Events & Lectures
Join us for our exciting calendar of events, workshops, and lectures this fall and winter.
History on Tap: Mercy Otis Warren & James Warren
Make time for some local history makers!
Hyannis 2024 Holiday Boat Parade
Cape Cod Maritime Museum invites you to Join the Holiday Boat Parade!
Saturday, December 7, 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Rain date: Sunday, December 8th
History on Tap - 8/2 CCYP Joint Event!
Learn with Kevin Wright, of the Atwood Museum and the Chatham Historical Society.
History on Tap - 7/19
Learn some history, and drink some hops!
Join Brian Dudley from Yarmouth Port Library to learn about ocean liners!
History on Tap - Sketches and Investigations
Learn about the sketch that sparked an investigation!
History on Tap - Cape Cod’s Ties to D-Day
Learn about Cape Cod’s ties to D-Day with Joe Yukna of the Cape Cod Military Museum!
History on Tap - Who Discovered America?
Discover Larry Browns take on who discovered America!
Celts and their Maritime Myths
Discover Celts and their Maritime Myths with a professor!
Scottish Boats, Fish and Folk: The Museum, It’s Collections and Sharing Stories
Discover the Scottish Fisheries Museum!
The Golden Age of Ocean Liners
Learn about The Golden Age of Ocean Liners with Brian Dudley!
Emergency Preparedness with Chip Reilly
Learn about Emergency Preparedness!
Free to the public!
Kite Making with Blue Hill Obsevatory
Learn about kite making with Blue Hill Observatory!
10am 12pm and 2pm!
Scallops with Fishtek Marine
Learn about scallop potting with Thomas Day of Fishtek Marine!
Sailing Against the Tide with Sandy Macfarlane
Learn about shellfishing with Sandy Macfarlane!
Watch Past Lectures
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Humans and the Global Ocean with Ryan O’Connor
Cape Cod: The Cradle of Invasion with Joe Yukna of the Cape Cod Military Museum
The Exciting World of Ice Yachting with Deb Whitehorse and Henry Bosset
Always Ready: Military Women on the Cape and Chatham's Top Secret WWII Coast Guard Station
Duck Decoys, with Paul Phillips of Harwich Historical Society
The Latest in White Shark Research with Maddie Poirier from Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
The Problems with Marine Plastics with Jesse Mechling of Center for Coastal Studies
The Pendleton Rescue, with Bob Reilly
All About ALVIN, with Ken Kostel of WHOI
Cephalopods: Amazing Brains and Morphing Skin, with Dr. Roger Hanlon
The 12 Sea Creatures of Christmas!, with Meghan Reilly, CCMM Youth Programs Director
PT Boats in the Pacific and PT 109, with Elizabeth York, CCMM Executive Director
The History, Mysteries, and Myths of Nantucket Lightship Baskets, with Jack Fritsch
Winslow Lewis and the US Lighthouse Establishment by Emily Sullivan, CCMM Curator
Restoring the Charles River Watershed with Hartman Deetz, Charles River Watershed Association
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Winslow Lewis and the US Lighthouse Establishment by Emily Sullivan, CCMM Curator
The Portland Gale by Don Wilding
River Herring: Bringing the Ocean to New England’s Freshwater, by Abigail Archer
Cape Cod’s Marine Food Webs, by Agnes Mittermayr
Sea Turtle Rescue, with Bob Prescott of Mass Audubon
The Golden Age of Steamboat Travel in New England by Elizabeth York
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad, with Dr. Timothy Walker
Wampum Belts and the Law of the Land, with Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Cape Cod and the Slave Trade, with Dr. Meadow Dibble of the Atlantic Black Box
Leading in Uncharted Waters, with Vice Admiral Sandra Stosz, USCG (Ret.)
Shorebirds on Cape Cod, with Mark Faherty of Mass Audubon
The Ecology of Horseshoe Crabs Around Cape Cod, with Sarah O’Toole
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All About Seals by Brian Sharp
Global Winds and the History of Exploration by Captain Elliot Rappaport
Sharks: Awareness Inspires Conservation, by Kristen Kibblehouse
Tiggie's Fishing Lore Sets the Hook with Sandy McFarlane
Climate Change and Cape Cod with Andrew Gottlieb
Lighthouses of Nantucket Sound, by Jeremy D’Entremont
Wild, Unclaimed Beauty by Barry Beder
Beachcombing by Gilbert Newton
Sea Lions and Submersibles by Dr. Frank Fish
Sea Shanties 101 by Coco Raymond
In the Wake of the Mayflower by Karen Rinaldo and Kevin Doyle
The Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: The Triumph and Tragedy by Don Wilding