Top 10 Museums in Chatham, Massachusetts (MA)

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.

Set in an old Chatham farmhouse built in the late 1700s, Maps of Antiquity offers over 15,000 antique maps and prints. The distribution is worldwide with a focus on the Northeast. Our inventory includes early American maps from the late 1700's, nautical charts, town maps, hand-colored 19th century country and state maps, reproductions, natural history and historical prints. Additional services include: framing, appraisals, restoration, conservation, lectures & seminars, buying, selling, & map finding.

Founded in 2002, the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center occupies two restored buildings on the preserved 11 acre, 10-building campus which comprised the former Marconi/RCA Wireless Receiving Station, once the busiest ship-to-shore station on the East Coast and a significant military installation during World War II. From Marconi's Spark To Modern Wireless! The Center's Marconi/RCA Wireless Museum offers interactive exhibits tracing the history of maritime wireless communication in Chatham from its formative days with Marconi through the 20th Century, and the wireless we use today. Visit arrival hours are listed; reservations are advised. Chatham Marconi's Education Center houses the museum's Wireless Today gallery and STEM education classrooms. The Center offers forward-thinking STEM education in area schools through its unique TechSmart program, STEM After Hours outside the classroom, and fun on-site week-long Summer Science classes. Please see website for details.

Very Wendy Studios is a yoga, meditation and art center offering a unique mix of classes for your body mind and soul. We offer many different styles of yoga including Absolute Beginners, Slow Flow and Meditation, Vinyasa Flow, Yummy Yin Yoga and also Pilates. Very Wendy Studios is an art gallery featuring art --fashion illustrations and Cape Cod scenes by Artist Very Wendy. Drop in to browse our collection of gifts and jewelry. We look forward to meeting you in person at our beautiful home studio in Chatham, Massachusetts!

Apparel, Accessories, & Goods with Seaside Attitude! The bliss you feel at the beach in every day. Discover emerging designers, artisans, and crafted goods that are fresh, modern, eco-friendly, local to Cape Cod, made in USA, and more.

1830 Sea Salt continues the historic tradition of salt production by using the abundant natural resources of time, wind, sun, and salt water from the beautiful shores of Cape Cod. It honors a time in the early 1800s when, except for fishing, the most important industry on Cape Cod was the manufacturing of salt. Travel back and see how it was done then, purchase a classic sea salt souvenir today.