Love and Mourning: What’s Inside of a Locket?
Each recent decade seems to have its own version of the locket, from the 1980s revival of classic, engraved Victorian versions, to 1990s minimalist hearts, to the early 2000s use of […]
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Red Riding Hood: How Do We Picture an Iconic Character?
It is rare that a character can be instantly recognized by one singular feature despite any other aspects which have been changed, regardless of how beloved that character may be—though […]
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Were these shoes worn with a zoot suit?
Object #2, or the 1940s men’s dancing shoes, served as an initial source of inspiration for the Just Dance! exhibition. The claim that they were believed to be worn with […]
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New Exhibition: Just Dance!
Hi! My name is Aileen Valerio, and I am a Collection’s Intern here at the Wenham Museum. This fall I will begin my final semester as a master’s student at […]
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Collections Corner: Welcome to Elysian Fields!
Hello and welcome to Elysian Fields! My name is Audrey and I’m interning in the Wenham Museum’s collections for the summer. Entering the museum, I knew interns could take on […]
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Henry Alley, Apiarist
Henry Alley, Sr. (1835-1908) was an innovator, author, and educator with wide-ranging influence in the field of apiculture. Although Alley was employed as a shoemaker into the 1870s, his affinity […]
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Art Grows Here
Image: Jump for Joy by Sue Kassirer. Wenham Museum’s Art Grows Here! Friday, July 30 – Sunday, August 8, 2021 Download the AGH Tour Map (Letter Size) >> Download the […]
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Painting of the Town of Wenham
Wenham in All Seasons by Valerie Weigand McCaffrey Contemporary Folk Artist from Beverly Farms, Massachusetts In August 2015, the Wenham Museum commissioned an oil painting of the Town of Wenham […]
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Patton Family in the Civil War
In October, we’re reminded of some significant dates in Patton family history. The above photo is of George S. Patton, Sr., who was a Colonel in the Confederate Army during […]
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Author & Illustrator Talk: Twenty-One Steps
Author & Illustrator Talk Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7 p.m. Free Community Program Online via Zoom Register >> Buy the Book […]
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Helen Clay Frick and the Iron Rail
Helen Clay Frick and the Iron Rail In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’d like to share a story about Helen Clay Frick, the founder of the Wenham property known today as […]
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Julia Ward Howe
Portrait doll of Julia Ward Howe, ca. 1900, by Carnig Eksergian (Armenian), gift of Mary Osgood and Elizabeth McMahon Donoghue. Howe sat for the portrait doll at age 87. She […]
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