Join Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich for the fourth annual celebration of Wampanoag culture at Heritage from 10 am-2 pm on August 17. This fun-filled day will feature a performance by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers of Eastern social songs and dances (with audience participation encouraged!) from 11-11:45 am and hands-on activities. Explore the wetu, a reproduction of a historic dwelling, the mush8n, a reproduction dug-out canoe, and the Three Sisters demonstration garden, all created in collaboration with SmokeSygnals, a local Native American creative agency.
All activities are free with museum admission or membership. This event is rain or shine.
Tickets include admission to:
- The gardens, featuring collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, daylilies, and more (seasonal)
- The Hidden Hollow outdoor discovery area
- The Special Exhibitions Gallery, featuring the Impressionist New England: Four Seasons of Color and Light exhibit
- The J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery, featuring the From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America and Charging Ahead: Early Electric Cars in America exhibits
- The American Art & Carousel Gallery, featuring the Heritage Highlights exhibit and rides on the 1908 Looff carousel
- The outdoor art exhibit Alfred Glover in the Garden
- Wampanoag wetu, Three Sisters Garden, and mush8n
- Outdoor features such as the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, the Flume Fountain, the Hart Family Maze Garden, the labyrinth, walking trails, and more
- Lilly’s Café
- The Shop at Heritage in its new temporary locatiom
