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Heritage Museum & Gardens
67 Grove Street • 508-888-3300 • heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Located in historic Sandwich, Massachusetts on 100 acres of gardens, trails, and natural areas,
Heritage Museums & Gardens offers exhibition buildings featuring collections of American
art, artifacts, and automobiles, annual special exhibits, outdoor sculpture, and family-friendly
activities and events.
2022 Exhibit Highlights
Heritage Museums & Gardens opens its season with Creating Cape Cod (April 23 - October
16). This exhibit explores how Cape Cod moved from the “Yankee backwater” that Henry
David Thoreau described in 1855 to a destination that more than 5 million people visit each
year. This story is revealed in Creating Cape Cod.
Car enthusiasts will enjoy the exhibit From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed
America (April 23 – October 16), where we present the origin story of the American automobile through cars from Heritage’s permanent collection. On display for 2022 are twenty-one
automobiles – including the recently acquired 1965 Ford Country Squire station wagon. This
exhibit answers questions such as, “What were early automobiles like? How did the car emerge
as a transformative cultural force of the twentieth century? Why did gasoline become the fuel of
choice? What ever happened to steam engines? How did the car change the daily lives of ordinary
families?” Come along for a ride from the late 1800s to the early 1960s and watch the car evolve
from a horseless carriage to a streamlined symbol of freedom and independence!