Forest to Farm

Forest to Farm: Truro’s Landscape Before and After Thoreau

July 2 through September 30, 2016. Henry David Thoreau visited Cape Cod in 1849, 1850, and 1853. These trips formed the basis for a series of essays, several of which Thoreau published in magazines. After his death, the essays were gathered together and published as...

Draggers, Trawlers and Traps: A Century of Fishing on the Outer Cape

Forest to Farm

June 27 - September 30, 2015 "Draggers, Trawlers and Traps: A Century of Fishing on the Outer Cape" is a multi-faceted exhibit celebrating the history and legacy of Outer Cape fishermen and the unique history of Truro’s by-gone trap fishing industry. This exhibition...