Bradley House
Displays in Bradley House feature highlights of the village’s intriguing past and present.
Discovering & Charting the Gulf Stream: Analog to the Digital Age
Our Gallery 2 exhibit highlights pioneering oceanographers and the instruments they invented to study the Gulf Stream and global ocean currents. The exhibit tells the story of Benjamin Franklin’s early ...
Honoring Jewel Plummer Cobb
“Honoring Jewel Plummer Cobb” exhibit tells the story of the change in name of Agassiz Road to Jewel Cobb Road. Woods Hole residents initiated a community wide campaign upon learning that the prominent scientist, Louis Agassiz, credited with inspiring the start of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), was a white supremacist who used his science in support of his racist theories. Seventeen illustrated panels give a step-by-step narrative of the way the name change came about.
The History of Woods Hole
Continuing this season in the museum’s gallery one is The History of Woods Hole, the story of whaling, science, architecture, hurricanes, ferries, railroads, tourism, local industries, and more, using photographs, documents, artifacts, recordings and tools. The core of this exhibit is a timeline describing key people and significant events in the settlement and development of Woods Hole, covering the time period covered from the 1600s to the present.
A Scale Model of Old Woods Hole
This model of Woods Hole, as it appeared in August 1895, was made by 37 museum volunteers in 1982. The year 1895 was chosen because most present-day activities had begun about this time: ferries to the islands, the scientific institutions and summer visitors.
