The Vanity, new catboat of Capt. Thomas Walker Pease, was launched from the yard of Manuel Swartz on Thursday morning with appropriate ceremonies.
Martha's Vineyard Museum
March 12, 2019
Noah Asimow
After nearly a decade of planning, two years of construction, over $30 million raised, and the restoration of exactly 1,008 refractors on the Fresnel lens, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is open to the public in Vineyard Haven.
June 16, 2021
Julia Wells
Heather Seger will take the helm as the new executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, it was announced Wednesday. Ms. Seger, who has served as interim executive director for the past year, was the unanimous choice of the board.
June 24, 2021
Louisa Hufstader
A retrospective of Richard Lee at the Martha's Vineyard Museum showcase the artists exuberant creativity.
2017
May 28, 2017
Amid a celebratory crowd, golden shovel in hand, Lucy Hackney broke ground on the site at the former marine hospital on Saturday in a tribute to her husband, the late Sheldon Hackney.
May 24, 2017
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum and Featherstone Center for the Arts both announced this week that they had received capital grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
May 16, 2017
There is a good reason the Martha’s Vineyard Museum has far more shipwreck artifacts than it can display in its new exhibit Shipwrecks! Stories from Beneath the Sea. It’s because we have a lot of shipwrecks around here.
May 5, 2017
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum has won commission approval to renovate and expand the old marine hospital in Vineyard Haven.
April 6, 2017
As Edgartown voters turn to business from funding for schools to harbor repairs next week at town meeting, they will also be asked to restore pieces of the past. One artifact in particular represents a long-ago act of charity.
March 11, 2017
A public hearing opened this week before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on an ambitious two-phase plan by the Martha’s Vineyard Museum to build a new $18.5 million campus at the site of the old marine hospital in Vineyard Haven.
