What Provincetown Has to Offer
Provincetown is Home to:
- America’s oldest art colony
- Legendary theater, including the birthplace of modern American theater and the contemporary Provincetown Theater featuring new and innovative productions
- Incredible dune shacks where famous artists and writers, including Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams, sought inspiration
- Norman Mailer Writer’s Colony offering fellowship and creative writing workshops in Norman’s house where he lived for over 25 years
- Province Lands National Seashore (Cape Cod National Seashore) and some of some of America’s best beaches, bike trails, and nature walks
- 250 species of birds and water fowl making for a bird watcher’s paradise
- The Dolphin Fleet Whale Watches featuring excursions to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and incredible whale sightings.
- Old Harbor Life Saving Station at Race Point, which is one of 13 original life saving stations on Cape Cod and the only station where life saving history is preserved.
- The Pilgrim Monument, which commemorates the Pilgrim’s first landing and is America’s tallest granite structure. Visitors are able to climb to the top of the Monument for incredible views of the Town and the harbor.
- Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), which was founded in 1914 to collect, exhibit and honor the work of Provincetown’s artists. Today, it houses one of the most important 20th century American art collections and was the first LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) certified museum in the U.S.
- The Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), where hundreds of artists participate in the renowned fellowship program and attend workshops for the visual arts and creative writing.
- The Gallery District, which contains dozens of galleries featuring work by local artists.
- World-famous Commercial Street, brimming with over 200 shops, restaurants, art galleries, street performers, and night clubs.
- Over 80 unique bed and breakfasts and hotels at all price points.
- Fourth of July fireworks celebration on Provincetown Harbor.
- Carnival Week in August, featuring week-long Gay Pride celebrations and Mardi Gras style parade.
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