The Beehive: the official blog of the Massachusetts Historical Society

This Week at MHS

Our latest exhibition, The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1862, is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. In addition to seeing the exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to attend two gallery talks this week. On Wednesday, 19 October, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and again on Friday, 21 October from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM members of the exhibition's curation team we speak about elements of the exhibition.

On Wednesday, 19 October at 6:00 PM current and potential associate members are invited to a special event just for them. Gloriously Gruesome at the MHS will feature a number of gruesome objects from the MHS collections. Registration is required for this event. 

And do not forget our weekly building tour The History and Collections of the MHS. The 90-minute tour departs our lobby at 10:00 AM.  

 

permalink | Published: Monday, 17 October, 2011, 8:00 AM