AUGUST 7 - 1:00PM
Truro Cemetery Tour - Meet at the Highland House Museum for a brief presentation
by Cemetery Commissioner Bob Masson before driving to five Truro cemeteries.
Please reserve spaces in advance at 508-487-3397, or email us at
info@trurohistorical.org for information. $5:00 admission fee
AUGUST 12 - 6:00-9:00PM
A Night At The Vineyard
Annual Fundraiser at the Truro Vineyard
Featuring Jimmy Tingle as entertainer and celebrity auctioneer.
Wine, hors d'oeurves, auction, entertainment.
Tickets $75 Available from any board member or The Highland House Museum.
Call 508-487-3397 for information.
AUGUST 26 - 4:00-7:00PM
Volunteer Appreciation Party
All Highland House Museum/Cobb Archive volunteers are invited to celebrate our successful 2011 season at the Highland House Museum.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SPEAKER SERIES AT THE HIGHLAND HOUSE MUSEUM (All events start at 7:30PM)
August 3 – The Pequot and King Philip's War: an Artistic Response
Peter McLean, artist and scholar, reflects upon Native American and European
interactions and conflicts in his award-winning, large format charcoal drawings.
Admission is free
August 10 – Truro through Postcards
Dan Towler, postcard collector, illustrates how postcards illuminate Truro's past.
Admission is free
August 17 - On the Frontlines of History: the Middle East and the “Arab Spring”
Sebastian Junger talks about his experience as a journalist in the Middle East and
where things seem to be headed with the 'Arab Spring'.
$5 admission fee. Call 508-487-3397 or email info@trurohistorical.org to reserve a seat.
August 24 – A Short History of Cape Cod
Professor Robert Allison, author and Chair of the History Department at Suffolk
University, discusses his most recent book.
Admission is free
August 31 – Offshore Aquaculture
Scott Lindell, Director, Scientific Aquaculture Program, Woods Hole Marine Biological
Laboratory, reports on the local development and potential expansion of mussel farming around the Cape and Islands.
Admission is free