Brown Bag Lunch: Shipwrecks & the USS NH
This month, we welcome Cape Ann resident and scuba diver Norman "Dugie" Russell. Dugie has explored many sunken shipwrecks located off North Shore and Cape Ann, with the U.S.S. New Hampshire being one of the most significant. The U.S.S. New Hampshire was one of the last of the United States' 74-gun warships, built in 1814 […]
Patton Family Archives Tours
Patton Homestead 650 Asbury Street, Hamilton, MA, United StatesThe Patton Family Archives chronicle the life and legacy of one of America’s premier military families who resided here on Boston’s North Shore. The Archives are also an untapped, unparalleled resource regarding the service and sacrifice of Maj. Gen. Patton and his troops during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and that of his wife, Joanne […]
Patton Family Archives Tours
Patton Homestead 650 Asbury Street, Hamilton, MA, United StatesThe Patton Family Archives chronicle the life and legacy of one of America’s premier military families who resided here on Boston’s North Shore. The Archives are also an untapped, unparalleled resource regarding the service and sacrifice of Maj. Gen. Patton and his troops during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and that of his wife, Joanne […]
Patton Family Archives Tours
Patton Homestead 650 Asbury Street, Hamilton, MA, United StatesThe Patton Family Archives chronicle the life and legacy of one of America’s premier military families who resided here on Boston’s North Shore. The Archives are also an untapped, unparalleled resource regarding the service and sacrifice of Maj. Gen. Patton and his troops during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and that of his wife, Joanne […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Storybook Quilts
Calling all quilters! Do not miss the wonderful story behind one of the Wenham Museum’s most beloved quilt collections, the Storybook Quilts. Each storybook quilt recreates a children’s picture book. Created by the loving and talented hands of the Common Threads Quilt Guild, formerly of Topsfield, Massachusetts, these quilts have engaged and educated countless children […]
Patton Family Archives Tours
Patton Homestead 650 Asbury Street, Hamilton, MA, United StatesThe Patton Family Archives chronicle the life and legacy of one of America’s premier military families who resided here on Boston’s North Shore. The Archives are also an untapped, unparalleled resource regarding the service and sacrifice of Maj. Gen. Patton and his troops during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and that of his wife, Joanne […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Set at Liberty
Our January Brown Bag Lunch program is the first in a two-part series regarding the history of enslaved people on the North Shore. This month, we welcome Abby Battis, Associate Director for Collections, from Historic Beverly. Remarkably, some of the stories of Beverly’s black population have been preserved and can be found at Historic Beverly. […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Accounted For
Tracing the Lives and Labor of an Enslaved Family in 18th-Century Wenham In an unassuming brown leather-bound book, held today in the collection of the Wenham Museum, Lieutenant Richard Dodge of Wenham Neck carefully recorded his business transactions from the 1750s through the 1770s. He also recorded the labor of the human beings he enslaved–labor […]
March is Membership Month!
March is Membership Month! Join or renew in March and receive 13 months of membership for the price of 12! Our most popular “Any 5” and “Any 8” membership levels also include discounted admission to over 120 children’s museums across the country, including the Boston Children’s Museum, the Discovery Museums, and the Children’s Museum of […]
Exhibit Opening: Pink
Celebrating a Century: Pink West Gallery Included with Admission Free for Members In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve updated the Citizenship section of our Celebrating a Century exhibition with a new installation called Pink. Pink is an exhibit of children’s book illustrations that tell the story of a family coming together with other community members to exercise their […]
Pink: Meet the Artists
Meet the Artists! An informal meet-and-greet with children’s book illustrator Mary Newell DePalma and local photographer Deb Bai-Lannon. Their work is on display in Pink, an exhibition in recognition of Women’s History Month, open March 4 - April 30, 2023. Visitors will also have an opportunity to try their hand at knitting and crocheting with […]
March is Membership Month!
March is Membership Month! Join or renew in March and receive 13 months of membership for the price of 12! Our most popular “Any 5” and “Any 8” membership levels also include discounted admission to over 120 children’s museums across the country, including the Boston Children’s Museum, the Discovery Museums, and the Children’s Museum of […]