Science Connection: Woods Hole and Japan
Ume Tsuda (far left) and Sutematsu Yamakawa (far right) both came to Woods Hole and the MBL to study in the late 1800's. Science Connection: Woods Hole ...
Navigating the Seas in the Age of Sail
Discover how Cape Cod fishermen travelled close to shore and far from land before the days of electronic devices. The exhibit features reproductions and an original of large, century-old maritime charts from the archives of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Businesses of Old Woods Hole
T.E. Howe’s Market on Eel Pond Businesses of Old Woods Hole Explore the history of Woods Hole through its businesses. Learn about carpenters and entrepreneurs, about tea ...
Winter Storms, 2015
Winter Storms of 2015 The long and brutal winter of 2015 resulted in many spectacular photographs and an exhibit at the museum. Here are some photos and two short ...
Pie in the Sky
by Deborah Griffin Scanlon “Stock up on popovers! Demolition is starting soon!” Social media was abuzz with Pie in the Sky’s rebuilding this winter as the bakery and café, ...
Woods Hole’s First Yachtsman
By John Valois The enchanted Golden Age of yachting during the years of approximately 1880 to 1895 was also a time of enormous proliferation of summer mansions, often called ...
Reminiscences Of A Summer At The Breakwater Hotel, 1960 (Part 1)
By Allan W. Swank “You’re kidding! You’re asking me if I want to go with you to Massachusetts? For the whole summer? I’d be crazy if I said anything ...
Reminiscences Of A Summer At The Breakwater Hotel, 1960 (Part 2)
By Allan W. Swank, 2008 Part 1 of Allan Swank’s Reminiscences appeared in MAINSHEET, Spring 2008. He was 16 years old in 1960 when he came to work with his ...
A Town Called Nobska: a Cautionary Tale?
By Les Garrick 100 years ago some wealthy shore-dwelling summer dudes proposed to divide Falmouth Township into two distinct towns. Their mouthpiece was realtor Horace S. Crowell, the developer ...
The Log Books of Captain Anthony Howes
by Nancy S. Bundy “for we see people almost every day disappointed in their hopes & desires and we are taught to believe it is all for the best.” August 22, ...