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September 2021
Outdoor Yoga at MVM with YogiJay
Join YogiJay (Jason Mazar-Kelly) every Saturday at the MV Museum for a fun-filled morning of outdoor yoga accessible to all levels. This weekly event is a great way to connect with the community and enjoy a sweet practice of movement, meditation, and breath in one of the most beautiful spots on the island. To register, click here.
Find out more »Fall into History at the Cooke House Legacy Gardens
Visit our beautiful historic house campus for family activities, garden tours, and craft demonstrations. Suitable for all ages. Suggested donation $5. Weather permitting.
Find out more »SOLD OUT: Finding a Lost Vineyard House with Jim Richardson and Dick Burt
Join Vineyard archaeologists Jim Richardson and Dick Burt for a celebratory launch of their new book, Finding a Lost Vineyard House: Archaeology of the John and Experience Mayhew House Site on Martha’s Vineyard, detailing and contextualizing their 1985 dig at the John and Experience Mayhew House site in Chilmark. The book explores the interrelationship of the Wampanoag with the English colonists from 1642, when Thomas Mayhew Sr. first purchased the right to settle on Martha’s Vineyard, until 1765 using 15,000…
Find out more »MVM Education Intensives: Introduction to Martha’s Vineyard History
If you’ve ever wanted to dig deep into the story of this island with the help of an expert guide, this eight-week MVM Education Intensive is the perfect place to begin. The course includes readings, slides, and video-recorded lecture materials for you to study at your own pace before the weekly group meeting with instructor Bow Van Riper, MVM Research Librarian. The in-person sessions will include discussion, artifact study, gallery visits, and more! Enrollment fee provides access to all online…
Find out more »October 2021
Happening at MVM: MV Oyster Fest
The Martha’s Vineyard Oyster Fest (MVOF) is a mission-based festival that aims to drive long-term local, regional, and national awareness of Martha's Vineyard and Massachusetts-farmed oyster and native fish profiles. Founded by Nevette Previd of Farm.Field.Sea., the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group (MVSG), and John Clift of the MV Wine Festival and purveyor of Vintage MV Wine & Spirits and 19 Raw, the festival gathers oyster farmers, the who’s who in the beverage industry, the area’s best chefs, and a fantastic…
Find out more »Happening at MVM: MV Oyster Fest
The Martha’s Vineyard Oyster Fest (MVOF) is a mission-based festival that aims to drive long-term local, regional, and national awareness of Martha's Vineyard and Massachusetts-farmed oyster and native fish profiles. Founded by Nevette Previd of Farm.Field.Sea., the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group (MVSG), and John Clift of the MV Wine Festival and purveyor of Vintage MV Wine & Spirits and 19 Raw, the festival gathers oyster farmers, the who’s who in the beverage industry, the area’s best chefs, and a fantastic…
Find out more »MVM Education Intensives: Introduction to Martha’s Vineyard History
If you’ve ever wanted to dig deep into the story of this island with the help of an expert guide, this eight-week MVM Education Intensive is the perfect place to begin. The course includes readings, slides, and video-recorded lecture materials for you to study at your own pace before the weekly group meeting with instructor Bow Van Riper, MVM Research Librarian. The in-person sessions will include discussion, artifact study, gallery visits, and more! Enrollment fee provides access to all online…
Find out more »Virtual Program: Hidden Collections with Bow Van Riper
The Museum’s archives hold thousands of documents, postcards, maps, photographs, and other ephemera, 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 MVM Research Librarian Bow Van Riper as he takes you behind the scenes and introduces artifacts that seldom see the light of day and the fascinating stories that they hold. Free and open to all. Click…
Find out more »Outdoor Yoga with YogiJay
Join YogiJay (Jason Mazar-Kelly) every Sunday at the MV Museum for a fun-filled morning of outdoor yoga accessible to all levels. This weekly event is a great way to connect with the community and enjoy a sweet practice of movement, meditation, and breath in one of the most beautiful spots on the island. To register, click here.
Find out more »Fall into History at the Cooke House Legacy Gardens
Visit our beautiful historic house campus for family activities, garden tours, and craft demonstrations. Suitable for all ages. Suggested donation $5. Weather permitting.
Find out more »