The weeklong festivities include events for sailors, visitors and spectators. Provincetown’s museums and galleries offer special exhibits and talks.  Look for Sail in the Arts™ at locations all around town during Regatta week. Visitors may tour historic vessels, learn more about them, reserve a seat on a schooner, and watch races from spectator boats and advantageous areas all about town. All events are open and free to the public except where noted.

Monday, September 2 and all week

Gallery Walk
Visit many of the town’s commercial art galleries and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum to view the collections. Admission charged during the day at PAAM, except Friday night opening shows.

PAAM
460 Commercial Street
Provincetown
508.487.1750
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Visit one of our local churches. At St. Mary of the Harbor, view ship models and a memorial to the 40 men who lost their lives on an S-4 submarine off Provincetown in 1927, (Episcopal, open to all), 517 Commercial Street.  Services are Sunday at 10:00am, Wednesday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 8:00am.

St. Mary of the Harbor
517 Commercial Street
Provincetown
508.487.2622

At St. Peter’s Church (Roman Catholic), view the beautiful stained glass windows dedicated to fishermen. Located on Prince Street.  Services Sunday, at 7:00am and 12:00 noon, Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00am, and Saturday at 4:00pm.

St. Peter's Church
11 Prince Street
Provincetown
508.487.0095

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Visit the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum. 
Open 7 days a week, 9:00am to 7:00pm.  Climb to the top and enjoy the spectacular view. Visit the museum and see works of Provincetown art on display as well as exhibits covering aspects of Provincetown history, the collections of Provincetown native son Admiral Donald MacMillan who sailed the Schooner Bowdoin to the Arctic, and the early American theater enacted here with Eugene O’Neill. Admission $7.00, $5.00 for students and seniors, $3.50 for childen under 15, includes both the museum and the Pilgrim Monument.

Provincetown Monument and Provincetown Museum
High Pole Hill Road
Provincetown
508.487.1310

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Visit the Provincetown Public Library and see the half-scale model of the Schooner Rose Dorothea, constructed as part of the library’s interior. The actual silver Fishermen’s Cup sponsored by Sir Thomas Lipton and photos and artifacts from the 1907 schooner race that made the schooner a local hero are on display. Open 10-8pm  Tuesday.

Provincetown Public Library
356 Commercial Street
Provincetown
508.487.7094

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Wednesday, September 4

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Noon -5pm  
Visit Provincetown Town Hall. Recently renovated & host to an extensive art collection depicting our maritime history. 260 Commercial Street.

Provincetown Town Hall
260 Commercial Street
Provincetown
508.487.7000

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10:30-Noon
Paint the Race on the Pier in conjunction with Cape Cod School of Arts, Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Art, Fine Arts Work Center & PAAM; Call (508) 349-7511 for details or email info@castlehill.org  

Long Point Schooner & Yacht Race - Race begins at noon.
Noon-3:30pm
Castle Hill  Paints the Race aboard the  Captain Johns Boat
Come draw, paint or photograph the race from an amazing vantage point. $25.00  Call
(508) 349-7511 for details and tickets or email info@castlehill.org  - Meet at Fisherman’s Wharf. (Cabral's)




View the Town’s extensive art collection depicting nautical themes at Provincetown Town Hall and the Provincetown Public Library.  Both are located on Commercial Street in the downtown area.

Town Hall is open 8:00am- 5:00pm, except Friday, closing at  noon. Closed Holidays.

Provincetown Public Library, is open daily except Holidays.  Check online at www.ptownlib.org for  hours.

View larger than life photographs “They also Faced the Sea” from the end of MacMillan Wharf across the water on the outer wall of the building on Fisherman’s Wharf.  Photographs by international photographer Norma Holt of local women whose lives were entwined with the Portuguese fishing community.

Go into either branch of Seamen’s Bank, located at 221 Commercial Street and 28 Shankpainter Road (next to the Stop and Shop) and see works depicting the town’s fishing industry and sailing tradition.

Walk to the Provincetown Inn to see murals on the walls of the lobby and public corridors depicting historic Provincetown, her wharves and fishing fleet.

In the East End of town at the corner of Duncan Lane and Bradford Street see a schooner under construction at the home of Charles ”Stormy” Mayo.  She is a labor of love, still in the works.  When will she be launched?