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Past Events

Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, August 27, 2020 ,
Running toward Abolition: Fugitive Slaves, Legal Rights, and the…
 
This talk tells the story of the long…
Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, August 20, 2020 ,
Interpreting Neutrality during the American Revolution in the…

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Rebellion, neutrality and loyalty existed on a spectrum that…

Public Program, Online Event
Fri, August 14, 2020 ,
Virtual Tour of the Old Colony History Museum

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Join us for a virtual tour of the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton,…

Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, August 13, 2020 ,
Making Home: Wabanaki and English Claims to Place, 1600-1830

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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Wabanakis…

Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, August 06, 2020 ,
Environmental Book History and the Reception of The Limits to…
 
In 1972, the authors of The Limits to Growth…
Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, July 30, 2020 ,
Reconstruction as the Last Atlantic Revolution
 
This project explores the Atlantic history of…
Public Program, Online Event
Wed, July 29, 2020 ,
Salem History Through the MHS Archive

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As with many cities and towns in Massachusetts—and in the…

Public Program, Online Event, Conversation
Thu, July 23, 2020 ,
Boston in Film: Beyond the Oscars

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There are a remarkable number of gritty films set in Boston, yet that is…

Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, July 23, 2020 ,
Responsibility and Re-Orienting the Self in Nineteenth-Century…

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This informal talk offers an overview of responsibility, duty,…

Author Talk, Online Event, Public Program
Mon, July 20, 2020 ,
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy

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Former Boston Globe reporter and best-selling New York Times author…

Public Program, Online Event
Fri, July 17, 2020 ,
Virtual Tour of the Forbes House Museum

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Join us for a virtual tour of the…

Brown Bag, Online Event
Thu, July 16, 2020 ,
Anatomical Acts: Exploring the Intersections between Popular…
 
Levenson will contextualize her research as…
Public Program, Author Talk, Online Event
Wed, July 15, 2020 ,
These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily…

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Emily Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately,…

Public Program, Online Event, Conversation
Thu, July 09, 2020 ,
Boston in Film: From Eddie Coyle to Manchester by the Sea

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The 1973 film The Friends of Eddie Coyle was not a box office…

Building Closed
Sat, July 04, 2020 ,
Independence Day

The MHS is CLOSED for Independence Day.

Building Closed
Fri, July 03, 2020 ,
Independence Day (observed)

The MHS is CLOSED for Independence Day (observed).

Building Closed
Thu, July 02, 2020 ,
Independence Day (observed)

The MHS is CLOSED for Independence Day (observed).

Author Talk, Online Event, Public Program
Wed, July 01, 2020 ,
The Cabinet: George Washington & the Creation of an American…

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On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries—…