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Upcoming Events

- 9/25/2018
  Homeschool Program, At the Bay
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  9/26/2018
  Weeding Wednesdays, September 26
  Cogswell's Grant
  Massachusetts
  9/26/2018
  The Federal-Style Landscape of Rundlet-May
  Rundlet-May House
  New Hampshire
- 9/27/2018
  Curator’s Tour of Quincy House, September 27
  Quincy House
  Massachusetts
  9/28/18, 10/5/18, 10/12/18, 10/19/18
  Farm Friends
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  9/28/2018
  Getting Quizzical
  Langdon House
  Massachusetts
- 9/29/2018
  American Music and Harvest Festival
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  9/29/2018
  Compass Rose Steampunk Festival
  Roseland Cottage
  Connecticut
  9/29/2018
  Behind the Scenes in Collections Storage
  Haverhill Regional Office
  Massachusetts
- 9/29/2018
  Coastal Growers’ Market
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  9/29/2018
  Curator’s Tour of Quincy House, September 29
  Quincy House
  Massachusetts
  10/1/18, 10/15/18, 10/22/18, 10/29/18
  Farm Friends II
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts

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10th Annual Art at Marrett
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36th Annual Roseland Cottage Fine Arts and Crafts Festival
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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House
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Eustis Estate Museum
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Gropius House
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Casey Farm
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Featured News

Sep 21 2018

Volunteers do hands-on work with Cogswell’s Grant collections

Sep 21, 2018

Historic New England is piloting The Volunteer Collection Care Corps at Cogswell’s Grant in Essex, Massachusetts, this fall. Led by Historic New England staff...

Sep 20 2018

Historic New England acquires Gertrude Fiske portrait

Sep 20, 2018

Man Whittling added to the collection Historic New England recently acquired Man Whittling, c. 1935, by Boston Museum School artist and National Academy of...

Sep 13 2018

“Rooted” to screen at Vermont film festival

Sep 13, 2018

Historic New England’s film Rooted: Cultivating Community in the Vermont Grange has been selected as an entry in the Vermont International Film Festival’s (VTIFF)...

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