Cape Cod's Museum at sandwich Glass, a village settled by the sons and daughters of the 1620
Pilgrims from England. The upper Cape became renown for its glass making and the Sandwich
Glass works, now a museum open to the public.
Cape Cod Museums
Cape Cod
Museums Of
History and
The Tradition
of the Pilgrims
Cape Cod Biking
on the Shining
Sea Bike Trail to
the Museums of
Woods Hole.
Cape Cod Canal Museum, parking and Biking the Canal
Bike to the beach on the
Shining Sea Bikeway
Museum Replica of the Pilgrim
vessel the Mayflower is open
for tours at its dock in Plymouth
Cape Cod museums and beaches can be reached on the
bikeways. Ample free parking along the Shining Sea
Bikeway, The Rail Trail, and The Dune Trail make biking
the trails a convenient and safe family resource.
Cape Cod's premier museum to history and horticulture, The
Rhododendron Gardens at the The Heritage Museum and
Gardens in Sandwich
Glass manufacture
demonstration at the
Sandwich Glass Museum
The oldest house on the
Cape the 1637 Hoxie House
Cape cod Museums include the oldest house on the Cape, the 1637 Hoxie House, restored and
furnished to its original condition
The Plymouth Plantation recreates the life of the 1620 era settlers and the native Americans
Cape Cod Gristmill Museum in Sandwich
open to the public
Cape Cod Museums Of History and The Tradition of the Pilgrims




Cape Cod History, Kings Highway Museums
A few miles away from the Heritage Museum and Gardens find the village of Bourne where you can step back
again to colonial times with a visit to the 1627 Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, site of the country’s first
private commercial enterprise. Here the early colonists traded with the Native Americans using wampum, a
native currency made from clam shells. The park also has a replica Dutch windmill built as a studio for 19th
Century actor and painter Joseph Jefferson and the private rail station built in 1893 for Jefferson's fishing
buddy and summer resident President Grover Cleveland.
Kings Highway Museums
From there you can head south on the Old Kings Highway, a historic road that carried Henry David Thoreau
in 1849 on his way to Provincetown. Along the thirty or so miles south to Brewster you will find antique
galleries, the 1685 Benjamin Nye Homestead, the New England Fire and History Museum, and the
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Sandwich Glass Museum, Hoxie
House, Cape Cod Canal Museum
On Cape Cod or within a day's drive from Cape Cod
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up Cape Cod.
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne and Sandwich define the northern limit of
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich, and Chatham.
Outer Cape starts in Orleans and includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
Getting to Cape Cod: Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
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