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Fri, December 26, 2014 ,

The MHS exhibition galleries are open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Fri, December 26, 2014 ,

The MHS library is closed.  The exhibition galleries are open 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Thu, December 25, 2014 ,

The MHS library and exhibition galleries are closed on Christmas Day.

Wed, December 24, 2014 ,

The MHS library and exhibition galleries are closed on 24 & 25 December.

Sat, December 20, 2014 ,

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, with no need for…

Sat, December 13, 2014 ,

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, with no need for…

Tue, December 09, 2014 ,

This paper will primarily consider legal entanglements over water rights in the Southwest, which have been developing since the 1920s and continue to reshape the use and abuse of water in New…

Mon, December 08, 2014 ,

Students of the Boston…

Sat, December 06, 2014 ,

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, with no need for…

Fri, December 05, 2014 ,
Thu, December 04, 2014 ,

Sharon Hartman Strom taught U.S. Social History and Women’s Studies courses at the University of Rhode Island from 1969 to 2011 and is the author of Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the…

Wed, December 03, 2014 ,

MHS Fellows and Members are invited to celebrate the season at the Society’s annual holiday party. Enjoy festive music, holiday cheer, and the annual tradition of reading the anti-…

Wed, December 03, 2014 ,

Local sources of church history—historical societies, libraries, town halls, and church basements and vaults—reveal a new half to Congregational historiography. Within the churches themselves…

Tue, December 02, 2014 ,

This paper traces early Irish immigration to the Americas through the Irish linen trade. It considers how the American desire to imitate Europeans and the immigrants’ wish to feel comfortable in…

Sat, November 29, 2014 ,
Sat, November 29, 2014 ,

The MHS library is closed for Thanksgiving.  The exhibition galleries are open 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday, 28 November and Saturday, 29 November.

Sat, November 29, 2014 ,

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, with no need for…