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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Phone:
+1 508-627-4441

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 4pm
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is known for being an affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island, which is usually connected to the Vineyard, though storms and hurricanes have separated them, as in 2007. It is the 58th largest island in the United States, with a land area of 100 square miles , and the third-largest on the East Coast of the United States, after Long Island and Mount Desert Island. Martha's Vineyard constitutes the bulk of Dukes County, Massachusetts, which also includes the Elizabeth Islands and the island of Nomans Land. The Vineyard was home to one of the earliest known deaf communities in the United States; consequently, a special sign language, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, was developed on the island. The 2010 census reported a year-round population of 16,535 residents, although the summer population can swell to more than 100,000 people. About 56 percent of the Vineyard's 14,621 homes are seasonally occupied.Martha's Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and it is only accessible by boat and air. However, its year-round population has considerably increased since the 1960s. The island's year-round population increased about a third each decade from 1970 to 2000, for a total of 145 percent or about 3 percent to 4 percent per year . The population of the Vineyard was 14,901 in the 2000 Census and was estimated at 15,582 in 2004. . Dukes County includes the six towns on Martha's Vineyard and Gosnold; it increased by more than 10 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data released in 2011, gaining nearly 1,548 residents. The Island's population increased from 14,987 to 16,535.A study by the Martha's Vineyard Commission found that the cost of living on the island is 60 percent higher than the national average, and housing prices are 96 percent higher. A study of housing needs by the Commission found that the average weekly wage on Martha's Vineyard was 71 percent of the state average, the median home price was 54 percent above the state's and the median rent exceeded the state's by 17 percent.
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