Celebrate the holidays with Historic New England

Visit decorated houses, shop, and enjoy seasonal events

Upcoming Events

- 11/17/2018
  Saturday Hook-Ins
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  11/19/18, 11/26/18, 12/3/18
  Farm Friends II Session 2
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  11/19/2018
  A Writer’s Circle
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
- November 19, 2018
  Rescheduled: An Evening of Celebrations
  Lyman Estate
  11/23/2018, 11/24/2018, 11/25/2018, 11/30/2018
  Mistletoe and Holly Holiday Artisan Sale
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  11/25/2018
  Make Your Own Evergreen Wreath
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
- 11/29/2018
  Behind the Scenes in Collections Storage
  Haverhill Regional Office
  Massachusetts
  11/30/2018
  Home for the Holidays
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  11/30/18, 12/7/18
  Farm Friends Session 2
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
- 12/01/2018
  Saturday Hook-Ins
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  12/01/2018
  Santa Claus at the Eustis Estate
  Eustis Estate
  Massachusetts
  12/01/2018
  Open Saturdays at the Library and Archives
  Otis House
  Massachusetts

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Make Your Own Evergreen Wreath
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Mistletoe and Holly Holiday Artisan Sale
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Christmas Cheers at the Eustis Estate
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Curator’s Tour of Head to Toe
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Gropius House
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Eustis Estate Museum
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Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center
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Lyman Estate Greenhouses
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Nov 14 2018

Video: See historic headgear put on display at the Eustis Estate

Nov 14, 2018

Installation team assembles a 34-inch bonnet at the Eustis Estate as part of Head to Toe: Hat and Shoe Fashions from Historic New England In...

Nov 06 2018

Historic New England awards annual Prize for Collecting Works on Paper

Nov 06, 2018

The 2018 prize is awarded to Donna L. Halper and Laurence Senelick. These collections showcase the history of broadcasting in New England and theatrical...

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...

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