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Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing seminars@masshist.org or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The…
Stephen Brumwell’s new book focuses on George…
Members of the Period Instrument Orchestra and…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing seminars@masshist.org or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
This research project asks, in what ways can place-based ethnography contribute to our understanding of complex historical and social relations in settler-colonial society? It begins with…
The Revolution forced many changes on…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The…
In commemoration of the Civil War battle of Fort Wagner led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the men of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and in cooperation with the Massachusetts Historical…
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The MHS library will be closing at 3pm on Thursday, February 20th, to prepare for the evening preview reception of Tell It With Pride.
Tuberculosis caused up to a third of all deaths in antebellum New England. Attempting to make sense of this devastation, sufferers—and society—created "illness narratives" to interpret their…
Mildred and Richard Loving…Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing seminars@masshist.org or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
James Michael Curley was perhaps the most prolific politician in Massachusetts history. In honor of the 100th anniversary of his first election as Mayor of Boston, this talk will highlight the…
The MHS is closed on Wednesday, February 5th, due to inclement weather. We anticipate reopening as normal on Thursday, February 6th. Please check the website and/or call 617-646-0500 for further…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing seminars@masshist.org or phoning 617-646-0568.
There are no original essays to read for this program…