Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum Explained

Masphee Wampanoag Indian Museum
Map Type:Cape Cod#USA Massachusetts
Map Size:250
Coordinates:41.6492°N -70.4867°W
Established:1997
Location:414 Main Street
Mashpee, MA 02649
Type:Cultural center
Chairperson:Putnam Peters

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum is a cultural center in the town of Mashpee in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The town of Mashpee is the location of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of the two federally recognized representative bodies of the Wampanoag people.[1] The museum ground itself is well known for the Avant House as well as hosting the Mill Pond Herring Ladder, a Fish ladder on the Mashpee River. Establishing the museum was a passion project of Amelia Peters Bingham. The idea for the museum first came in 1970, but the building was only transferred to the Wampanoag Tribal Council after a unanimous vote to do so during the Mashpee town government's annual meeting in 1997.[2] Since 1999 the site has been listed under the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MASHPEE WAMPANOAG MUSEUM. Cape Cod Museum Trail. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  2. Web site: Mashpee Wampanoag Museum. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. 10 January 2024.
  3. Web site: MACRIS Details. mhc-macris.net. 2019-09-09.