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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For an organization dedicated to preserving the region’s past, Historic New England spends a fair amount of time thinking about the future. Our annual Summit spotlights discussions about the trends and innovations shaping preservation and culture. Our Climate Action Plan anticipates how our teams will address the increasingly urgent...
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...
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...
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