The Cahoon Museum of American Art will hold its Mermaid Festival on Saturday, August 15, from 1 to 3 PM.

The family-friendly event will include the chance to meet a mermaid, create mermaid-inspired crafts, explore the museum with a mermaid scavenger hunt, decorate cookies and take home a mermaid coloring book featuring illustrations by Cape Cod folk artists Ralph and Martha Cahoon.

Mermaid tails, crowns and sea-inspired costumes are encouraged.

Admission is $17 per adult, $5 per child, Free for Cahoon Museum members.

Reserve space via Cahoonmuseum.org.

The Cahoon Museum is located at 4676 & 4698 Falmouth Road (Route 28) in Cotuit, Massachusetts 02635 info@cahoonmuseum.org | 508-428-7581 Open Tuesday-Sunday 10-4