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Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints
On exhibit are thirty-two Ukiyo-e prints by twelve 19th Century Japanese artists.
The Pace of Change
Examines the fashion that change radically in a very short time between 1910 to 1925.
19th Century Photo Albums and Scrapbooks
19th Century Bling Fashion
late 19th century women’s capes and capelets
A Victorian Birthday Party
Happy Birthday Victorian Style.
Hollywood Comes To Centerville
Hollywood comes to Centerville tells the story of the Herbert and Natalie Kalmus (inventors of Technicolor) who summered in Centerville for decades bringing many of their Hollywood friends to their estate including Clark Gable, Cecil B. DeMille, Walt Disney, Gloria Swanson and Audrey Hepburn and child actress Cammie King.
This examines the history of those tumultuous times of prohibition, and the phenomena that became known as the Speakeasy. We recount the story of the prohibition era including: Cape Cod's bootlegging of rum runners row, and Centerville’s own Speakeasy.
18th & 19th Century Small Armaments
This exhibit examines the technological changes of small armaments between 1780 and 1875, using rifles, swords, daggers and bullets from the museum collection.
Battles; Spies; Cooties The Great War
Centerville Museum examines the major battles, the development of espionage, the changes in the technology of warfare and the personal accounts of World War One veterans.