Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum

Masphee Wampanoag Indian Museum
Location of the museum in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Established 1997
Location 414 Main Street
Mashpee, MA 02649
Coordinates 41°38′57″N 70°29′12″W / 41.6491667°N 70.4866667°W / 41.6491667; -70.4866667Coordinates: 41°38′57″N 70°29′12″W / 41.6491667°N 70.4866667°W / 41.6491667; -70.4866667
Type Cultural center
Chairperson Putnam Peters
Website www.mashpeewampanoagtribe.com/museum

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum is a cultural center in the town of Mashpee in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The town of Mashpee is the location of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of the two representative bodies of the Wampanoag people. The museum ground itself is well known for the Avant House as well as hosting the Mill Pond Herring Ladder, a Fish ladder on the Mashpee River. The museum was established in 1997 through a town meeting vote.[1] Since 1999 the site has been listed under the National Register of Historic Places .

References

  1. ↑ "Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe". Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Retrieved 14 September 2014.


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