declared “taxation without representation is tyranny,” Mrs. Warren was […]
The Nye Museum in partnership with the Sandwich Arts Alliance (SAA) will present a show titled “Inside/Outside” of artwork inspired by the Nye Museum homestead and landscape as well as the surrounding area of Sandwich. SAA plein air painters visited the Nye Museum over the course of 2023 and interpreted different facets of the museum […]
Event calendar courtesy of See Plymouth.