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2001 February: Opening of “Victorian Art Form: Botanical

1996 April: Debut of MAC’s first promotional video

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

    -First Spring Victorian Weekend
June: Servant’s Hall exhibit opens in the Physick
  House Museum
November: First Holiday Preview Weekend
April: Debut of the Self-guided Audio Walking Tour of  
   Cape May
May: MAC donates acoustical shell to Cape May
   Convention Hall
July: First U.S. Coast Guard Base Trolley Tour
August: Completion of first phase of Carriage House
    restoration
September: Opening of Carriage House Gallery with
      “Traditions in Elegance” exhibit of Teapots
     from the Twinings Teapot Collection
  -Debut of Carriage House Gallery Shop
  -First Cape May Food & Wine Festival
December: MAC Endowment Fund launched
April: Lighthouse Tower restoration completed
    - First Vintage Dance Weekend
    - Debut of www.capemaymac.org
May: MAC receives the New Jersey Pride Award for
   Economic Development
August: Republication of “Cape May: Queen of the
    Seaside Resorts”
October: Opening of “Toys, Tools and Textiles” exhibit
     in the Carriage House Gallery, MAC’s first   
    “homegrown” exhibit
February: Opening of the “Feeling of Community:
     Cape Island’s African American Heritage”
     exhibit in the Carriage House Gallery (first
     co-sponsored exhibit with the Center for
    Community Arts)
July: Opening of the Twinings Tearoom at the
  Physick Estate
September: Opening of the “Glass for the Victorian
      Table” exhibit (in partnership with Wheaton

Village)
October: Re-interpretation of the Formal Parlor and
     Music Room in the Physick Estate
April: First General Operating Support grant award from
    the New Jersey Historical Commission
May: Dedication of the Fred Kuhner Garden at the  
   Carriage House Tearoom
July: First Kids’ Day at the Physick Estate
September: Opening of the “Clocks and Victorian Style”  
     exhibit
October: First “Cape May On Fire Walking” Tour
November: Work begins on Lighthouse Grounds
     Restoration Project

2002

2003

2004

     Illustrations” Exhibit
April: 1915 Model T Ford becomes latest Physick Estate
   attraction
May: Opening of “Cool Cape May: A Century of Beach
   Life” Exhibit
June: Cape May Legacy Fund established
September: Opening of “A Stitch in Time” Victorian
     Quilt Exhibit
January: Opening of “Somebody to Cheer For: Black
     Professional Baseball and African-American
     Community Life in New Jersey” Exhibit
February: World War II Tower Project launched
April: First Family Treasure Hunt Tours offered
June: Opening of “What’s Cookin’? Two Centuries of
   American Foodways” Exhibit
September: Return of “Traditions in Elegance:
      100 Teapots from the Norwich Castle
     Museum” Exhibit
October: First Cape May Wine School class
January: Opening of “Stompin’ at the Shore” Exhibit
May: Opening of “Mr. Ford’s Model T” Exhibit
  -First performance of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony at
    the Cape May Music Festival
June: Ribbon-cutting for the Physick Estate Grounds  
   Restoration/ADA Access Project
September: Opening of “The Fight of the Century”
     Exhibit
November: Fire Control Tower No. 23 named to
      National Register of Historic Places
December: First Tea with Mrs. Claus offered
January: Opening of “Glimpses of America” Exhibit
February: First Chocolate Fantasy Buffet
April: Opening of “The Dol