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This project seeks to explain the enormous changes taking place in American society between 1774 and 1776 by examining the failed invasion of Canada. The campaign played a crucial role in shaping…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
The MHS will be closed Thursday, 28 November, through Saturday, 30 November, in observance of Thanksgiving.
The MHS will be closed Thursday, 28 November, through Saturday, 30 November, in observance of Thanksgiving.
The MHS will be closed Thursday, 28 November, through Saturday, 30 November, in observance of Thanksgiving.
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
The famed 19th-century humorist Finley Peter Dunne…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90…
J. Ritchie Garrison, the Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, will explore Boston’s craft community with a focus on three themes: production as part of a regional…
How did the American Revolution change the colonial American economic culture and patterns of natural resource exploitation? How did the “release of energy” produced by the new political order…
Governor James and General John Sullivan, two brothers who forged remarkable and versatile careers during the American Revolution and early republic, were honored in their own time and remained…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90…
American furniture collectors John and Marie Vander Sande will discuss late 17th-century joined case pieces, early 18th-century cabinetwork, and pre-1730 chairs produced in Boston. The style,…
This talk discusses variations in archival regimes, their relationship to the writing of Black urban history, and their implications for efforts to secure redress for past urban spatial injustices…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
The MHS will be closed Saturday, 9 November, and Monday, 11 November, in observance of Labor Day.
The MHS will be closed Saturday, 9 November, and Monday, 11 November, in observance of Labor Day.