Atwood House Museum Full Schedule of Activities & Events

Full Calendar of Programs, Education, and Events

December 31st, Saturday, 2:30 pm

First Night Chatham: Movie Swing Time

Admission with First Night Badge

The Atwood House Museum presents the 1930’s classic, Swing Time as a part of Chatham’s First Night Celebrations. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star as at-odds dance partners in this celebrated musical comedy. The film will start at 2:30. Refreshments will be available for purchase in the gift shop prior to the start of the film.
Shuttle service to the Atwood House Museum will be available from Rockland Trust Bank on Main Street at 2:10 pm with a 4:30 pm pickup time from the museum returning to Rockland Bank. See Event Page for details.

January 8, Sunday, 2 pm
The Atwood Lecture Series
Picturing Chatham: 1865 - 2005
Speaker: Spencer Grey, Former Chairman, Chatham Historical Society
Location: Chatham Community Center
Admission Free - Donations Welcome

Spencer Grey will present a photographic overview of the life and times of people in Chatham from 1860 to the early years of the present century. About 300 pictures will be culled from the vast collection of photographs and postcards in the archives of the Atwood House Museum.

January 12, Thursday, 10 am
Cape and Islands Historical Association Annual Meeting
Lecture: The Titanic
Speaker: Mark Wilkins, Former Director/Curator, Atwood House Museum
Location: Atwood House Museum
Admission Free - Donations Welcome

Mark Wilkins will explore the context of the sinking of the Titanic as well as what combinations of factors allowed Titanic and her two sisters to be built. Was the end use really just to cater to the super rich or was it perhaps to bring large quantities of third class passengers to America? Why? Some of the more interesting aspects of the sinking will also be covered—most notably why this marked the dawn of the modern era.

January 17, Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Research Seminar
The History of Your Home
Speaker: Mary Ann Gray, Archivist, Chatham Historical Society
Location: Atwood House Museum Library
Cost:

Participants in this class will learn to utilize a variety of historical materials, available in the historical society archival collection and in other public-record locations, to investigate the history of their home. See more details about this seminar on the Event page.

Additional Events may be planned as the year proceeds, and will be announced in the Atwood Log, on our web site,

in special mailings, and in various local media and on appropriate internet sites.