Heritage Museums & Gardens

Heritage Museums & Gardens offers 100 spectacular acres of trees and shrubs, designed gardens, exquisite flowers and sweeping lawns. The gardens are a delight any time of year. Spring features showy Dexter Rhododendrons and flowering trees.

Open daily beginning April 20 through October 20, 2024. 10 am – 5 pm.

A Traditional Wampanoag Dwelling: The Wampanoag have lived in what is now southeastern Massachusetts—including the land that is now known as Cape Cod—for more than 12,000 years. They were the first tribe encountered by the Pilgrims when they landed in Patuxet (what is now Plymouth) in 1620. This outdoor exhibition features a reproduction of a wetu, a Wampanoag seasonal house used during the warmer months and usually built near the coast where summer resources are abundant. It is constructed of cedar saplings and covered with either bark or cattail reeds, all readily available materials. Learn more about the Wampanoags Here.

The gardens are ablaze with color in July with both perennials and annuals. The daylily garden is a feast for the senses with over 800 daylilies in nearly every possible color, and towards the end of the month our hydrangeas also begin to bloom. Many of our flowers reach their peak in August, including our Hydrangea Display Garden and North American Test Garden. There are abundant flowers everywhere!

Autumn highlights blazing foliage and the fall-blooming Franklinia. Winter showcases beautiful heathers, bright berries and noble evergreen. Heritage Museum annually curates landmark exhibitions drawn from the collection and from other institutions. In addition, we regularly host exhibitions from leading national museums on themes that expand on our understanding of history, technology, art and society.