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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Pink
Join us for our March Brown Bag Lunch program in honor of Women's History Month! This month, we'll explore the creation of the museum's newest exhibition, Pink. Pink is an exhibit of children’s book illustrations that tell the story of a family coming together for the Women's March on January 21, 2017. These charming, creative, mixed-media […]
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 […]
Free Admission Day – Spring Week!
The Wenham Museum is thrilled to be part of Spring Week, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation! As part of Spring Week, general admission is FREE to the Wenham Museum on Friday, April 21st. Ms. Frizzle will be visiting the Wenham Museum on this date for a special program about bugs and insects! The program […]
Ancestry Days – Scots’ Charitable Society
Ancestry Day – The Scots Charitable Association and Early New England Scots Saturday, April 21, 2023: 2:00pm $4 Members $5 Nonmembers Advanced Registration Required As part of Destination Salem’s Ancestry Days, learn about Scottish heritage and the Scots’ Charitable Association. As the oldest charitable society in the Western Hemisphere, it was founded in 1657 in Massachusetts […]
Sheryl Faye Presents “I Dissent”
Celebrate women’s history by attending this interactive and educational performance about one of the most impactful women of our lifetime. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life continues to be one of achievement: as a lawyer, professor of law, a judge, and then a Supreme Court justice, she stands out because she was not afraid to dissent, disapprove, […]