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Upcoming Events

- 9/21/2017
  Salem Food Tour: Wine and Cheese Stroll
  Phillips House
  Massachusetts
  9/21/2017
  Nooks and Crannies at Night, September 21
  Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House
  Massachusetts
  9/22/17, 9/29/17, 10/6/17, 10/13/17
  Farm Friends
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
- 9/23/2017, 9/30/2017
  Coastal Growers’ Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  9/23/2017
  Great Road Open House
  Arnold House
  Rhode Island
  9/23/2017
  The Power of Wind: Learning is a Breeze
  Eustis Estate
  Massachusetts
- 9/23/2017
  Sobo Story Slam: In a Pickle, Egg on Your Face, or Easy as Pie
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center
  Maine
  9/23/2017
  Nature Walk with Dr. Bob, September 23
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  9/23/2017
  Thirteenth Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, September 23
  Langdon House
  New Hampshire
- 9/24/2017
  Thirteenth Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, September 24
  Langdon House
  New Hampshire
  9/24/2017
  Plein Air Workshop, September 24
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts
  9/25/17, 10/2/17, 10/16/17, 10/23/17
  Farm Friends II
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts

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Elegance and Aspiration: Money, Taste, and Jewelry in America’s Gilded Age
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Salem Food Tour: Wine and Cheese Stroll
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Nature Walk with Dr. Bob, September 23
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Nooks and Crannies at Night, September 21
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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House
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Gropius House
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Eustis Estate Museum
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Roseland Cottage
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From photos to jewelry to wallpaper, explore 400 years of Historic New England collections

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Discover stories of life in New England from the twentieth century and beyond

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Featured Posts

Sep 12 2017

Students answer “what freedom means to me” at Pierce House

Sep 12, 2017

What Freedom Means to Me, an exhibit created by fifth-grade classes from the Neighborhood House Charter School in the Dorchester section of Boston, was...

Sep 07 2017

Celebrate fall with Historic New England

Sep 07, 2017

Experience the unmatched beauty of autumn in New England by attending one of our upcoming fall festivals. Enjoy fresh-pressed cider, live folk music, vintage...

Sep 06 2017

Capturing stories of modern Roxbury: Frances Sims

Sep 06, 2017

This summer, Helina Dawit Yohannes, an incoming senior at Suffolk University, is working with Urban Edge and Historic New England to compile an archive of the personal stories...

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