Wooden rowing boats on show for the annual Rowing Rendezvous, written by Merrily Cassidy with the Cape Cod Times.

Across about 12 weeks this winter, a small group of Nantucket middle school students built a Bevin’s skiff in the Cape Cod Maritime Museum’s Youth Boat Building Program!

The Cape Cod Maritime Museum had a strong and enthusiastic showing at the annual Boat Builders Show on Cape Cod, held the last weekend in January 2026 at the Hyport Convention Center.

History on Tap is now streaming on Youtube!

Youth Boatbuilding article in Cape Cod Times

Check out National Geographic’s article featuring Cape Cod Maritime Museum!

The Young Mariner Program is growing and evolving with our new YMP Field Trip program available to any and all Cape Cod schools.

Cape Cod Maritime Museum expresses their gratitude to Community Racing, Inc., and the best of luck towards the restoration of EVENTIDE!

Maritime Musings Episode 9: Cape Cod Boatbuilders Roundtable

Join us August 5th, 2023 from 11:00am-1:00pm to learn all about this incredible woman!

The Cape Cod Maritime Museum is excited to announce the Student Art Exhibit in our Fine Arts Gallery, opening this April.

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a highly competitive $20,000 grant from Mass Humanities for its “Expand Massachusetts Stories” initiative!

CCMM and the Rowing Program would like to thank Community Racing, Inc., the stewards of the Lewis Bay Boathouse in Yarmouth, MA.

One of the strangest creatures that frequent our shores is the jellyfish. Learn more about these fascinating creatures.

CCMM is excited to announce that we have been awarded funds from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of the Mass Humanities.

Tony sits down with writer, lecturer, and museum professional Mark Wilkins. He is currently the Curator of Maritime History at the Calvert Marine Museum.

During New England’s whaling industry, the most highly prized oil was spermaceti, sometimes referred to as “head oil,” as it was obtained from the head of the sperm whale. Learn why!

In the world of scrimshaw, it is not unusual to find matched sets, with two sperm-whale teeth having the same design.

Long-time CCMM members and visitors may remember an early exhibit of the remains of a boat, about 40 feet long, believed to be the SPARROW-HAWK.

Today, geologists believe that barrier beaches go through a cycle of 150 years, during which time one long, continuous beach forms, then is broken open, then gradually fills back in. Chatham’s barrier beach is in the midst of once such cycle.