Wampanoag Heritage Day

Join us for the fifth annual Wampanoag Heritage Day, a fun-filled celebration of Wampanoag culture at Heritage featuring a variety of activities from 10 am-2 pm, including:

11:30-12:15: Watch a performance by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers of eastern social songs and dances (with audience participation encouraged!)

Make a wampum pendant to take home by drilling a hole in a quahog shell to make a necklace pendant with native educator Darius Coombs

Craft a corn husk doll to take home

Explore the wetu, a reproduction of a historic dwelling, the mush8n, a reproduction dug-out canoe, and the Three Sisters demonstration garden, all created in collaboration with local Wampanoag partners

View and learn about historic Wampanoag artifacts found on the land that is now Heritage Museums & Gardens

Visit a native artisan to shop for handcrafted contemporary wampum jewelry

All activities are free with museum admission or membership.

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