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Upcoming Events

- 10/21/2017
  Cooper-Frost-Austin Public Tours, October 21
  Cooper-Frost-Austin House
  Massachusetts
  10/21/2017
  Early Innovations, October 21
  Rundlet-May House
  New Hampshire
  10/21/2017
  Tales and Ales, October 21
  Swett-Ilsley House
  Massachusetts
- 10/21/2017, 10/22/2017
  Fall Orchid Sale
  Lyman Estate Greenhouses
  Massachusetts
  10/21/2017, 10/28/2017
  Coastal Growers’ Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  10/23/17, 10/30/17, 11/6/17, 11/13/17
  Farm Friends II
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
- 10/25/2017
  Weeding Wednesday, October 25
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts
  10/26/2017
  Members Only: Behind the Scenes in Collections Storage
  Haverhill
  Massachusetts
  10/26/2017
  Classic Poems for All Hallows’ Eve
  Gedney House
  Massachusetts
- 10/27/17, 11/3/17, 11/17/17, 12/1/17
  Farm Friends
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  10/27/2017
  Trick or Treat at Roseland Cottage
  Roseland Cottage
  Connecticut
  10/28/2017
  Halloween Harvest Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island

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Classic Poems for All Hallows’ Eve
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Curator’s Tour of Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love, November 3
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Eustis Estate Museum
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Gropius House
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Arnold House
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Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center
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Oct 09 2017

Historic New England celebrates its 2017 author and collector awards

Oct 09, 2017

On Tuesday, November 14, Historic New England presents its twenty-third annual Book Prize and its eighth Prize for Collecting Works on Paper at the Lyman...

Oct 09 2017

Historic New England awards six preservation grants

Oct 09, 2017

Each year, Historic New England’s Community Preservation Grants program awards a $1,000 grant in each of the six New England states. The grants support...

Oct 06 2017

Experience a Historic New England Halloween

Oct 06, 2017

Since colonial times, New Englanders have observed some version of the eerie autumnal holiday we now know as Halloween. The spooky celebration came to...

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