New Exhibit at Maritime Museum Examines Early Land Use on the Cape

Transformations: from Farmer to Seafarer, Cape Cod 1639-1739, a new exhibit at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, opened on May 16th, 2008:

"Transformations will investigate several themes such as agrarian life on the Cape, Native Peoples' and Europeans' philosophies concerning land stewardship, early voyages from Europe to America, and drift and shore whaling. It will show how each of these enticed Cape farmers away from the land toward the sea and served as a catalyst to to the development of the rich maritime tradition that continues today."