Heritage Museums & Gardens

As we feel the temperatures begin to dip on Cape Cod, we start to think about fall. With this in mind, we talk to Heritage’s senior gardener, Laura Swain, in this week’s podcast. She gives us an overview of what visitors can expect to see in the gardens at Heritage Museums & Gardens during the months of September and October.

September is just around the corner – which for many children around the nation means school is about to be in session. In today’s podcast, we speak with Melissa Russell, Heritage’s Director of The Hundred Acre School about the upcoming school year at our school. Melissa also shares some pointers and tips on how to know if your youngster is ready for Preschool.

BTS Auto Storage Tour 7 - 29 by Heritage Museums & Gardens

We speak with Heritage’s Director of Visitor Engagement, Heather Mead and Manager of Public Programs Liz Fort about the upcoming event which happens on Saturday, July 27.

This week, gardeners from 17 Cape Cod and South Shore garden clubs will transform Heritage Museums & Gardens’ Heald Center into a botanical wonderland for a “Celebrating Heritage!” flower show. In today’s podcast, we speak with Heritage’s Manager of Public Programs Liz Fort about the upcoming event which will open to the public on Tuesday, July 16 at 1PM.

Scattered through the buildings and grounds are 50 treasures – plants, autos, folk art, militaria, scrimshaw, carvings, and more – that tell the story of the museum’s first 50 years. In today’s podcast, we speak with Heritage’s Assistant Curator Amanda Wastrom about the collection and the exhibit.

Heritage Museums & Gardens preschool, The Hundred Acre School, just had their last day of class on Friday. In this podcast, Melissa Russell, the school’s director talks to us about their summer vacation program which includes loads of FUN, outdoor exploration, STEM activities, and several carousel rides! Whether children join the program for a week or for the whole season, they experience a Cape Cod Adventure like no other.

The tract of land now known as Heritage Museums & Gardens played an important role in the history of the town of Sandwich. In 1677, Lydia Wing Hamilton Abbott was the first resident to live on the land. Since that time there have been a lot of positive changes. In today’s podcast, we zero in on 1969 and the creation of Heritage Museums & Gardens with Heather Mead, Heritage’s Director of Visitor Engagement and Jennifer Madden, Director of Collections & Exhibitions.

This week on The Insider at Heritage Museums & Gardens, our weekly podcast series, we speak with Amanda Wastrom, Heritage’s Assistant Curator, on our outdoor art exhibit “Human | Nature”. Heritage Museums & Gardens invited five artists to install outdoor sculptures throughout the museum grounds and gardens. Each of the artists will install their works in a different month of the summer season (May – September). Each artwork explores how humans and nature coexist, interact, and overlap.

This week on The Insider at Heritage Museums & Gardens, our weekly podcast series, we speak with Jennifer Madden, Heritage’s Director of Collections & Exhibitions, in part two of a two part series on our auto exhibit this season “From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America”. In this exhibit, we present the origin story of the American automobile through 23 cars from Heritage’s permanent collection. In this week’s episode we examine the second floor of the exhibit.

This week on The Insider at Heritage Museums & Gardens, our weekly podcast series, we speak with Jennifer Madden, Heritage’s Director of Collections & Exhibitions, in part one of a two part series on our auto exhibit this season “From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America”. In this exhibit, we present the origin story of the American automobile through 23 cars from Heritage’s permanent collection. In this week’s episode we examine the first floor of the exhibit.

This week on The Insider at Heritage Museums & Gardens, our weekly podcast series, we talk to Les Lutz, our Director of Horticulture and Liz Fort, Manager of Public Programs about Rhododendrons. We learn more about this year’s Rhododendron Festival and about our first Run for the Rhodies 5K Trail Race on June 1st.

The arrival of spring heralds the return of warm weather and beautiful, fragrant flowers. Celebrate the change in seasons here at Heritage Museums & Gardens by learning more about the vibrant flowers that will be blooming on our gardens this year. Join Laura Swain, Heritage Museums & Gardens, Senior Gardener and Judith Goetz who will walk you through the different types of spring-blooming plants in this first podcast of the 2019 season.

David Kamp, Principal of Dirtworks, PC, designer of the Gardens of the Senses spoke with The Insider about the Garden, the process behind its design, and what the finished product will provide to visitors to Heritage.

Director of Collections & Exhibitions, Jennifer Madden, sat down with The Insider to talk about The Heritage Collection exhibit located in our American Art & Carousel Gallery.

Curator Jennifer Madden spoke with the insider about the Indy 500 Exhibit, how it came together, its purpose, and what it will inform visitors about when they see the exhibition.

Wendell Minor hosts a forum where he speaks with visitors about his career, his inspirations, and the exhibit titled Wendell Minor's America.

Curator Amanda Wastrom discusses the purpose behind the 2018 outdoor exhibit, Commemorations, and how the artists have tackled the topic of public commemoration.

The Insider held a live interview with former Indy 500 driver Lyn St. James about her experiences as a racer, her journey from spectator to driver, and breaking the mold as a woman in a male dominated sport.

The Insider spoke with Heather Mead, Director of Visitor Engagement, about the importance of outdoor discovery and education in Hidden Hollow.

We sat down with Mal Condon, Curator of Hydrangeas, to discuss his life long love of Hydrangeas.