AROUND CAPE COD
Nestled in the dunes above Cape Cod Bay is the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, a world-class nonprofit arts center that has been offering professional-level workshops in painting, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, writing, jewelry, and photography for more than 48 years. The nonprofit Payomet Performing Arts Center presents top-notch live music, theater, circus arts, and humanities events under a large tent at Highlands Center during the summer, and off-season at venues from the mid-Cape to Provincetown. ARTS Housed in a former turn-of-the-20th-century summer resort hotel, The Highland House Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the people of Truro over the centuries. Operated by the Truro Historical Society, the museum’s collection includes permanent exhibits about the local Native peoples, the salt mill industry, and the Old Colony Railroad, which had an important depot in Truro. The museum is on the grounds of the historic Highland Lighthouse, and nearby one of Cape Cod’s oldest and most scenic golf courses, Highland Links. The Truro Public Library in North Truro has soaring ceilings, an outdoor reading patio, a children’s garden, and a wide collection of books for all ages. CULTURE The Truro Central School provides public educational opportunities for children in pre-K through grade six. After graduating from Truro Central School, students can attend Nauset Middle School or the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools. High schoolers can go to Nauset Regional High School in Eastham or the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich. EDUCATION When the Pilgrims were anchored temporarily in Provincetown Harbor, exploration parties traveled into Truro and discovered a store of corn buried on a hill. Now known as Corn Hill, the site is commemorated by a plaque that explains the corn allowed the Pilgrims to survive their first winter on Cape Cod. In 1900, visiting Bostonians built a series of cottages on Corn Hill as a seaside resort to take advantage of spectacular views. Six of the original cottages remain and are now part of a condo association. HISTORY
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