Among the declared fakes were works purported to be by Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh (4 of the 5 shown), Pierre Bonnard and Paul Klee.

According to the Museum's website, "The efflorescence of paintings, sculpture, artifacts and glass soon outgrew its limited quarters in a 19th-century church, however, and Chrysler began seeking a new home for the works.

That addition is a half-scale replica of Provincetown's Grand Banks fishing schooner, the Rose Dorothea.

The original vessel was sold in 1916 to a Newfoundland company that used her to ferry salt and other supplies to Portugal.

In February 1917, a German U-boat submarine surfaced next to the schooner as she neared the coast of Lisbon, and then, after allowing her crew to evacuate in lifeboats, sank her.

[5] Sixty years later, in 1977, construction began on the replica fishing schooner, and it was dedicated on June 25, 1988.

[6] The Heritage Museum operated on a seasonal basis with a minimal staff and a group of volunteers through the summer of 2000, and in 2001, the Town voted to convey this property to the Provincetown Public Library.

The Provincetown Public Library website set forth the plans: The interior of the building will be completely gutted, reconstructed and restored to its original design insomuch as is possible.