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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…
The population of the Boston…
The MHS is closed for Martin Juther King Jr. Day.
This program will feature a conversation with Joyce Antler, Professor of American Studies at Brandeis, who is currently writing a book on Jewish women active in the feminist movement; Claire…
MHS Associate Members (age 40 and under) are invited to an evening social with the Young Friends of Historic New England. Guests will gather at the MHS for a reception followed by a scavenger…
Please join Loring Fellow Dylan Yeats to discuss his dissertation and the research he is conducting at the Massachusetts Historical Society and Boston Athenaeum. Yeats is charting the evolution of…
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…
Toward the end of the eighteenth century, as British Parliamentary debates over abolition in the West Indies grew increasingly serious, the Board of Trade interrogated people familiar with…
Building is expected to reopen Saturday, but check here for any further updates.
The MHS will be closed Friday due to inclement weather.
The MHS will be closing at noon on Thursday due to inclement weather. The building will be closed Friday, 3 January, 2014.
The MHS library will be closed Tuesday, 24 December 2013, through Wednesday, 1 January 2014. The library will return to regular business hours on Thursday, 2 January 2014. The exhibition…
The MHS library will be closed Tuesday, 24 December 2013, through Wednesday, 1 January 2014. The library will return to regular business hours on Thursday, 2 January 2014. The exhibition…
The MHS galleries, featuring our current exhibition The Cabinetmaker and the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections, will be open to the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
The MHS library will be closed Tuesday, 24 December 2013, through Wednesday, 1 January 2014. The library will return to regular business hours on Thursday, 2 January 2014. The exhibition…
The MHS library will be closed Tuesday, 24 December 2013, through Wednesday, 1 January 2014. The library will return to regular business hours on Thursday, 2 January 2014. The exhibition…
The MHS galleries, featuring our current exhibition The Cabinetmaker and the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections, will be open to the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.