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Inside the Collections Care Project: From Paris to Parian

Every summer Historic New England welcomes an intern from France sponsored by the French Heritage Society of Boston. Typically, the intern divides her time between the Library and Archives at Otis House and our collections and conservation facility in Haverhill, Massachusetts. This summer we welcomed intern May Elyssa Driss,...

Michael H. Maler is new regional site manager for Metro Boston

New staff member joins Historic New England team As regional site manager, Michael Maler is Historic New England’s liaison to our communities in Metro Boston. He is responsible for managing Otis House in Boston, the Lyman Estate in Waltham, and Winslow Crocker House in Yarmouth Port, where he will...

What lies beneath: Uncovering upholstery in the conservation lab

A purple puzzle recently came to the conservation lab at Historic New England. New information about a Recamier (couch) that long sat in the stairhall of the Otis House Museum in Boston has been uncovered. A signature by Thomas Wightman, a famed carver of the early nineteenth century with...

All that glitters: Reversible gilding in the conservation lab

Historic New England is restoring a purple couch that long sat in the stairhall at Otis House. The second phase of this project involves re-gilding the passages on the arms and back of the couch that were signed by famed nineteenth-century carver Thomas Wightman. After cleaning the surfaces to remove years...

NEH CARES Act grant awarded to Historic New England

Thanks to the hard work of staff from across the organization, Historic New England received a $300,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES Act grant. We are one of 317 cultural institutions across the country to receive an award and one of only thirty-five to receive awards for...

Explore Historic New England’s new digital visitor experiences

Historic New England offers six new online experiences for perfect “at home getaways” Thanks to a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the federal government’s CARES Act, we now offer more chances for you to explore Historic New England. Staff combined the rich resources in...

Archivists answer your questions

October 7 is #AskAnArchivist Day, when archivists across the nation welcome questions from the public about their work. This year, our archivists joined in on answering some questions on Twitter. Read on for our archival experts’ answers to some common questions. Question: How many items are in the Library...

Preserving a door to the past at Hamilton House

When you arrive at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine, the Goodwin Barn is the firstbuilding you encounter. At forty feet wide by seventy-two feet long and thirty-five feet tall, with two large and elaborate sliding doors, it isan impressive structure. Historic New England’s carpentry crew recently made a...

April is National Straw Hat Month

Historic New England has many straw hats from New England fashionistas Boater, Panama, cowboy, short-brimmed, wide-brimmed, strewn with flowers or adorned with ribbon, occasionally a fedora or a fascinator, the straw hat goes by many names, appears in many shapes and forms, and has been around for centuries. For...

Newly available research collections include 100-year-old wedding

Two collections are newly available for research in the Historic New England Library and Archives thanks to a graduate student intern. This fall, Simmons School of Library and Information Science graduate student Diana Beltrao de Macedo processed two collections, which include materials from a 100-year-old wedding and manuscripts related...