Aptucxet Trading Post Museum

17th Century Store

Description

The original Aptucxet Trading Post was constructed in the early 1600s, and the structure visitors see today is a replica built from the original stone foundation. The museum area includes not only the trading post, but also a Dutch-style windmill reminiscent of those that were constructed in the Cape Cod area in the 1800s, a salt works building, and the Gray Gables railroad station that was used for the personal transportation of former president Grover Cleveland. Museum visitors are sure to learn a lot about the early colonist history of the Cape Cod area, as well as gain insight into the lives and heritage of the Native American tribes who used to inhabit the land.