Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum to re-open April 1

The Pilgrim Monument was founded in 1892 as the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association—Cape Cod’s oldest not-for-profit organization. Its purpose is to commemorate the Mayflower Pilgrims’ first landing in the New World in Provincetown, in November 1620. Here the Pilgrims spent 5 weeks exploring the tip of Cape Cod, before they sailed on to Plymouth. They also drew up and signed the Mayflower Compact, which established the rule of law for the new land.

The Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association built the Pilgrim Monument to honor the Pilgrims’ first landing in Provincetown. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907. In 1910, President William Howard Taft dedicated the finished 252-foot tower. In 1910, the Cape’s first building built to house a museum opened at the base of the monument, to educate the public about Provincetown’s role in Pilgrim history and American history.

Today, millions of visitors and generations of local residents have admired and climbed the 252 foot granite Pilgrim Monument for almost 100 years.

Some interesting facts: 

• The Pilgrim Monument was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown on November 21, 1620.
• The tower is 252 feet, 7.5 inches (77 meters) tall and rises 350 feet above sea level!
• The heart-healthy walk to the top on 116 steps and 60 ramps only takes about 10 minutes at a leisurely pace.
• The Pilgrim Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. The granite came from Stonington, Maine, and each stone is the thickness of the wall. The design is patterned after the Torre Del Mangia in Siena, Italy.
• During your climb, you’ll see many interior stones that were donated by cities, towns and organizations from all of the United States. See if your city or town is here.
• President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone on August 20, 1907
• President William H. Taft led the dedication ceremony after the Pilgrim Monument’s completion on August 5, 1910.
• The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum is Cape Cod’s oldest non-profit and cultural institution.

Schedule and Admission: 

April 1 – Memorial Day, 9am – 5pm
Memorial Day – Labor Day, 9am – 7pm
Labor Day – November 30, 9am – 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day
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$12– adults
$9 – senior citizens (62 and older)
$7 – students (15 & older) w/ ID
$4–children 4-14
Free Admission for Members and children 3 & under

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Notes from Land's End: July 24

Provincetown Raises Its Artistic Bar with PAAM’s Motherwell and Long Point Exhibits

By Laura Shabott

 

Robert Motherwell Exhibit at PAAM
photo by Chuck Anzalone

The international art world convened on Commercial Street for a landmark Cape Cod exhibit: “Robert Motherwell: Beside the Sea” Friday, July 22nd through Saturday, September 30th at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Curators Lise Motherwell, the artist’s daughter, and multiple NEA Recipient Dan Ranalli (PAAM 2010) designed a monumental show featuring twenty paintings and three collages all created in Provincetown from 1962 (Beside the Sea Series) to 1990 (Blue Guitar).


Other works by Motherwell were in the adjoining “Long Point: An Artist’s Place” exhibit. A cooperative formed in 1977 when Provincetown had only five commercial galleries, the combined works of Varujan Boghosian (1926-), Robert Beauchamp (1923-1995), Paul Bowen (1951-), Fritz Bultman (1919-1985), Carmen Cicero (1926-), Gilbert Franklin (1919-2004), Sideo Fromboluti (1920-), Ed Giobbi (1926-), Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006), Budd Hopkins (1931-), Rick Klauber (1951-), Leo Manso (1914-1993), Michael Mazur (1935-2009), Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), Renate Ponsold (1935-), Paul Resika (1928-), Judith Rothschild (1921-1993), Sidney Simon (1917-1997), Nora Speyer (1923-), and Tony Vevers (1926-2008) when viewed side by side are just astonishing.


This presentation of both Motherwell and Long Point at PAAM is a visual feast; a testament to the masters that call Provincetown their muse; a message to the international art world that the oldest continuing arts colony is a cultural destination with gravitas.
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