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Upcoming Events

- 10/24/2018
  Weeding Wednesday at Cogswell’s Grant
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts
  10/24/2018
  Wicked Wednesdays
  Phillips House
  Massachusetts
  10/25/2018
  Behind the Scenes in Collections Storage: Ceramics
  Haverhill Regional Office
  Massachusetts
- 10/26/18, 11/2/18, 11/30/18, 12/7/18
  Farm Friends Session 2
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  10/26/2018
  Trick or Treat at Roseland Cottage
  Roseland Cottage
  Connecticut
  10/27/2018
  Twilight Tour in Casey Farm’s Cemetery
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
- 10/27/2018
  Classic Poems for All Hallow’s Eve
  Gedney House
  Massachusetts
  10/27/2018
  Coastal Grower’s Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  10/27/2018
  Portraits and Personalities: Codman Portrait Collection
  Codman Estate
  Massachusetts
- 10/28/2018
  Cradle to Grave: A Lamplight Tour of Coffin House, Swett-Ilsley House, and First Parish Burying Ground
  Coffin House
  Massachusetts
  10/28/2018
  Raise the Roof
  10/29/18, 11/5/18, 11/12/18, 11/19/18
  Farm Friends II Session 2
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts

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Eustis Estate Museum
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Gropius House
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Casey Farm
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Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center
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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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