Programs & Events

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Thank you for making our 90th Gala a success!

We are grateful to our sponsors and guests for their support. Their contributions make it possible for us to continue the museum’s mission protect, preserve and interpret the artifacts of childhood, domestic life, and the history and culture of Boston’s North Shore. Please acknowledge their generosity by patronizing their business.

Visit our Special Events page to learn more!

Wheels: Getting from Here to There

Member's Cocktail Reception

Thursday, June 27; 6-8 pm

Members, feel like a big wheel at a special preview of our summer exhibit, Wheels! Enjoy the gallery with old and new friends. Light refreshments will be served.

17th Century Saturdays
June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7 and October 5
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Tour the museum’s 17th century Claflin-Gerrish-Richards House and discover how families lived during three centuries—from the First Period to the Victorian era.

Learn more about 17th Century Saturdays.

Blue Star Museum

Memorial Day, May 27 - Labor Day, September 2, 2013

Wenham Museum salutes active-duty military personnel and their families with free museum admission. Present your military ID at time of admission. This offer does not apply to special events.

Military History Day
Saturday, July 13; 10 am – 3:30 pm
Active Duty and Veterans Free with ID
Included with museum admission
John Katsaros; 11 am
Celebrate the service of America’s armed forces as with veterans and re-enactors sharing stories, artifacts and authentic military vehicles. Experience the heroic story of WWII veteran John Katsaros, a young aerial gunner who bravely saved his fellow soldiers after being shot down on a raid to destroy a German aircraft factory.

Mr. Katsaros will be signing copies of his book, Code Burgundy- The Long Escape, after his lecture.

Click here for images of last year's event on YouTube.

Free Fun Friday
Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation
Friday, August 2; 10 am – 4 pm
Free admission for all

Come to the museum and enjoy the museum's galleries featuring Wheels: Getting from Here to There, antique toys, dolls, dollhouses, 10 operating model train layouts, historic photographs and textiles. Tours of the museum's 17th-century Claflin-Gerrish-Richard's House will also be availble at designated times. Tours are limited to groups of 15.

Wenham Museum is proud to participate in the 5th annual Free Fun Fridays program sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation. On Friday, August 2, 2013, we will open its doors at no cost to visitors all day long. Free Fun Fridays is a program that includes 60 museums and cultural venues across Massachusetts. Each Friday this summer, there will be six venues open for free. The program begins Friday, June 28th and runs through Friday, August 30th. For the full program schedule and to learn more about Free Fun Fridays, please visit: www.highlandstreet.org.

Parking is free and space is limited.

Public Transportation: B&M Commuter Rail to Hamilton-Wenham; 15-minute scenic walk south from the depot on Route 1A.

41st Annual Family Festival and Craft Fair
Saturday, August 24 (Rain Date Aug 25)
10 am – 4 pm
Free museum admission
One of the North Shore’s finest craft fairs featuring the region’s best artisans—some new and many returning—offering unique hand crafted items, family activities, and museum galleries. Bring your

best-loved doll to the doll clinic for minor repairs, and commission a keepsake silhouette portrait with artist Carol Lebeaux. Bring your knives and scissors to the Knife Truck and treat yourself to lunch at the award-winning Fat Belly BBQ Truck.

Crafters and Sponsors

Contact: Cynthia Novotny, Special Events; 978.468.2377, ext. 110, By E-mail

6th Annual Heart of the Home Kitchen Tour

to benefit the Wenham Museum
Saturday, October 19
11 am – 4 pm

Be inspired by extraordinary kitchens on the North Shore on the 6th Annual Heart of the Home Kitchen Tour to benefit Wenham Museum. Visit traditional and contemporary homes that highlight interior design in the room that is the heart of every home—the kitchen. Complete your tour at the museum, with a visit to a display of historic household items and the colonial hearth in the ca. 1690 Claflin-Richards House, one of America’s early kitchens. Proceeds of this event benefit the Wenham Museum, including preservation of the circa 1690 Claflin-Richards House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Designers and Home Owners!

Feature your kitchen in this year’s showcase

Cynthia Novotny, Special Events

978.468.2377, ext. 110

By E-mail

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Wenham Museum's educational exhibitions and enrichment programming serves over 35,000 annual visitors and 4,500 school children. Wenham Museum is a section 501(C) (3) non-profit organization.