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This Week @ MHS

It has been busy, busy, busy at 1154 Boylston Street this fall.  And this week is no different.  Plan to attend one of this week's events.  And remember to visit the online calendar for additional information.

Monday, 22 October at 6:00 PM, author Missy Wolfe launches her new publication, Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665 with Elizabeth Winthrop: Insubordinate Spirit.  Reservations are requested. To RSVP call 617-646-0560 or register online

Tuesday, 23 October at 5:15 PM the Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar continues with John Ochsendorf, The Guastavino Project, MIT, presenting Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America's Great Public Spaces.  This event will take place at the Boston Public Library.  In lieu of reading a paper, participants will engage in discussion with the presenter after touring the exhibition “Palaces for the People.”

Please note there will be no building tour on Saturday, 27 October. The exhibition galleries, featuring In Death Lamented: The Tradition of Anglo-American Mourning Jewelry and In the Arena: The Presidential Election of 1912 in Massachusetts will be open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 


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