Schedule of Activities

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Complex is open Memorial Day Weekend through Columbus Day Weekend.
  • Open Tuesday through Saturday: 3:00pm to 11:00pm
  • Closed Sunday and Monday
  • Open by appointment for bus tours and school groups in May and October (after Columbus Day).

 

The Bourne Historical Society, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization. The charge for admission to the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum and its grounds are:

 

Adults $5.00
Children 6-18$2.00
Seniors and AAA and Educators $4.00
Groups of 10+ $4.00
Family$10.00

 

Special rates are available for students and pre-arranged group tours. We have a turnaround for buses to drop visitors off at the Trading Post, with a parking area near the Windmill Gift Shop.

 


Bourne Historical Society

2010 Season

The second Wednesday Lectures, continues

 

7 PM  at the Jonathan Bourne Historical Center

 33 Keene Street, Bourne Village.

 

September 8th  Beth Friend – Fine Arts on Cape Cod

 

October 13th Jim Coogan – Cape Cod During Civil War

 

November  - in celebration of Native American Month we will have a lecture/presentation each Wednesday, including Thanksgiving Eve.  Our presenters are Carol Wynne and her son Philip of the Mashpee Wampanoag, Tim Turner of the Cherokee  Nation, and Linda Coombs of the Aquinnah Wampanoag.   Please come and make this series as popular as the Maritime Lectures in April.

Our Native American Month series is being made possible by a grant from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod!

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod

            

 

 

December  8th  What do we think of at Christmas?  No not bills, Toys, come test your knowledge of the Toys we played with as well as those our grandkids have. PowerPoint Presentation by Judith McAlister

 

Wampanoag Day and Native American Craft Fair

 

September 18 –Saturday 11 AM-3 PM  Activities for all ages, crafts, canoe making, storytelling, songs, dancing, drumming, corn husk dolls, and much more. Some hands on, some demonstrations, all of great interest!

 

This year the Native American Craft fair is added to the adventurer, some will demonstrate their crafts as well as sell the items, so more handcrafts will be available for purchase, than previous years.   Food will also be available.

                Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Complex                               

               Admission Fee $ 5 adult, $2 children,   $10 family

 

Celebrating Massachusetts Archaeology Week

Sunday, October 10th at 2:30

at the Jonathan Bourne Historical Center

30 Keene Street, BourneVillage

Afternoon Talk on the Bourne Stone lead by Eleanor Hammond, Site Manager of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum

Come and hear what all the experts have told us over the years about the Bourne Stone.  Look it over,  do you have any ideas about its origins?  Come talk with Eleanor about all the ideas.

Refreshmants served                                                                                Donaition $5.00