Museum Pieces: Link to the past and the future
“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” —Sue Monk Kidd
Our curatorial team worked with Dr. Timothy Walker on the...
Museum Pieces: Knowing our way through history
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” –Henry David Thoreau
I was walking along the beach in...
Museum Pieces: Connecting with the past
“... because you can’t take it all in at once.” –Audrey Hepburn
The past matters to all of us, no matter our previously held feelings about museums, or how we engage with them. The M.V....
Ferry Tales
If you think regularly getting to and from our beloved Vineyard now by ferry can sometimes be challenging, imagine relying on the very first ones, in the 1700s. Powered only by the wind in...
Museum Pieces: The Cooke House renaissance
We wake up each morning, some of us with a plan, others of us wondering what to do. It can be said that the more we know who we are, the easier it is...
Museum Pieces: Island music
“I enjoy music wherever it’s coming from.” –Taj Mahal
Music is the pulse of a community. It helps set memories, spark ideas, and save stories. Martha’s Vineyard Museum values local music and musicians for the...
Museum Pieces: Voices
“Their lost voices must continue to be heard.” –John Boyne, “Boy in the Striped Pajamas”
Martha’s Vineyard Museum is the protector of hundreds of our Island’s lost voices through the work of longtime oral history...
‘Voices of Land and Sea’ with Linsey Lee
If you love the Island and like a good story, you are in for a treat on Tuesday, May 14, at 5:30 pm, when Linsey Lee, oral history curator at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum,...
Museum Pieces: Celebrating choices
“Life is the sum of your choices.” —Albert Camus
Choices. There are too many sometimes, right? Some of us are better than others at making them. Those of us who are lucky enough to have...
Museum Pieces: Feel free to explore
“Would you like your adventure now, or should we have our tea first?” —J.M.Barrie
J.M. Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was someone who stirred...
Museum Pieces: Focus on environment
“The photographs I take on Martha’s Vineyard are taken because I feel something special. Nowhere in the world is there a place more beautiful than this.” —Alfred Eisenstaedt
The noted Life Magazine photographer made that...
Museum Pieces: What’s in your garden?
“To have a devoted neighbor rob her own garden to give you plants that shriek at your own plants and devastate your scheme of decoration, is about as unhappy a garden situation as can...
Percy Cowen and his ‘dearest Jane’
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s exhibit “Percy E. Cowen: My Own Dearest Jane” takes us back to an era before texting, apps, and websites fed us the news from the world and loved ones 24...
Museum Pieces: April is Earth Month
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” —Author Robert Swan
A statement like that can feel intense, accusatory, and anxiety inducing. We all do so much already,...
Museum Pieces: Envelope to eclipse
“A performance is a conversation between you and an audience.” —Livingston Taylor
I feel that concept can be applied to a museum. What I see happening in the M.V. Museum every day is synergy between...
Museum Pieces: Stay the course
“I think you have to take everything that looks like a blow and turn it into a triumph. This is where my energy comes from: I just won't be licked.” —Beverly Sills
When we try...
Museum Pieces: After hours at the museum
“Make play a high priority in your life, for if you die tomorrow, no one can play for you, but someone can and will do your work for you.” —Dr. Play (Ken Beebe)
There is...
‘C.F. Giordano: Clearly Misunderstood’
When is a motorcycle more than a motorcycle? Certainly, when Charlie Giordano builds one, as you will see in his show “C.F. Giordano: Clearly Misunderstood,” at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
You might ask why a...
History hunting
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum, our treasure up on the hill in Vineyard Haven, offers plenty to see and do during the spring season.
You can join one of the 2 pm Friday or Sunday gallery...
Museum Pieces: Try something new
“It’s a natural law, you receive as much as you give.” —Paul Karasik
What if we wake up each day and choose kindness? Actively look for opportunities to smile and pass on friendly words to...