Local Students' Art Featured in Upcoming CCMM Exhibit
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum is excited to announce the Student Art Exhibit in our Fine Arts Gallery, opening this April. This exhibit...
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- Oct 21, 2022
Coveted Mass Humanities Grant Awarded to CCMM
CCMM is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded a highly competitive, $20,000 grant from Mass Humanities for its “Expand...
- Oct 6, 2022
Thank you, Community Racing, Inc.!
CCMM and the Rowing Program would like to thank Community Racing, Inc., the stewards of the Lewis Bay Boathouse in Yarmouth, MA....
- Aug 8, 2022
Don't Squish the Jellyfish!
One of the strangest creatures that frequent our shores is the jellyfish. Jellyfish, and similar gelatinous creatures, come in a wide...
- Jun 7, 2022
CCMM Awarded Bridge Street Fund Support
CCMM is excited to announce that we have been awarded funds from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of Mass Humanities. Funds...
- Jun 2, 2022
Maritime Musings Podcast: Mark Wilkins
CLICK HERE to listen to the latest episode of Maritime Musings: https://soundcloud.com/areyspondboatyard/maritime-musings-podcast-mark-wi...
- May 5, 2022
Why was sperm whale so prized by 19th century whalers?
During New England’s whaling industry, the most highly prized oil was spermaceti, sometimes referred to as “head oil,” as it was obtained...
- Apr 21, 2022
Scrimshaw Mystery: Double-sided Bookends
In the world of scrimshaw, it is not unusual to find matched sets, with two sperm-whale teeth having the same design. These were usually...
- Apr 19, 2022
Sparrow-Hawk findings
Long-time CCMM members and visitors may remember an early exhibit of the remains of a boat, about 40 feet long, believed to be the...
- Apr 7, 2022
Changes in the Cape Cod Coastline
Beaches are dynamic, living landscape features. Coast barrier beaches, which are long and narrow, and run parallel to shore, are a good...
- Apr 1, 2022
Row to Nantucket
Now taking reservations for trips to Nantucket aboard our fixed-seat rowing gig. Passengers will be required to take a rowing position...
- Mar 24, 2022
Sister Sailors
While in the 17th and 18th centuries, women traveled on fishing and whaling boats only occasionally, in the 19th century, they began...
- Feb 28, 2022
STEM Students Put Lessons to Practical Use Building 10-foot Skiff
Read all about our Fall 2021 Boatbuilding class here! https://www.capenews.net/sandwich/news/stem-students-put-lessons-to-practical-use-b...
- Feb 17, 2022
Free Admission - Winter Camp 2022!
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum is happy to offer FREE ADMISSION TO ALL on Friday, February 25, 2022 thanks to a grant from the Highland...
- Jan 31, 2022
Cape Cod Museum Trail's "Monday at the Museum Podcast" - listen here!
Join Cape Cod Museum Trail as they speak with Elizabeth York, the Executive Director at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, MA. Hear...
- Jun 30, 2021
Cape Cod Maritime Museum casts Family Week, Mayflower lecture
Check out an article about the Cape Cod Maritime Museum's summer activities in the Barnstable Patriot!
- Jun 22, 2021
Podcast: Maritime Musings Episode 7 - Pirates of Pleasant Bay AND more!
Check out the latest episode of our Maritime Musings podcast! Tony sits down with underwater field archeologist and former director of...
- Apr 7, 2021
Cape Cod Maritime Museum restoring 1944 surfboat
Follow the Walkway to the Sea along Hyannis Harbor! Read the article here.
- Feb 19, 2021
Grants help 3 Cape Cod nonprofits thrive
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum raised above and beyond what it ever imagined to fund a summer camp program for children interested in...
- Jan 19, 2021
When Hyannis had a railroad spur jutting into the harbor
CCMM's Curator Don Stucke featured in an article by the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance: Read Here!
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