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CENTENNIAL for
MARCONI CAMPUS
June 21 - 22
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RENEW CMMC
MEMBERSHIP
www.chathammarconi.org/Membership
SIGN UP on-line:
Use paypal.
Sign Up by Mail:
Fill out membership form online or print it and fill it in. Send a check or credit card number to: Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Box 421, North Chatham,MA 02650
2014 OPENING of CMMC
Education Center
in the Hotel
Saturday June 21, 2014
Wireless Today Exhibits
Summer and After School
Science Programs
SIGN UP NOW
Summer Science at www.chathammarconi.org
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CMMC OPEN
May 23 - June 15
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
1:00 - 4:00 pm
(Operating Building and Antenna Trail only)
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Thinking of Volunteering?
We're celebrating International Marconi Day with an
Open House just for you!
Saturday, April 26
1:00 - 3:00pm
Contact Volunteer Coordinator: Melissa Clayton volunteer@chathammarconi.org
NEW ANTENNA
WALKING TRAIL
 | Enter the walking trail behind the Wireless Museum in the
Operating Building |
 | Barbara Cotnam,
landscape designer
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 | Enjoy the view and learn about this section of the historic Marconi - RCA wireless antenna field. Thanks go to trail builder, Eagle Scout Elijah Eldredge, landscape designer Barbara Cotnam, and
Chatham Bars Inn for the benches.
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April, 9 2014
2014 Members will have first chance to attend special centennial events planned for June 21 - 22. If you have not already done so, renew your CMMC Membership today using the website or download a membership form to mail with your check.
The new CMMC Education Center housed in the Hotel building will open for the first time. The Education Center's "wireless today" exhibits will complement our exhibits in the Operating Building. The CMMC Antenna Walking Trail with signage is a new scenic and historic campus destination. Special guests will bring an international and national perspective about the history of Chatham's Marconi Campus.
Roslyn Coleman
Marconigram Editor
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The "Hotel"
"Hotel" was the name the Marconi Company gave to large residential facilities built for its own operating staff. When the fortunes of war blocked the final completion of the Chatham Port station, the doors of the Hotel were opened to the summer tourist trade, briefly doing business under the name "Hotel Nautilus." In 1920, under RCA, the Hotel began to serve its intended purpose, a residence for unmarried wireless operators. The occupants wittily dubbed it Hotel de Gink, borrowing from a contemporary social movement that provided shelter for hoboes.
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Early (1920's) Hotel Nautilus Sign
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Ed Moxon
CMMC Historian
DID YOU SEE THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER?
Likely not, since it appeared just over 100 years ago - March, 1914.
With these few words, the Chatham Port correspondent of the Harwich Independent alerted the citizenry to the coming of the sprawling wireless receiving station that today is the home of CMMC.
The rest of that year was a busy one for the construction crews, as they transformed the rustic Chatham Port landscape.
Now, in 2014, CMMC is preparing to re-open the 1914 Hotel building, renovated to include education, exhibition, and office space.
Visitors to the museum this season will see a chronicle of the times and events that would destine Chatham Radio to be renowned among mariners of the world for most of the 20th Century.
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Centennial Events
The Grand Opening celebration is only the beginning . . .
- This year's exhibits in the Hotel will showcase the marvels of today's wireless technology such as tracking sharks and ships as they cross the ocean.
- An expanded summer education program for children will include interactive classes on astronomy, geology, chemistry. Adults will be invited to attend new evening sessions.
- A walking trail with signage takes visitors through the antenna field.
You can be part of our celebration by renewing your CMMC membership today. While renewing, you might consider the family membership that provides unlimited admission for you and 5 family members each visit. After all, CMMC is a perfect place to bring visitors to better understand a technology that has a rich history right here on Cape Cod and that transformed our world.
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