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These sheds are support structures on the grounds of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, the Bourne Historical Society's 12-acre museum complex on the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne. The campus combines historical buildings, replicas such as a 17th-century trading post and a 19th-century saltworks, and outdoor installations that tell the story of local history from the colonial period through the 20th century.
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Sheds is a museum in Bourne, Barnstable County. It is one of 16 museums documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7424, -70.6045 near Bourne. The nearest cataloged historic site is Aptucxet Trading Post Caretaker's Cottage (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Aptucxet Trading Post - Caretaker's Cottage Garage, Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Replica Coastal Sloop, and Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Bourne, Beth Memorial Wildflower Garden.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Sheds are outbuildings that are part of the Museums at Aptucxet complex in Bourne, operated by the Bourne Historical Society. The larger site preserves and interprets the history of Aptucxet, where Plymouth Colony established a trading post in 1627 to trade with the Wampanoag and Dutch. The sheds are contributing structures to the historic museum grounds beside the Cape Cod Canal.
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