6 Aptucxet Rd., Bourne, Massachusetts. County/parish: Barnstable.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 25, 2021. NRIS 100006301.
3 contributing buildings. 6 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.
The Aptucxet Trading Post Museum is a small open-air historical museum in Bourne, Massachusetts. The main attraction is a replica of the 17th-century Aptucxet Trading Post which was built by the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in order to trade with the Wampanoag Indians and the Dutch. The museum also features a replica of a 19th-century saltworks, the relocated 19th-century Gray Gables Railroad Station, and a wooden smock windmill. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
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