A new permanent installation at the Aquinnah Wampanoag Indian Museum museum, Our History in Perspective, had its grand opening on Saturday. It details the over 10,000-year history of the Wampanoag people on the Vineyard.
From cornhusk dolls to hand-woven sashes, wampum jewelry, dreamcatchers and white buckskin dresses, there’s something for everyone at the Aquinnah Cultural Center’s online Northeast Indigenous Artist Holiday Market.
Two state grants totaling $71,000 will go toward the restoration of the historic Vanderhoop Homestead in Aquinnah, town leaders learned late last week.
The sound of drums and smell of venison stew greeted visitors to the old Aquinnah town hall Sunday evening for the third annual Wampanoag New Year celebration.
Aquinnah is not the place to go looking for interesting houses without trespassing. Interesting stories, yes, but the houses visible from the road are few and far between. The exception of course is the Vanderhoop homestead.
The Aquinnah Cultural Center is hosting the exhibit Captured: 1614 curated by Plymouth 400, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower and the settlers’ relationship with the native populations.
New System of Trails May Result from Sale in Aquinnah
By CHRIS BURRELL
In a move that could resurrect a long-lost museum in Aquinnah and
create a network of trails over a dramatic south shore seascape, the
Martha's Vineyard Land Bank has agreed to buy the six-acre
Vanderhoop homestead just south of the Gay Head Lighthouse.
