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The fourth annual Cocktails with Clio will take place on 7 November 2013. Named for the muse of history, this festive evening celebrates American history and the 222-year-old mission of the…
In preparation for our annual gala event, Cocktails with Clio, the MHS library will be closed on Thursday, 7 November.
This project resurrects the history of the China Trade and the early nineteenth-century Pacific as key sites of American economic and political intervention. It explores the formation of an…
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…
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…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing seminars@masshist.org or phoning 617-646-0568.
This program will explore how the influx of English cabinetmakers and chairmakers and the fashionable desires of a new Boston elite combined to transform the furniture trade in Boston in the…
This project explores the ways in which American Catholics fought to establish, preserve, reclaim, and expand conceptions of religious liberty in early America. Virtually ignored in church-state…
The early 19th century was a time of prosperity for the City of Boston and produced some extraordinary furniture. Irfan Ali, a collector of American furniture, will examine Boston’s answer to the…
Jane Franklin, the sister of Benjamin…
In 1945–1946, Bostonians pursued an ambitious dream: to…
The MHS library will be closed on Monday, 14 October in observance of Columbus Day. The exhibition galleries, featuring The Cabinetmaker and the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections…
Join us as part of the Fenway Cultural District’s Opening Our Doors, Boston’s largest single day of free arts and cultural events. Visit the MHS and view The Cabinetmaker & the Carver:…
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…
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…