Special webinar hosted by Nye Museum curator Marguerite Donley. This event is designed for those of you who are unable to see our special exhibit in person this summer - or for anyone who wants to learn more about the American Revolution at the local level. Register via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fEB_wAeiSkWJxc8DYZJrew This event is FREE for ... Read more
Join us for our Autumn Gathering celebration, a family-friendly event that is returning after a 2-year hiatus. Come celebrate the changing season at the Nye Museum and enjoy free, fall-themed activities. There will be hearth cooking in the 1678 Benjamin Nye House, an outdoor artisan craft fair under a tent, historical reenactors providing tours, and ... Read more
Penelope Pelham Winslow was one of the most powerful women in Plymouth Colony's history. A member of the English gentry (her third-great-grandmother was Anne Boleyn's sister Mary), she was married to Plymouth Governor Josiah Winslow. Like most of her female contemporaries, however, she has largely been forgotten. Though she authored or is mentioned in few ... Read more
Please join us on Saturday, June 17. To celebrate the beginning of the summer season at the Nye Museum, we will be offering free tours of the 1678 Benjamin Nye House and unveiling our special exhibit, "Honoring Nye Women." Costumed Tour Guides Local HistoriansKids Activities - Selfie Scavenger Hunt, Crafts, Old Time Games Refreshments Special ... Read more
Included with museum admission, this exhibit is now on view in our Grange Gallery for the 2023 season through October 14, 2023! This exhibit highlights the lives of women from different time periods connectedby the Nye homestead. Here we seek to illustrate the questions:What was her life like? How did she manage family, chores, cooking ... Read more
Explore the unique landscape that surrounds the Nye Museum. Learn about both the history of the land in one of East Sandwich’s oldest neighborhoods as well as some of its industrial beginnings. Enjoy a 25-30 minute guided walking tour of the museum trails which include an abandoned fish hatchery, old dam and mill site, and ... Read more
We hope you'll join us for the 2023 Nye Family Reunion. All are welcome to attend this fun event whether you are a Nye descendant or an enthusiastic friend! SOLD OUT! Call to be put on a waitlist. Our annual business meeting will commence at 9:00AM with an opportunity for fellowship, coffee, and pastries. Afterwards, ... Read more
The Nye Museum will be joining SandwichFest this year as one of the featured non-profit vendors! We are so pleased to be joining the community for this wonderful celebration sponsored by the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce. Check out our booth and stock up on items for the history lovers in your life! For more information ... Read more
As summer ends and Autumn draws near, join the Nye Museum for an afternoon of celebrating local history. Highlights will include activities for children, demonstrations, viewing on the special exhibit, guided tours of the Homestead & Mill Museum by costumed historians, and local Chariot Pizza available for purchase. This family-friendly event is free and fun ... Read more
The "Seducer of Souls", Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner, was born in the center of Sandwich, in what was then (1746) a tavern operated by her notorious-Tory father, Brig. General Timothy Ruggles. The extended family moved to central Massachusetts when Bathsheba was a child, and she married the well-off Joshua Spooner. The family lived on the Post ... Read more
FALL QUILTING RETREAT – NOVEMBER 6-9, 2023 Quilting and Quilts were a necessary tradition in our antique homesteads.Keeping with this tradition, the Nye Museum, along with quilter, Ellie Held offers 3 four-dayQUILTING RETREATS, each year at the East Sandwich Grange Hall, 91 Old County Road,East Sandwich, MA 02537 Our next retreat is November 6-9. Two ... Read more
Join Food Historian and Author, Paula Marcoux for a mouth-watering talk on historic baking titled, "Brown Bread." Learn about the evolution of this particular bread and the ovens used to bake it from the 17th - 19th centuries. This talk will conclude with samples of traditional brown bread and a walk-through of the hearth in ... Read more
