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Upcoming Events

Come see what's happening at the Museum!

Archaeology Lecture Series:

"Mother Caves: The Implications of a Paleolithic Frieze"

Thursday, July 29, 2010, 5:30pm

Lecture Series: Stan Murphy Artist Panel

Thursday, August 5, 2010, 5:30pm

Federated Church, Edgartown

MVM's Annual Meeting

Monday, August 9, 2010, 5pm

Federated Church, Edgartown

2nd Annual Edgartown Summer Boutique

Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 9:30am-5:30pm

Archaeology Lecture Series:

Visiting Wampum: Dutch Archaeology in Albany and Environs

Thursday, August 12, 2010, 5:30pm

Morning Author Talk:

Pimpneymouse Farm: The Last Farm on Chappaquiddick

Friday, August 13, 2010, 10am

"Schooner" Book Signing

Friday, August 13, 2010, 6pm

Edgartown Lighthouse

Website Launch Party:

Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship

Saturday, August 14, 2010, 3pm

Archaeology Lecture Series:

Whaling Disasters: Moby Dick, Gold Rush, Confederates & Arctic Ice

Thursday, August 19, 2010, 5:30pm

Theatre at the Edgartown Lighthouse:

The Tempest

Friday, August 27, 2010, 6pm

Archaeology I.D. Day

Saturday, August 28, 2010, 9am-12pm

more upcoming events

Notice

New to the From Concept to Canvas: Selected Works of Stanley Murphy exhibit:

Now on display in the exhibit From Concept to Canvas: Selected Works of Stanley Murphy is a painting of West Tisbury resident and rug-maker Mabel Johnson in her well-known garden. Stan was said to have had a scrap of paper tacked to the wall near his desk that read, "Heaven is Mabel Johnson's garden".

 

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Kids' Programs

Colonial Life: Candle Making, 10am

Uncovering Marine Mysteries, 12 noon

Whaling Logbooks & Journals, 2pm

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Colonial Life: Games Children Played, 10am

Portrait Painting , 2pm

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Colonial Life: Working with Wool, 10am

Lighthouses, 2pm

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

 

Education Director Nancy Cole demonstrating the candle making process during the Kids' Program: Colonial Life: Candle Making session on July 7, 2010.

Blue Star Museums logo

The Martha's Vineyard Museum is proud

to be part of the Blue Star Museum Program,

created by The National Endowment for the Arts, whereby participating institutions provide free

admission to active military and their families

between Memorial Day and Labor Day of 2010.

 

Messenger Summer 2010

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For a recap of the Annual Meeting of the MVM, held August 17, 2009 Click here
 

 

 

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