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Museum Pieces: Ships, trains, and fish

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“I’m not all that nice. I just try to avoid trouble, is all.” —Norman Bridwell They say we New Englanders are not all that nice,...

Museum Pieces: Halloween on the Hill

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“To be thus situated in storms when the Sea is beating with such violence.” —Matthew Mayhew, Cape Poge lighthouse keeper Every day we encounter challenges,...

Museum Pieces: Diversions

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“The wheel of time, as it rolls on, carries with it that of fortune — either good or bad.” —Hebron Vincent, March 6, 1855 We...

Museum Pieces: History in every nook and cranny

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“The thing is, we longtimers occasionally feel stranded on the Island, and we ask ourselves if it’s absolutely necessary to stay.” —Holly Nadler Well, is...

Museum Pieces: Slippery seaweed and cemetery tours

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“The number of living creatures of all orders whose existence intimately depends on kelp is wonderful." —Charles Darwin There are three basic groups of seaweed:...

Museum Pieces: Immerse yourself in history

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“Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.” —Jose Andres Time to feed our curiosity with all kinds of things you may have...

Museum Pieces: readings, conversations, and land

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“I really couldn’t tell which were fantastic and which were novelty. I just love the words.” —Fan Ogilvie Island poet Fan Ogilvie has just released...

Museum Pieces: Rebecca Amos revealed

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. —Maya Angelou Martha’s Vineyard Museum desires to be a home for Island history...

Museum Pieces: Fish tales and other stories

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The time is nigh when many of us lose our partners to the siren call of the 79th annual M.V. Striped Bass and Bluefish...

Museum Pieces: Penikese Island History

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"Study nature, not books." —Louis Agassiz (1807–73) In 1873, Louis Agassiz persuaded a wealthy NYC businessman, John Anderson, to give him Penikese Island plus a...

Museum Pieces: Widdiss wampum belt revealed

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“I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.” —Sacheen Littlefeather The Wampanoag people have lived on Martha’s Vineyard for...

Museum Pieces: A Luce celebration and more

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“Them that calls on me must come with good hearts, tender feelings, speak the truth to my face and behind my back, but gross...

Museum Pieces: Each a path to history

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“Do people ever ask you if you’re in the Witness Protection Program?” —A repairman arriving at writer Margaret Knight’s Chappaquiddick home There is a story...

Museum Pieces: Get lost in the past

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“What’s curious about one’s journey is that we have opportunities to drink from the wellsprings of those who’ve come before us.” —Lyle Ashton  Martha’s Vineyard...

Museum Pieces: Come be curious

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“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” -Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was a Jazz Age poetess and frequent visitor to...

Museum Pieces: History through young lives

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“It’s important to me that I create the type of representation I want to see.”  –Zoe Alphonse  Zoe Alphonse is a 16-year-old filmmaker from Chicago...

Museum Pieces: Devin, the Semenaks, and a Big Red Dog

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“We are a glass-half-full type of family.”  –Judah Semenak It was a special day at Martha’s Vineyard Museum on July 11 when we welcomed the...

Museum Pieces: Discover the Island

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“My mother believed that a North Atlantic summer was one of the most magical gifts in life.”  –Caroline B. Kennedy Martha’s Vineyard is a mystical...

Museum Pieces: Independence, fireworks, and fire engines

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“As the sun dips to dusk, downtown Edgartown pairs pyrotechnics with a picturesque backdrop of its iconic lighthouse and seascape.”  –MV Times, June 28,...

Museum Pieces: Oral histories, Eisenstadt, small business, and more

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“I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.” –Susan Branch It’s here. The summer of 2024! What memories will we make and...