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âThe I-95 of the East Coast waterwaysâ
A history of Island local trade commodities.
Whaleship Splendid at Osborn s Wharf, circa 1872, in Edgartown. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Schooners in Vineyard Haven Harbor with goods to trade. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Schooner Alice S. Wentworth in the 1920s. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
A schooner unloading wood for trade. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
The brickworks operation in Chilmark used clay from along the north shore. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Most of the products from the brickyard were shipped to the mainland. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Sheep grazing on a West Tisbury pasture, circa 1900. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
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M.V. Museum hosts new series encompassing Island themes
The themes include Belonging, Voyaging, Fishing, Escaping, Farming, Creating, and Changing. Courtesy M.V. Museum
The museum is hosting a virtual series of talks to explore each theme. Courtesy M.V. Museum
The history of Martha’s Vineyard has unfolded over thousands of years, across hundreds of square miles of land and sea, and in dozens of communities across the Island. “It is not a single story, but many interwoven stories,” explains a press release from the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Inspired by the exhibition “One Island, Many Stories,” the M.V. Museum invites the community to participate in a monthly virtual program featuring Bow Van Riper, research librarian at the museum, in conversation with a different Islander whose work engages with one of the exhibition’s themes: Escaping, changing, voyaging, belonging, creating, fishing, and farming. This live and lively d
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âTo inspire and educateâ
Artist and storyteller Jannette Vanderhoop depicts history in her treasure boxes.
A treasure box collection by Jannette Vanderhoop. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Each item in a collection is part of an abstracted story. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Brian Vanderhoop from the Charter School takes a close look at the treasure box created by Jannette Vanderhoop. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Nala Pitman from the Charter School takes in the detailed work of Jannette Vanderhoop. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Jannette Vanderhoop is a storyteller, one who teaches and shares her stories in many different ways. A member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Vanderhoop is an artist, jeweler, author, illustrator, and educator. In just about everything that she creates, she is looking to enrich people in one way or another. âNo matter what I’m doing, I want to impart knowledge,â she says.
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Fighting for justice and inclusion
The story of the NAACP on Martha’s Vineyard.
Demonstration march to the Whaling Church by Williamston visitors and Edgartown hosts, Dec. 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Williamston, N.C., delegation invited to Edgartown and hosted by the M.V. NAACP, December 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Williamston, N.C., delegation invited to Edgartown by the Rev. Henry Bird, December 1963. Courtesy M.V. Museum
M.V. NAACP float in Edgartown Fourth of July parade, 1964. Courtesy M.V. Museum
Myrlie Evers, widow of Medgar Evers, at the Edgartown summer home of national NAACP president and Edgartown summer resident Kivie Kaplan, standing, and his wife Emily Kaplan, seated left. Circa 1964. Courtesy M.V. Museum