Heritage Museum and Gardens
The gardens on the 76 acre grounds are always beautiful, with over 1000 varieties of plants, featuring extensive collections of rhododendrons and daylillies. Museums have exhibits of antique cars, American history, Native history, folk art including basket making and scrimshaw, a 1912 carousel, and the Cape Cod Baseball League. A windmill built in 1800 is also on the grounds. Various special events, displays, workshops and reenactments are also scheduled. Friday night concerts on the lawn are popular with locals and visitors alike. Winter Spectacle of Lights - Thanksgiving to New Years, 5PM-9PM
Sandwich Glass Museum
Glass blowing desmonstrations.
Thornton Burgess Museum
1884 house that was author and naturalist Thornton W. Burgess' aunt's house when he was a child. Exhibits about this children's author's Peter Rabbit works and life.
Dexter Grist Mill
A working 17th-century grist mill on Shawme Pond, which offers tours with very knowledgable guides and fresh corn meal. Be sure to fill up your water bottles at the fresh water fountain nearby and feed the ducks on the pond. Watch for the huge turtle.
Sandwich Fish Hatchery
See the stages of fish and feed them. Run by the State Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
Cape Cod Canal
The east end of the Canal is in Sandwich and the Canal Visitor Center is there. See the Bourne Wikitravel guide for a section on the Canal and its recreational uses.
Sandwich Marina
The only harbor along the Cape Cod Canal.
Wing Fort House
Built in 1641, it's the oldest house in New England continuously lived in by a single family.
My Sister's Gallery
A char ming gallery located in the heart of Sandwich village. Here you will find some of the most talented artists on the cape and surrounding area.
Sandwich Art Gallery
An antique building houses a variety of paintings and lithographs.
Nye Homestead and Museum
Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen
This non-profit educational is not just for the kids. Some fantastic jams, jellies, relishes and pickles are made and sold here. Preserves are slow-cooked in oldest commercial solar-cooking operation in the country. Try the peaches in brandy.
Hoxie House
This house was built in 1637, and is probably the oldest restored house on the Cape.