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MARIE GRADY PALCIC
HyArts Shanties
The Mid-Cape also boasts an impressive collection
– its original collection consisted of a gift of 34 pieces
of art, which can be viewed at both the Cahoon
from Arnold Geissbuhler – the museum now boasts
Museum of American Art in Cotuit, and the Cape
more than 2,500 works of art.
Cod Museum of Art in Dennis.
Twelve colorful artist shanties bring the Hyannis
Cahoon Museum of American Art is a historic
waterfront alive with names – Osterville, Cotuit, Sandy
Colonial Georgian home built around 1782 that once
Neck, Craigville – that are a nod to villages and
operated as a tavern and overnight stagecoach
beaches in the town of Barnstable. Open daily during
stop. It also was the home and studio of Cape Cod
the summer; weekends in May, June, September,
furniture painters and folk artists Ralph and Martha
October; and select dates in November and
Cahoon, whose whimsical artwork can be viewed
December, the HyArts Shanties at Bismore Park and
throughout the museum. A new 3,600-square-foot
Harbor Overlook allow the public to meet local artists
addition doubled the Cahoon Museum’s exhibition
and peruse their work in a wide variety of mediums.
space, where it regularly rotates in new works
that celebrate American ingenuity, creativity, and
craftsmanship.
Now in its 42nd year, the Cape Cod Museum of Art
is situated on a cultural campus adjacent to the
iconic Cape Playhouse and Cape Cinema. The
Stay:
Holiday Inn Hyannis Hyannis
Hyannis Harbor Hotel Hyannis
Inn at Cape Cod Yarmouth Port
museum was the vision of famed potter Harry Holl
and friend Roy Freed, who together created an
institution to preserve the work of the Cape’s finest
Dine:
artists with the goal of celebrating the region’s
Bamboo Hyannis
distinct cultural identity. From its humble beginnings
The Naked Oyster Hyannis
The Ocean House Dennis
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