Calendar
Off-season office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 am - 12 pm
Please call ahead for museum viewing and archival research appointments.
2013 CALENDAR (PDF >)
All events are held at the Meeting House Museum and have a suggested donation at the door unless otherwise specified.
HISTORIC WALKS
Friday, July 5, 10am
Friday, August 2, 10am
Bonnie Snow's Cemetery Walk
Hear about a few of Orleans' early citizens and historical anecdotes on this easy walk through the Orleans Cememtery.
Adults $10 ~ Children12 and under free.
Meet at the Meeting House Museum,
Main St & River Rd.
Friday, July 19, 10am
Friday, August 16, 10am
Bonnie Snow's
Historic Main Street Walk
Hear about a few of Orleans' early citizens and historical anecdotes on this easy walk
along Main Street.
Adults $10 ~ Children12 and under free.
Meet at the Meeting House Museum,
Main St & River Rd.
SEA CAPTAIN FILMS
Learn about life at sea through
classic film presentations.
Popcorn provided and refreshments available.
Opening, Thursday, June 27, 2013 ~ 10am to 1pm
Sea Captains and Their Ladies
Summer Exhibit
Celebrating Orleans nautical families who prospered from a life at sea
Exhibit continues July and August through Labor Day weekend.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10am - 1pm
Friday, June 28 ~ 5pm to 7pm
Member's Reception
Sea Captains and Their Ladies
Summer Exhibit
Kick off our summer exhibit together! OHS Member's and their guests are invited
Saturday, July 13, 1:15 pm
Afternoon Sea Captain Films
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Learn what life was like on the high seas, sailing ships and their captains.
2003, 138 min. During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Director: Peter Weir
Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D’Arcy
Saturday, July 20, 1:15 pm
Afternoon Sea Captain Films
Moby Dick
Learn what life was like on the high seas, sailing ships and their captains.
1956, 116 min. The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston
Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn
Tuesday, July 30, 7 pm
William Quinn presentation
A Small Cape Cod Town with an Extraordinary History.
A pictorial history of Orleans.
Tuesday, August 6, 7 pm
Historic Sea Captain's Homes of Orleans
Bonnie Snow presenter
Historic Sea Captains Homes of Orleans. A slideshow presentation to accompany the month-long exhibit showing Sea Captain's homes located in Orleans. Learn where they dropped anchor.
September
Sea Captain's Homes of Orleans
A month-long photograph exhibit of Sea Captain's homes located in Orleans.
The Old Firehouse community center, 44 Main St, Orleans.
Friday, September 13 ~ 10am
Historic Sea Captain's Homes of Orleans
Bonnie Snow presenter
A slideshow presentation to accompany the month-long exhibit showing Sea Captain's homes located in Orleans.
The Old Firehouse community center, 44 Main St, Orleans.
Saturday, June 7, 2014 ~ 9:00 to 3:30
Orleans Historical Society Antiques Show
On the grounds of the Orleans Historical Society Museum
3 River Road & Main Street, Orleans, MA
On the way to Nauset Beach.
Rain or shine
Regular admission: $5 per person, 18/under free
On site appraisals by Henry Callan Fine Antiques $5 per item!
Enjoy lunch outdoors provided by Nauset Farms of East Orleans!
Interested dealers may contact Beverly Fuller 508-221-5489 or bevs_studio@hotmail.com
For more information regarding these and other events call the OHS 508-240-1329, or contact@orleanshistoricalsociety.org .
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