Curious to get a look under the hoods at the engines in our auto collection? Want to know the bore and stroke for the 1910 Peerless? This unique event lets car fanatics get up close and personal with our one-of-a-kind antique and classic car collection. Go behind-the-scenes into Heritage’s auto storage area and maintenance garage and get face-to-fender with these fascinating machines. Enjoy private access to the refreshed automobile exhibit, From Carriage to Classic:  How Automobiles Transformed America, and watch select cars as they are started up for your enjoyment. Meet expert members of our Auto Committee and learn what it takes to maintain this world-class collection. This event is geared toward auto enthusiasts. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet like-minded aficionados and to get all your in-depth classic car questions answered! This month’s program will feature the 1912 Packard 1-48 Victoria and the 1927 LaSalle Sport Phaeton. Please note the following: Capacity is limited for this event, advance registration is required, and this event takes place rain or shine.

Program fees fund Heritage’s mission to inspire people of all ages to explore, discover, and learn together. Thank you for your support. Program Registration Fee:  $15 Members, $25 Non-Members 

Free Program Tickets (for Benefit Packages or Supporter, Friend, Honor Society memberships purchased prior to 2/9/22) may be used for this program. Add your discount code during check-out, or contact the Development Department at membership@heritagemuseums.org or call 508-888-3300 x119 or x159 for assistance.

We look forward to welcoming you to Heritage Museums & Gardens for the 2024 season! Thank you for supporting the museum with your purchase of admission tickets.

Ticketing Information

Online ticket purchases are strongly encouraged, and allow for quick and easy entry. All tickets are date specific and are valid for entry any time between 10 am-4:30 pm. Tickets are non-refundable. If you need to reschedule your admission ticket’s date, please contact tickets@heritagemuseums.org or call 508-888-3300, ext. 0 prior to your scheduled visit. 

The Adventure Park at Heritage is NOT included with the purchase of a Heritage Museums & Gardens admission; however, those with a receipt dated within seven days of their Heritage Museums & Gardens visit can receive 10% off tickets.

Remember - tickets are date specific! Please be sure to check the date selected above. Click the "Want another date? Click here!" link above to select your preferred ticket date. Members must show ID upon entry.

Visit Information

Please have paper tickets or mobile tickets available for scanning upon arrival.

Tickets include admission to:

• The gardens, featuring collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, daylilies, and more (seasonal)
• The Hidden Hollow outdoor discovery area
• The Special Exhibitions Gallery, featuring the Impressionist New England: Four Seasons of Color and Light exhibit
• The J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery, featuring the From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America and Charging Ahead: Early Electric Cars in America exhibits
• The American Art & Carousel Gallery, featuring the Heritage Highlights exhibit and rides on the 1908 Looff carousel
• The outdoor art exhibit Alfred Glover in the Garden (opening mid-May)
• Wampanoag wetu, Three Sisters Garden, and mush8n
• Outdoor features such as the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, the Flume Fountain, the Hart Family Maze Garden, the labyrinth, walking trails, and more
• Lilly's Café
• The Shop at Heritage in its new temporary location

Make every visit to Heritage FREE. Become a member today! Members do not need to reserve in advance; just show your ID at admissions. Just another perk of membership!

We are excited to be building a new Welcome Center! While you will notice construction upon parking and entering, please note that all of our museums and garden spaces are open and unaffected.

Terms and Conditions

By purchasing tickets you agree to abide by Heritage Museums & Gardens’ visitation policies. Note that by purchasing tickets you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the conditions of the following:

• Ticketing, Cancellation, and Refund Policy: Please read this policy here in its entirety before purchasing tickets.
• Health and Safety Acknowledgement, which can be reviewed here.

The technique of raised bed gardening is not a new one – though it has become very popular in recent years. When not doting on hydrangeas, Heritage’s Curator of Hydrangeas, Mal Condon, can be found tending to his extensive array of vegetables in his own raised beds at home. During your visits to Heritage, you may have noticed the lovely vegetable gardens near the Administration building – these are the purview of Senior Gardener, Iris Clearwater, who brings a passion for holistic and conscientious gardening practices for both flowers and vegetables.

Mal has been a champion of raised beds for a very long time and has devoted considerable effort and economics to their application. He is well experienced with design, materials, and construction techniques and - perhaps most importantly - has developed some strong concepts for optimizing their growing attributes to reward the home gardener with superior vegetables and flowers.

Iris’s work at Heritage is dependent on developing a superior plan for each of the gardens she manages, and then setting those plans up for success with careful soil preparation, strong planting techniques, and well-chosen plant groupings. Many of the plants she ultimately puts in the finished gardens start their life as seeds in Heritage’s greenhouse. During the workshop, Iris will share her strategies for preparing a plan for your garden and how to succeed with it using both seeds and seedlings.

Raised beds give the home gardener a plethora of advantages, including superior soil creation & management, minimal compaction, no-till requirements, high density planting, early season soil warming, and easy application of irrigation networks. What’s not to love?

This in-person, small-group, workshop includes the opportunity to view first-hand and up-close Mal and Iris’s techniques and tools in a real garden setting at Heritage. Mal and Iris will discuss:

• Developing a planting plan (a reasonable one)
• Size, materials, assembly techniques, and placement of raised beds
• Filling the raised bed:  applying simple soil science, material sources and amendments
• Plants & planting:  seeds vs. seedlings
• Irrigation:  drip vs. surface application, network configurations, and system components

The class will have plenty of on-going time for questions, and you will receive a handout containing all the relevant text, graphics, and resources for your reference. Advance registration is required and spots are extremely limited. Don’t miss this important “how-to” workshop – register today!

Please note that this program will take place outdoors, and may involve hands-on garden work – dress accordingly (in layers) and bring two pair of gloves. In the event of severe inclement weather, this course will be rescheduled to the following day, Saturday, April 2, from 10 am-noon. If the need arises, information regarding this change will be communicated to program participants 48 hours in advance.

Program fees fund Heritage’s mission to inspire people of all ages to explore, discover, and learn together. Thank you for your support. Program Registration Fee:  $40 Members, $45 Non-Members