We look forward to welcoming you to Heritage Museums & Gardens for the 2026 season!

Join us for the sixth annual Wampanoag Heritage Day, a fun-filled celebration of Wampanoag culture at Heritage featuring a variety of activities from 10 am-2 pm, including:

• 11:30 am-12:15 pm: Watch a performance by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers of eastern social songs and dances (with audience participation encouraged!)
• Craft a corn husk doll to take home
• Explore the wetu, a reproduction of a historic dwelling, the mush8n, a reproduction dug-out canoe, and the Three Sisters demonstration garden, all created in collaboration with local Wampanoag partners
• View and learn about historic Wampanoag artifacts found on the land that is now Heritage Museums & Gardens
• Visit a native artisan to shop for handcrafted contemporary wampum jewelry

All activities are free with museum admission or membership.

Performer Info:

The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers are a group of musicians, educators, and artisan from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod, Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, and Herring Pond in Bourne. Their performances of eastern social songs and dances have both educated and entertained audiences of all ages in museums, schools, and various multicultural events. They dress in traditional clothing and their songs are accompanied by a water drum and handcrafted rattles. They encourage audience participation and prefer to dance with the people instead of for the people.

In addition to their performances at Heritage, they have appeared at Jacob’s Pillow, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, The Peabody Essex Museum, Cambridge Arts Council, The Mary Baker Library, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashpee Powwow, Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, Stonehill College, Brown University, and more. They have toured throughout New England and as far away as Bermuda, Hawaii and the United Kingdom. For three years they have participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, heading up the First Light Float and delivering the televised land acknowledgement.

Ticketing Information

Online ticket purchases are strongly encouraged, and allow for quick and easy entry. All tickets are date specific and are valid for entry any time between 10 am - 4:30 pm. Tickets are non-refundable.

Make every visit to Heritage FREE. Become a member today! Members do not need to reserve in advance; just show your ID at the Ticketing Pavilion. Just another perk of membership!

Visit Information

 Tickets include admission to:

• The Clarissa S. Nye Visitor Center, with orientation information and staff assistance
• The J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery, featuring the From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America exhibit
• The gardens, featuring collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, daylilies, and more (seasonal)
• The Special Exhibitions Gallery, featuring the Cranberries: From Cape Cod to American Icon exhibit
• Hidden Hollow, an outdoor discovery area
• The American Art & Carousel Gallery, featuring the Remembering the Revolution exhibit (which continues throughout the grounds) and rides on the 1908 Looff carousel
• The Wampanoag Stories exhibit featuring a wetu, Three Sisters Garden, and mush8n
• Outdoor features such as the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, the Flume Fountain, the Hart Family Maze Garden, the labyrinth, walking trails, and more
• Lilly's Café
• The Shop at Heritage

Terms and Conditions

By purchasing tickets, you agree to abide by Heritage Museums & Gardens’ visitation policies. Note that by purchasing tickets you acknowledge that you have read and agreed to the conditions of the following:

• Ticketing, Cancellation, and Refund Policy: Please read this policy here in its entirety before purchasing tickets.
• Health and Safety Acknowledgement, which can be reviewed here.