27 January 2021
By: Elizabeth Van Wye
Dr. Maxine Minkoff, the new executive director of the Centers for Culture and History in Orleans. COURTESY PHOTO
ORLEANS – Dr. Maxine Minkoff loves to do jigsaw puzzles. In fact, she admits to loving to solve puzzles of all kinds. The Orleans resident and retired principal of Nauset Regional Middle School, now also the newly named executive director of the Centers for Culture and History (the CHO) in Orleans, has just the right skills for her new job, especially the ability to pull all the pieces together to form a cohesive new picture.
Founded in 1958, the CHO, formerly the Orleans Historical Society, hosts exhibits and programs in the Meetinghouse Museum on River Road and oversees the historic CG 36500 lifeboat used in the Pendleton rescue, now on display at Nauset Marine East. The addition of “Culture” to the group s title represents an increased focus on change and cultural growth that allows the group t