On Saturday March 10th, CMMC will be open as part of the kick-off events to help celebrate the Town of Chatham's 300th anniversary. Visitors will get a view of how the Marconi Center fits into the history of Chatham. The Center will be open from 10am to 4pm. This is a free event and open to the public. Stay tuned for additional details on the CMMC events.

Preparations are also underway for CMMC participation in the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, April 15, 2012...as part of Chatham 300th celebrations.

The National Park Service - Cape Cod National Seashore and CMMC will cooperate in joint activities to commemorate this historic event. CMMC and the WCC Amateur Radio Association will be the "key" venue for the Radio Event ... commemorating the transmission and receipt of the wireless SOS message from the Titanic to Marconi sites and ships at sea during the sinking and rescue.

There will be a mobile ham radio operation at Wellfleet, at the former historic Marconi site, the major radio event will occur at the WCC Amateur Radio Association site located at the Center. Ham Radio operators will operate "round the clock" from Thursday April 12 until Sunday evening April 15th in acknowledgment of this historic radio event.

It is planned to have CMMC open during the extended weekend, April 12th – 15th…to facilitate the radio operators and receive visitors from the Cape Cod National Seashore Eastham Visitor Center as well as other area visitors.

There will be new exhibits and a new Video which commemorates the Titanic sinking and the contribution of Marconi radio operators, especially on Nantucket and Wellfleet. CMMC will also highlight the significance of these events to the Marconi Radio's commercial successes and highlight the paradigm shift in thinking of the use of wireless radio to ships at sea and public safety.

With funding from the Verizon Foundation, CMMC, the MIT Club of Cape Cod, and the Chatham & Harwich Public Schools, have partnered to form CMMC's STEM initiative. Members of the partnership have met and the teachers have begun the process of writing new lesson plans with an expanded STEM focus. Meetings were held in December and January and will continue in the coming months.

It was Lights! Camera! Action! on November 11th at the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center when Kathy Bickimer, field producer from the WCVB-TV (Ch. 5) Chronicle news magazine focused on the Center's Navy exhibit displaying the fascinating story of the World War II years at what was then called Station 'C'. She interviewed Donna Lumpkin, whose father was chief radioman at the Chatham Station during World War II.

The segment will be rebroadcast in Spring 2012. Click here to see the Chronicle segment