The Porter Thermometer Museum is the world’s largest thermometer collection, and it is located in Onset, MA with your cheap car rental Cape Cod. This museum has a collection of 4600 thermometers, including a Bunker Hill tower thermometer, a pill-sized thermometer, and much more. The museum is open by appointment only.

Explore the area

Orset is located in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County. Orset was originally developed as a summer camp meeting for Spiritualists in the 1880s. Many of the cottages still found here were second homes for people from Boston and other northeastern cities who gathered here to communicate with the dead. When you visit with your cheap car rental Cape Cod, you may still be able to see some of these gathering places.

For the love of books… and jam

Orset is not too far from Sandwich, where you can find the Thornton W. Burgess Museum with your cheap car rental Cape Cod. The museum features memorabilia relating to the life and work of Thornton Burgess. You can look through the books, toys, games, and household goods that feature some of the popular characters from Burgess’ books, including Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, and Jimmy Skunk. The highlight of the museum are the Harrison Cady illustrations. In the summer, there are also walking tours of Sandwich that start at the museum. These tours take you back to the summer of 1916. An actor portraying Thornton Burgess will take you through the town that he knew as a child and what life was like in the 1870s and 1880s.

Green Briar, famous from Burgess’ books, is also home to the Green Briar Jam Kitchen, which has been here since 1903. This is a living museum that you can visit with your cheap car rental Cape Cod. The kitchen prepares jams, jellies, relishes, and pickles in the old-fashioned way in a turn-of-the-century kitchen. This is the oldest solar-cooking operation in the country. All products are also offered in the gift shop, so you will have a souvenir to take home in your discount Cape Cod car rental.

Other towns and villages in Plymouth

Plymouth is a large county with many towns for you to explore with your cheap car rental Cape Cod. When you visit, some of the towns include Bridgewater, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth, and Wareham. Some of the things that you can do around here include enjoying time on the water, exploring historic houses and museums, and wine tasting at wineries. There are also some small art museums in the area.

When you visit with your cheap car rental Cape Cod, the Porter Thermometer Museum is a good place to stop on your travels to learn everything there is to know about thermometers. Be sure to call ahead though, because the museum is only open on an as needed basis.