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A ROUND THE SOUTH SHOR E
Arts
The Duxbury Art Association was founded in 1917 by Charles Bittenger, John
Singer Sargent, and Frank Benson; it is one of the oldest arts organizations in the
country. Today the community members can visit the DAA in the Ellison Center
for instruction, exhibitions and performances in the visual arts, music, dance and
dramatic arts. The Art Complex Museum is home to the impressive collection of the
Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family and also features rotation contemporary art exhibits.
There are also year-round lectures, concerts, classes, education programs,
demonstrations, and tea ceremonies that are performed in the Japanese tea hut.
Culture
This nautical town is all about enjoying the saltwater, which is exactly what Duxbury
Bay Maritime School is all about. The nonprofit has a variety of educational and
recreational programming for kids and adults who are looking to enjoy the bay.
Locals can also check out the Alden House Museum, the Duxbury Free Library, and
King Caesar House, which is where the wealthy Weston family lived in the 1800s.
Education
Duxbury Public Schools consists of four schools: Chandler School for students in
pre-K through grade two, Alden School for students in grades three-five, Duxbury
Middle School for students in grades six-eight, and Duxbury High School for
students in grades nine-twelve. Two Montessori schools are in town: Bay Farm
Montessori Academy, serving students from early childhood through middle
school, and Elements Montessori for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.
Geography
Duxbury is primarily a residential community on the Atlantic coast in Plymouth
County Massachusetts. It is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the east, Duxbury Bay,
Kingston Bay and Plymouth to the southeast, Kingston to the southwest, Pembroke
to the west and northwest, and Marshfield to the north. Duxbury’s diverse
landscape includes dunes, salt marshes, rivers, lakes, ponds, cranberry bogs,
forests, fields and farms.
Snug Harbor is right on Duxbury Bay and it’s where locals find stores like
the Snug Harbor Fish Market as well as French Memories, a café serving
pastries, classic Parisian sandwiches, coffees, and desserts daily. The
Duxbury Maritime School, where many young people in town learn to sail,
is in this corner of town too.
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