Collection Highlights
The Museum’s commitment to collecting works of the highest quality has been supported by Patrons, including the Director’s Circle and Cahoon Society, and through the generous donations of many collectors, whose gifts enable the museum to further its mission of celebrating American art.
Collection highlights include works by 20th-century artists of the Cape Ann and Provincetown art colonies, including Edna Choate Hodgkins, Daisy Margaret Hughes, and Margaret Jordan Patterson, as well as a broad selection of contemporary New England artists. Another collection focus includes a grouping of art and ephemera by the Cape Cod folk artists Ralph (1910-1982) and Martha (1905-1999) Cahoon.
Our Mission
The Cahoon Museum celebrates American art in ways that expand knowledge, enrich the spirit, and engage the heart.
The Museum serves as a dynamic environment for all people to experience, enjoy, and become curious about art. We bring to life and preserve a rich historic collection and create a conversation between old and new by cultivating art from contemporary artists who engage connections to New England’s heritage and the wider story of American art.
