Learning blooms at the Marion Natural History Museum
Nov 01, 2026
The afterschool group smiles together at the Marion Natural History Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Photo source: Marion Natural History Museum
Kids examine fresh cranberries. 
The group learned how cranberries are harvested for juice, sauce and other products. 
Kids learned how to tell if a cranberry is good or rotten by boinging it on a hard surface.
The afterschool group smiles together at the Marion Natural History Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Photo source: Marion Natural History Museum
Kids examine fresh cranberries.
The group learned how cranberries are harvested for juice, sauce and other products.
Kids learned how to tell if a cranberry is good or rotten by boinging it on a hard surface.
MARION —An afterschool group had a berry good time learning about farming one of the region’s most iconic crops at the Marion Natural History Museum.
Kids came to the museum Wednesday, Oct. 28 to learn about how cranberries are farmed and harvested.
The fruit has been harvested for thousands of years by the Wompanoag and other indigenous peoples.
The group learned about the environmental factors that go into modern-day farming practices, how to tell the difference between good and bad fruit and the different harvesting methods farmers use.
Pam Francis and Karen Cahill, from the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers, shared their experience with the group.
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