Location: Provincetown
Top Things to do in Provincetown
What to do and see in Provincetown, Massachusetts (MA): The Best Museums
Visit Provincetown and have a blast enjoying some of Cape Cod’s best beaches (Race Point Beach and Herring Cove Beach are favorites of TripAdvisor travelers). Plenty of cool boutiques, restaurants and art galleries give this town a fun and funky vibe. It’s an exceptionally LGBT-friendly destination as well. One tip: if it’s high season, take the ferry or a quick flight from Boston (unless you enjoy spending hours sitting in traffic).
Restaurants in Provincetown
1. Rice-Polak Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 30 reviews
Provincetown's most comprehensive collection of contemporary art. The gallery's collection includes paintings, pastels, photography, sculpture & installations. Special exhibitions by artists with international repute include.
Reviewed By willkreis - Washington DC, United States
I absolutely love Rice Polak and its owner, Marla Rice. It is among the first places I go every summer when I get to Provincetown. Marla curates the most interesting collection of artists and in my many years of visiting Ptown, I have never failed to buy a piece of art from her. From Bradshaw to Arvidson to Mirabelli, I feel like my home has become a Washington outpost for Rice Polak - and I love it. Marla herself is reason enough to visit the gallery. She is absolutely delightful - personable, charming, knowledgeable, and never pushy. Rice Polak is always my gallery of choice and I highly recommend a stop there as part of anyone's visit to Provincetown. And be sure to visit the upstairs and explore the stacks - always filled with hidden gems.
2. Cortile Gallery
3. Bowersock Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 11 reviews
Bowersock Gallery represents local Provincetown artists as well as, regional and nationally known Artists and Artisans from the seacoasts of Maine, New Hampshire and upper seacoast of Massachusetts. The Gallery exhibits landscape, still life, figurative, sculpture and glass work in a wide range of styles from photo realism to abstract. There are group and individual exhibitions monthly, Friday evenings during the summer season. The gallery is open year round and always features new works.
4. Lyman-Eyer Gallery
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
The Lyman-Eyer Gallery is located in the heart of the east end gallery district of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art representing 40 artists from Provincetown, the New England region and from across the US as well as Canada including Jeannie Motherwell, Steve Walker, Jacob Cooley, Eric Gibbons, and many more. The gallery exhibits a variety of styles including landscapes, seascapes, male and female figurative, abstraction, still life, sculpture and photography.
5. Charles-Baltivik Gallery and Sculpture Garden
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
The Charles-Baltivik Gallery and Sculpture Garden showcases contemporary Provincetown Art including oils on copper, wood, and canvas, encaustics, night photography, pet portraits, figurative works, folk art and furniture. The gallery boasts the only outdoor sculpture garden in Provincetown with flowing steel sculture and whimsical folk art.Custom work can be easily discussed and executed with the represented artists. Artist owned and operated. Come experience the color.
6. Artist-Loft
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Artist-Loft is an art supply store conceived and created to complement Provincetown’s rich history in the arts. It’s not just a place to purchase merchandise, but is also an inspiring, stimulating, and collaborative experience.Artist-Loft's Mission is to equip all levels and forms of artists with the supplies that help translate their creativity to paintings, installations, sculptures, photos, collages, scrapbooks, clothing and much much more!
7. Sea Space Marine Discovery Center
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
Sea Space has moved to Whaler's Wharf in downtown Provincetown! Experience the natural wonders of Cape Cod under the expert guidance of our dedicated educators. Family friendly exhibits and hands-on activities offered daily. Admission is free (donations welcome), but we do charge a nominal fee for special activities. Programs include: "Get to the Bottom of It" for kids age 6-12: Become a junior marine biologist, collecting and exploring the tiny marine animals in Provincetown Harbor. NEW! Junior Marine Animal Entanglement Responder (MAER) Program Kids learn what tremendous work it takes to free an entangled whale or turtle. They’ll see the tools used by our MAER team, photos and videos of actual disentanglement operations, try their hand at “rescuing” a “whale”, and brainstorm new ideas to prevent marine animal entanglement. We also offer seal walks, kayak tours and lectures. Full schedule here: https://bit.ly/2z4e4U7 ***DON'T MISS WHALE WEEK 2018, JULY 29 - AUGUST 4!***
8. Julie Tremblay Gallery
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
Julie Tremblay Gallery located across from town hall offers beautiful images of Cape Cod. As a full time resident of Cape Cod Julie has photographed images from all seasons. Come visit the gallery and experience these amazing images.
Reviewed By Heatmac
How does one capture the essence of Cape Cod and beyond? Julie has done just that with her wonderful portfolio of work on display in the gallery. A must see on the stops when in Provincetown! The 'Moonset' is stunning!!!!
9. Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum
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4.5 based on 1,469 reviews
This monument commemorates the Pilgrim's first landing in Provincetown (not Plymouth), where they conceived, wrote and committed to the Mayflower Compact - the foundational document for the democracy America enjoys today. The Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the U.S. rising 353 feet above sea level, and at the top, visitors are provided the most spectacular view of Cape Cod.In addition to the MOnument, the Provincetown Museum presents the unique cultural heritage of this historic town with special exhibitions and permanent displays.The Monument and Museum has ample parking, is open daily from APril 1st through November 30, and NEW this year - a food concession call the "Shallop Cafe" where visitors can enjoy a picnic lunch overlooking Provincetown and the Bay.
Reviewed By sls8806 - Sugar Land, United States
Taking the route of the Pilgrims landing all starts here. The museum is well set up and sets the story with artifacts, and timeline and explanation of the first landing. Step outside and walk to the monument. If you are in better physical health to climb the steps to the very top, you will get a breathtaking 360 degree view and a sticker at the end of the adventure! The day we went there were gale force wind warnings and rain. It really brought home what those early settlers went through and how brave they truly were!
10. Provincetown Town Hall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 204 reviews
Provincetown's municipal center also contains 30 pieces of art donated by local artists.
Reviewed By KeithLampmanPerlman - Provincetown, United States
Grand old building, still an operating town hall, with offices on the lower floor. The community space and concert hall, complete with wraparound balcony (best acoustics for musical events), are old-world, wooden living history.
