AROUND CAPE COD
ARTS
The Sandwich Arts Alliance supports and promotes local artists. They have meetings and events throughout the year supporting visual, literary, and performing arts. Collections Gallery and Black Crow Gallery, both on Route 6A, are worth stopping in to see their unique works.
CULTURE
The Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen is run by the Thornton W. Burgess Society. Today, visitors can walk the grounds that inspired the author’s many books, including The Adventures of Peter Cottontail . The Jam Kitchen was started by Ida Putnam in 1903. Throughout the year, the live museum offers lessons on making jam the “old-fashioned way.”
EDUCATION
The Sandwich public school system includes three schools: Forestdale School, for pre-K through second grade, Oak Ridge School, third through sixth grades, and Sandwich Middle-High School, for grades seven through twelve. The Waldorf School of Cape Cod is also located in Sandwich and offers programs from early childhood through middle school.
HISTORY
The oldest Cape town is home to what is believed to be the oldest house in New England continuously occupied by the same family. The Wing Fort House was built in 1641, and the Wing family lived there for over three centuries. Today, the home operates as a museum. The Old Town Cemetery is another place that is of interest to many history buffs; the oldest burial is marked at 1683, and most tombstones are from the 1700s.
In addition to its gardens, Heritage Museums and Gardens has 18,000 items in its collections, plus a 1908 hand-carved carousel and a large collection of antique automobiles.
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