Thinking of celebrating your wedding with a small group of your nearest and dearest? Historic New England can help. For just $895 we can provide a micro-wedding opportunity at three beautiful locations. Celebrate with your closest friends and relatives. Pick the perfect location for your micro-wedding These sites are the perfect backdrop for your special […]

Each year, Historic New England awards one Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small to medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. Historic New England is committed to telling the whole story of the region’s history. These grants support projects that save and expand the stories shared in our […]

Historic New England is pleased to announce that Frank Romano president and founder of the Museum of Printing will receive the 2024 award. Romano has spent decades in the printing industry. He is the author of more than sixty books on topics related to the printing field. These include his trilogy: History of the Linotype […]

Historic New England announces the winners of its 2024 Book Prize and Honor Prizes. Book Prize The 2024 Historic New England Book Prize goes to Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers by Elena M. Sarni. The book is a comprehensive visual history of the Folly Cove Designers (1941-1969) that […]

The Edward F. Gerber Urban Preservation Fund supports the preservation of private historic homes in Connecticut. The fund allows Historic New England to provide critical support to historic residential property owners in Connecticut’s urban centers. The Edward F. Gerber Urban Preservation Fund plays a key role in maintaining historic homes in Connecticut’s urban areas, benefiting […]

Historic New England is pleased to announce that Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. is the recipient of its 2024 Preservation Leadership Award for his lifelong dedication to promoting and protecting history and architecture in Maine and beyond. A native of Portland, Maine, Shettleworth’s storied career includes a forty-year tenure as director of the Maine Historic Preservation […]

Historic New England is delighted to announce that it has received three grants to fund work on the carriage house at Phillips House in Salem, Massachusetts The ca. 1821 carriage barn is a large, brick Federal style structure featuring a slate hipped roof topped with a cupola. The preservation project will address issues with leaks […]

Historic New England is accepting nominations for its 2024 Prize for Collecting Works on Paper. The prize honors collectors who share New England stories. This is the fifteenth year Historic New England will award the Prize for Collecting Works on Paper. The annual prize was established to honor collectors or dealers who have assembled or […]

Historic New England was awarded a generous Federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support its internship program through 2027. The grant provides $250,000 for a three-year period for Historic New England to pilot and scale a paid internship program under the auspices of its Study Center, with the goal […]

Historic Wαpánahkəyak is on view at the Visitor Center at Historic New England’s Sarah Orne Jewett House from August 9 to October 13, 2024. Historic Wαpánahkəyak features a collection of digital collages by Panawáhpskewi artist Lokotah Sanborn. Sanborn’s work is a powerful reimagining of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs of Indigenous Peoples taken by […]

The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home is on display at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts. Historic New England invites you to explore the evolution of American interior design through four historic homes – Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, Codman Estate, Gibson House, Pendleton House – and their creators. The galleries The Homes […]