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Upcoming Events

- 10/18/2018
  Songs from Around the World
  Eustis Estate
  Massachusetts
  10/19/18, 10/26/18, 11/2/18, 11/30/18
  Farm Friends
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  10/19/2018, 10/20/2018
  Field School in Preservation Philosophy and Practice
  Roseland Cottage
  Massachusetts
- 10/19/2018
  Tales and Ales, October 19
  Swett-Ilsley House
  Massachusetts
  10/19/2018, 10/20/2018, 10/21/2018
  Fall Orchid Sale
  Lyman Estate Greenhouses
  Massachusetts
  10/20/2018
  Saturday Hook-Ins
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center
  Maine
- 10/20/2018
  Tales and Ales, October 20
  Swett-Ilsley House
  Massachusetts
  10/20/2018, 10/27/2018
  Coastal Growers’ Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  10/21/2018
  Plein Air Workshop, October 21
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts
- 10/22/18, 10/29/18, 11/5/18, 11/12/18
  Farm Friends II
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  10/22/2018
  Art on the Wing and the Founding Mothers of Mass Audubon
  Eustis Estate
  Massachusetts
  10/24/2018
  Weeding Wednesday, October 24
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts

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Oct 12 2018

Historic New England awards prize to book of William Bullard photographs

Oct 12, 2018

The twenty-fourth annual Historic New England Book Prize goes to Rediscovering an American Community of Color: The Photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917 by Nancy...

Oct 05 2018

Celebrate Halloween with Historic New England

Oct 05, 2018

Whether you prefer princess costumes or scary stories, you’ll find something fun to do at one of Historic New England’s Halloween season events. The...

Oct 03 2018

The best times to see fall foliage at Historic New England properties

Oct 03, 2018

October is the perfect time to go on a leaf-peeping road trip around New England. It’s that time of year again — fall has...

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