Cape Cod Sights

  1. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

    The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History offers fascinating exhibits on the Cape's flora and fauna and has a wonderful boardwalk trail that tromps across a saltmarsh to a remote beach.

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  2. Heritage Museums & Gardens

    Fun for kids and adults alike, the 76-acre Heritage Museums & Gardens sports a terrific vintage automobile collection, a working 1912 carousel, folk art collections and one of the finest rhododendron gardens in America.

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  3. Highland House Museum

    Highland House Museum is a charming little place dedicated to the area's farming and fishing past, and sits adjacent to the Highland Lighthouse.

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  4. John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum

    The worthwhile John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum celebrates JFK's life through photos and exhibits on the USA's 35th president. Hyannis is best known to visitors as the summer home of the Kennedy clan.

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  5. Province Lands Visitor Center

    The Province Lands Visitor Center has displays on dune ecology and an observation deck with an eye-popping 360-degree view of the outermost reaches of Cape Cod; the deck stays open to midnight.

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  7. Provincetown Art Association & Museum

    Founded in 1914 to celebrate the town's thriving art community, the excellent Provincetown Art Association & Museum displays the works of artists who have found inspiration here over the past century.

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  8. Provincetown Public Library

    Allows 30min of free Internet access and is a sight in itself - occupying a former museum, it has some cool displays.

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  9. Sandwich Glass Museum

    Colorful Sandwich glass had its heyday in the 19th century, a heritage that's artfully displayed in the Sandwich Glass Museum.

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  10. Thornton W Burgess Museum

    A treat for kids is the Thornton W Burgess Museum, named for the Sandwich native who wrote the Peter Cottontail series. Story time on the lawn, overlooking the pond featured in Burgess' works, is particularly evocative - call for times.

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  11. WHOI Exhibit Center

    You'll get insights into the work of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) at the kid-friendly WHOI Exhibit Center.

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  13. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Woods Hole is the home of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's most prestigious marine research facilities.

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