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Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District (VHHCD) is far more than the sum of its parts. Founded in 2014, it is one of the biggest cultural districts in Massachusetts, and the only one with a harbor, which includes two classic wooden shipbuilders and a working waterfront. However, the district expands beyond the Vineyard Haven shore to […]
Doug West began coming to Martha’s Vineyard in summers as a kid, back in 1952, and later his family bought a cottage in Oak Bluffs. When he met Irene Ziebarth in California, she had never been to the Island, but she quickly became a summer convert. When they both retired in 2006, they began to […]
The saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is perhaps outdated and overused, but it’s the perfect descriptor for Island artist Althea Freeman-Miller. Laurie Miller, Freeman-Miller’s late father, was a logo designer and an oil painter. Some of his work is probably pretty recognizable to people in the Island community. He designed the […]
It is fitting that the stately white clapboard building that is home to the Martha’s VIneyard Museum has a storied history. The U.S. government chose the site overlooking Vineyard Haven Harbor to build a lighthouse in 1855, which was decommissioned in 1859. At the end of the 19th century, it was converted into a marine […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is celebrating its 100th birthday with a series of exhibitions and events that reflect the changes in their vision, growth, and purpose as the organization has evolved over the years. What began as a small group of like-minded Islanders wanting to preserve their history and informal collections of objects has become […]