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October 2020
Exhibit Opening: Votes for Women – An Island Perspective
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the culmination of over seventy years of activism and advocacy that ended with women voting for the first time in national elections. This exhibit looks back at the long fight for women’s suffrage in America through the lens of the Island and the women who lived here. It touches on how the debate played out in Vineyard newspapers and parlor rooms and features the stories of Lucy…
Find out more »4th Annual LadyFest
LADYFEST is an annual music festival typically held on Circuit Avenue and presented by The Ritz Cafe to raise awareness and funds for CONNECT To End Domestic Violence. It was co-founded by Rose Guerin and Kelly Feirtag in 2017, with special assistance by The Ritz Cafe owner, Larkin Stallings. Previously, the event has featured female musical artists from many genres including rock, soul, and pop, who are mostly based on MV, playing on several stages. LADYFEST partners with the Island’s…
Find out more »Built on Stilts and The Yard team up at the MV Museum to present UnExquisite Corpse
UnExquisite Corpse is an immersive, farcical Halloween spectacle that shapes its haunted landscape through storytelling, music, and dance. Audiences, limited to 30 people, are led through the Museum's outdoor campus along a non-linear narrative in which they encounter a hodgepodge of Halloween archetypes over the course of an hour. The performance is an unusual collaboration between nearly 20 local and diverse talents. Conceived and performed by Abby Bender and Jesse Keller Jason with Joshua Bristow, Scott Crawford, Mikah Daniels, Phil…
Find out more »Built on Stilts and The Yard team up at the MV Museum to present UnExquisite Corpse
UnExquisite Corpse is an immersive, farcical Halloween spectacle that shapes its haunted landscape through storytelling, music, and dance. Audiences, limited to 30 people, are led through the Museum's outdoor campus along a non-linear narrative in which they encounter a hodgepodge of Halloween archetypes over the course of an hour. The performance is an unusual collaboration between nearly 20 local and diverse talents. Conceived and performed by Abby Bender and Jesse Keller Jason with Joshua Bristow, Scott Crawford, Mikah Daniels, Phil…
Find out more »Outdoor Yoga at MVM
Join YogiJay (Jason Mazar-Kelly) and the MV Museum every Saturday at 8AM for an outdoor community based yoga class that will be accessible to all levels of practictioners. This weekly event is a great way to stay connected with community while helping to limit the spread of the virus. In addition, while you practice you will get the chance to see all of the wonderful outdoor exhibits the Museum will be showcasing that tells the stories of this beautiful little…
Find out more »Built on Stilts and The Yard team up at the MV Museum to present UnExquisite Corpse
UnExquisite Corpse is an immersive, farcical Halloween spectacle that shapes its haunted landscape through storytelling, music, and dance. Audiences, limited to 30 people, are led through the Museum's outdoor campus along a non-linear narrative in which they encounter a hodgepodge of Halloween archetypes over the course of an hour. The performance is an unusual collaboration between nearly 20 local and diverse talents. Conceived and performed by Abby Bender and Jesse Keller Jason with Joshua Bristow, Scott Crawford, Mikah Daniels, Phil…
Find out more »Built on Stilts and The Yard team up at the MV Museum to present UnExquisite Corpse
UnExquisite Corpse is an immersive, farcical Halloween spectacle that shapes its haunted landscape through storytelling, music, and dance. Audiences, limited to 30 people, are led through the Museum's outdoor campus along a non-linear narrative in which they encounter a hodgepodge of Halloween archetypes over the course of an hour. The performance is an unusual collaboration between nearly 20 local and diverse talents. Conceived and performed by Abby Bender and Jesse Keller Jason with Joshua Bristow, Scott Crawford, Mikah Daniels, Phil…
Find out more »November 2020
Hidden Collections with Research Librarian Bow Van Riper (Virtual Program)
The Museum's archives hold thousands of documents, postcards, maps, photographs, and other ephemera. They remain safely housed in climate controlled storage, with only a few examples used in temporary exhibitions. The stories they tell are the stories of Martha's Vineyard: nuanced, complicated, romantic, colorful, and challenging. Join Research Librarian Bow Van Riper as he takes you behind the scenes for an exploration of a new selection of the Museum's archives and the fascinating stories that they hold. This program will…
Find out more »Exhibit Opening: Wish You Were Here
Postcard enthusiast Jessica B. Harris has turned her connoisseur’s eye to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s collection of thousands of postcards. Selecting examples from all six towns and printed from the beginning of the postcard era through the mid-20th century, Harris combines her knowledge of postcard history with her deep love of the Vineyard to create a personal view of the Island. Open through January 31, 2021.
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