WMVY’s Interview with WHHM Executive Director Deborah Scanlon
August 21st, 2022 - MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Deborah Scanlon from the Woods Hole Museum. Listen to interview here.
Dorothy I. Crossley Photograph Collection
Dottie Crossley, by Richard S. Taylor In January 2022, the museum received an extensive collection of photographs from longtime summer Woods Hole resident, Dorothy (Dottie) Crossley, who passed ...
Mainsheet Summer 2022
While we may still have to navigate aspects of the pandemic, we are planning several in-person events for the summer. In early June, the museum and library are co-hosting a ...
November 5, 2022 – The Village of Quissett
Salt works, cranberry bogs, shipbuilding - in the late 1700s and 1800s, Quissett was bustling. The village had its own schoolhouse, post office, fire station, store, community center and boat ...
August 31, 2022 – ‘Luscombe’s Houses,’ Then and Now
This issue we highlight a wonderful art donation that was recently received from Museum member Bill Dyer. WHHM Archivist Colleen Hurter, with material from WHHM retired archivist Susan F. Witzell, ...
Spritsail Volume 36, Number 2: Summer 2022
From the Editors The Complex History of the Founding of the Church of the Messiah By Mary Anne Mann An Early History of the Woods Hole Yacht Club on its ...
June 4, 2022- Join us for a Special Fundraiser this summer — Afternoon Delight: The Art of Wine with Expert Becky Sue Epstein
Join us for a special summer fundraiser! Afternoon Delight: The Art of Wine with Expert Becky Sue Epstein June 25, 4-6PM Church Street, Woods Hole
April 20, 2022- Base 18 and the Rum Runners
In October 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, otherwise known as the National Prohibition Act. From 1920 to 1933, it was illegal to produce, import, transport or sell alcoholic beverages in ...
April 19, 2022 – Virtual Model Boat Show
The museum’s biannual Model Boat Show has been off-schedule due to the pandemic, and while we plan to host model boat enthusiasts in-person in 2023, this year we are showcasing ...
March 10, 2022 – The Towers of Woods Hole, Part 2
The Chambers windmill on Woods Hole Road, with its breathtaking views of Little Harbor and Vineyard Sound, is the next in our tower stories. Built with vertical louvers to withstand ...