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Puzzles: the activity for a rainy day, a family night, or just a fun pastime. It’s something everyone has done at least once in their lives, and something many people […]

Aug-2024
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 […]

Jul-2024
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 […]

Jul-2024
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 […]

Jul-2024
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 […]

Apr-2022
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 […]

Mar-2019
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 […]