As you’re gearing up to watch the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday, you should know that there’s a “strong, silent type” of Oscars history lying on Cape Cod. One of the pieces of the Heritage Museums & Gardens formerly belonged to a five-time Academy Award nominee and two-time winner.

Gary Cooper, hailed as “the strong, silent type” by film aficionados, and best known for his roles in the likes of High Noon, Sergeant York, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Pride of the Yankees, once owned a luxury 1928 Duesenberg Model J Derham Tourster. That studly vehicle now calls the Heritage Museums & Gardens home.

Cooper bought the car in 1930 before skyrocketing to national acclaim and unparalleled celebrity due in part to the success of the aforementioned movies.

The Tourster is fitted with Duesenberg’s straight-eight, overhead-value engine rated at 265 horsepower and the Model J could reach speeds of 116 miles per hour. The model is also equipped with an innovative windshield sitting snugly between the front and back seats, tufted upholstery, and an novelty foot-shaped accelerator.

Cooper devoted countless hours to modifying the vehicle to the utmost and serves as a token of his personal legacy. Cooper lost his battle to cancer in 1961 at the age of 60, but the car remains in his stead. The Model J is at the  Museum in Sandwich and will be available for view once the it reopens for the season on April 19.

So while you’re sitting comfortably on your couch bantering about gowns, tuxedos, jewelry and making ill-fated predictions as to which movie, actress, actor and crew will win entertainment’s most coveted awards, don’t forget to check out this piece of cinematic history sitting a stone’s throw from Boston.