Historic New England
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Exploring the authentic New England experience from the past to today. Share your visits to our properties—use #HistoricNewEngland and tag us!
With the end of the year just around the corner, @joiegrandbois.bsky.social looks back at 2025 & finds good news about climate action in each New England state. From renewable energy projects to urban farming programs, efforts in our communities are making a difference. Look back to move forward →
Sustaining Our Past: New England’s Good Climate News | Historic New England
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December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
With the end of the year just around the corner, @joiegrandbois.bsky.social looks back at 2025 & finds good news about climate action in each New England state. From renewable energy projects to urban farming programs, efforts in our communities are making a difference. Look back to move forward →
How should a Modern house museum look and feel? Ati Gropius transformed how Historic New England presented her childhood home, Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Ati Gropius at 100: The Day Ati Came Home | Historic New England
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December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
How should a Modern house museum look and feel? Ati Gropius transformed how Historic New England presented her childhood home, Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
In 1895, a turning point in Haverhill’s industrial past opened the door to a growing Jewish community that has thrived for more than a century.
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Storefront Sanctuaries: Jewish Communities in Industrial-Era Haverhill | Historic New England
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December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In 1895, a turning point in Haverhill’s industrial past opened the door to a growing Jewish community that has thrived for more than a century.
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
In 1895, a turning point in Haverhill’s industrial past opened the door to a growing Jewish community that has thrived for more than a century.
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Storefront Sanctuaries: Jewish Communities in Industrial-Era Haverhill | Historic New England
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December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In 1895, a turning point in Haverhill’s industrial past opened the door to a growing Jewish community that has thrived for more than a century.
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
Eleanor Martinez-Proctor shares her research about their experiences in today's blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/storefront-s...
In this month’s Behind the Exhibition, Curator of Collections Erica Lome investigates a brass bed warmer supposedly owned by a Danvers, MA, tavern owner. The story takes an unexpected turn when she realizes he died at least a decade before it was made. → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Behind the Exhibition: From the Townspeople | Historic New England
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December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In this month’s Behind the Exhibition, Curator of Collections Erica Lome investigates a brass bed warmer supposedly owned by a Danvers, MA, tavern owner. The story takes an unexpected turn when she realizes he died at least a decade before it was made. → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
The story of Gilman Garrison House is also a story of women’s ingenuity. For more than a century, their entrepreneurial spirit shaped the space we see today. Learn more on the blog.
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Who runs the world? → www.historicnewengland.org/the-enterpri...
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Who runs the world? → www.historicnewengland.org/the-enterpri...
The Enterprising Women of Exeter | Historic New England
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December 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The story of Gilman Garrison House is also a story of women’s ingenuity. For more than a century, their entrepreneurial spirit shaped the space we see today. Learn more on the blog.
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Who runs the world? → www.historicnewengland.org/the-enterpri...
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Who runs the world? → www.historicnewengland.org/the-enterpri...
Historic New England has collaborated w/ the @dublinseminar.bsky.social since its earliest days. To celebrate the Seminar’s 50th anniversary in the new year, we invited president Marla Miller to reflect on our shared history & what comes next.
Learn more → www.historicnewengland.org/a-half-centu...
Learn more → www.historicnewengland.org/a-half-centu...
A Half-Century of Collaboration: Historic New England and the Dublin Seminar | Historic New England
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December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Historic New England has collaborated w/ the @dublinseminar.bsky.social since its earliest days. To celebrate the Seminar’s 50th anniversary in the new year, we invited president Marla Miller to reflect on our shared history & what comes next.
Learn more → www.historicnewengland.org/a-half-centu...
Learn more → www.historicnewengland.org/a-half-centu...
At the Eustis Estate in Milton, MA, holiday decorating is an interpretive practice rooted in Victorian aesthetics and the intertwined traditions of the Eustis family and the people who worked in their home.
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Deck the Halls! → www.historicnewengland.org/a-gilded-age...
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Deck the Halls! → www.historicnewengland.org/a-gilded-age...
A Gilded Age Christmas at the Eustis Estate | Historic New England
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December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
At the Eustis Estate in Milton, MA, holiday decorating is an interpretive practice rooted in Victorian aesthetics and the intertwined traditions of the Eustis family and the people who worked in their home.
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Deck the Halls! → www.historicnewengland.org/a-gilded-age...
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Deck the Halls! → www.historicnewengland.org/a-gilded-age...
Historic New England’s 2025 prizewinners exemplify the many ways the region’s history is preserved, interpreted, and celebrated.
Eyes on the prize → www.historicnewengland.org/stories-wove...
Eyes on the prize → www.historicnewengland.org/stories-wove...
Stories Woven, Drawn, and Preserved: Historic New England’s 2025 Prize Winners | Historic New England
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December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Historic New England’s 2025 prizewinners exemplify the many ways the region’s history is preserved, interpreted, and celebrated.
Eyes on the prize → www.historicnewengland.org/stories-wove...
Eyes on the prize → www.historicnewengland.org/stories-wove...
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the daily flood of negative climate news—but hope matters. This month, Historic New England’s Climate Action Intern, Riley Flannery, shares how seeking out positive climate action stories can inspire action.
Take action → www.historicnewengland.org/finding-hope...
Take action → www.historicnewengland.org/finding-hope...
Finding Hope in Climate Action | Historic New England
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November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the daily flood of negative climate news—but hope matters. This month, Historic New England’s Climate Action Intern, Riley Flannery, shares how seeking out positive climate action stories can inspire action.
Take action → www.historicnewengland.org/finding-hope...
Take action → www.historicnewengland.org/finding-hope...
“It’s about a really big, wide invitation, a provocation for all ideas,” said Cipolla, who called the competition the first of its kind in the organization’s 115-year history. - via @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/a...
From Bauhaus to outhouse: Historic New England opens design competition for public restroom - The Boston Globe
The museum in Lincoln, designed by the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, hopes to build a facility more fitting than its current one, a blue porta-potty.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“It’s about a really big, wide invitation, a provocation for all ideas,” said Cipolla, who called the competition the first of its kind in the organization’s 115-year history. - via @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/a...
Jonathan Sayward’s political stance during the American Revolution reshaped his life & standing in York, ME. His complicated story comes to life in our upcoming exhibition, 𝘔𝘺𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, & in today’s new blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Behind the Exhibition: Jonathan Sayward, Reluctant Loyalist | Historic New England
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November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Jonathan Sayward’s political stance during the American Revolution reshaped his life & standing in York, ME. His complicated story comes to life in our upcoming exhibition, 𝘔𝘺𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, & in today’s new blog post → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
We’ve loved seeing the enthusiasm around our Gropius House design competition. How can a small but essential structure reflect Bauhaus principles, meet today’s accessibility needs, and model sustainable design?
GropiusCompetition.Info
GropiusCompetition.Info
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’ve loved seeing the enthusiasm around our Gropius House design competition. How can a small but essential structure reflect Bauhaus principles, meet today’s accessibility needs, and model sustainable design?
GropiusCompetition.Info
GropiusCompetition.Info
Last week, we announced our first-ever design competition, for Gropius House in Lincoln, MA. It inspired us to revisit a 2012 article on the history of architectural competitions—including one Walter Gropius entered but did not win.
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Read on! → www.historicnewengland.org/collection-s...
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Read on! → www.historicnewengland.org/collection-s...
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Last week, we announced our first-ever design competition, for Gropius House in Lincoln, MA. It inspired us to revisit a 2012 article on the history of architectural competitions—including one Walter Gropius entered but did not win.
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Read on! → www.historicnewengland.org/collection-s...
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Read on! → www.historicnewengland.org/collection-s...
Thank you for an incredible Day One of the Historic New England Summit!
Your energy made today unforgettable. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day Two at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven or online.
#HistoricNewEngland #HNE #HNESummit
Your energy made today unforgettable. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day Two at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven or online.
#HistoricNewEngland #HNE #HNESummit
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Thank you for an incredible Day One of the Historic New England Summit!
Your energy made today unforgettable. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day Two at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven or online.
#HistoricNewEngland #HNE #HNESummit
Your energy made today unforgettable. We’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day Two at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven or online.
#HistoricNewEngland #HNE #HNESummit
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For years, visitors to the Gropius House had to contend with an outdoor porta loo. A new architecture competition is betting the design community is flush with solutions https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/walter-gropius-house-toilet-competition
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For years, visitors to the Gropius House had to contend with an outdoor porta loo. A new architecture competition is betting the design community is flush with solutions https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/walter-gropius-house-toilet-competition
Today at the Historic New England Summit, we announced a design competition for a new public restroom at Gropius House in Lincoln, MA. In recognition of the Bauhaus centennial, we’re seeking site-sensitive proposals. Submissions due Feb. 6, 2026.
Learn more → gropiuscompetition.info
Learn more → gropiuscompetition.info
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today at the Historic New England Summit, we announced a design competition for a new public restroom at Gropius House in Lincoln, MA. In recognition of the Bauhaus centennial, we’re seeking site-sensitive proposals. Submissions due Feb. 6, 2026.
Learn more → gropiuscompetition.info
Learn more → gropiuscompetition.info
In the early nineteenth century, the Barrett family filled their New Hampshire home with music and dancing. Today, Barrett House and its grand ballroom are a window on the social and cultural life of New Ipswich’s elite.
Party on → www.historicnewengland.org/entertaining... #BarrettHouse
Party on → www.historicnewengland.org/entertaining... #BarrettHouse
Entertaining at Barrett House | Historic New England
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November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In the early nineteenth century, the Barrett family filled their New Hampshire home with music and dancing. Today, Barrett House and its grand ballroom are a window on the social and cultural life of New Ipswich’s elite.
Party on → www.historicnewengland.org/entertaining... #BarrettHouse
Party on → www.historicnewengland.org/entertaining... #BarrettHouse
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨!
We’re grateful to our partners whose collaboration made this gathering possible.
There is still time to register → summit.historicnewengland.org
We’re grateful to our partners whose collaboration made this gathering possible.
There is still time to register → summit.historicnewengland.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨!
We’re grateful to our partners whose collaboration made this gathering possible.
There is still time to register → summit.historicnewengland.org
We’re grateful to our partners whose collaboration made this gathering possible.
There is still time to register → summit.historicnewengland.org
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚! 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
It’s almost here! This week, the Historic New England Summit convenes changemakers and innovators for two days of inspiring talks and lively discussions about the future of preservation, design, and community → summit.historicnewengland.org
It’s almost here! This week, the Historic New England Summit convenes changemakers and innovators for two days of inspiring talks and lively discussions about the future of preservation, design, and community → summit.historicnewengland.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚! 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
It’s almost here! This week, the Historic New England Summit convenes changemakers and innovators for two days of inspiring talks and lively discussions about the future of preservation, design, and community → summit.historicnewengland.org
It’s almost here! This week, the Historic New England Summit convenes changemakers and innovators for two days of inspiring talks and lively discussions about the future of preservation, design, and community → summit.historicnewengland.org
This year’s Historic New England fellows are uncovering hidden histories, preserving remarkable collections, and expanding how we understand the region’s past.
Meet the 2025-26 cohort. → www.historicnewengland.org/meet-the-fel...
Meet the 2025-26 cohort. → www.historicnewengland.org/meet-the-fel...
Meet the Fellows Advancing Historic New England’s Mission | Historic New England
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November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This year’s Historic New England fellows are uncovering hidden histories, preserving remarkable collections, and expanding how we understand the region’s past.
Meet the 2025-26 cohort. → www.historicnewengland.org/meet-the-fel...
Meet the 2025-26 cohort. → www.historicnewengland.org/meet-the-fel...
As Massachusetts’s shoe industry boomed, workers demanded better treatment from their employers. In 1913, Julia Lyons helped lead Haverhill’s labor movement and became one of the first women in the country to serve as a union agent, fighting for fair wages and dignity on the factory floor. Read on:
Stitching Resistance: Julia Lyons and the fight for Women Workers | Historic New England
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November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As Massachusetts’s shoe industry boomed, workers demanded better treatment from their employers. In 1913, Julia Lyons helped lead Haverhill’s labor movement and became one of the first women in the country to serve as a union agent, fighting for fair wages and dignity on the factory floor. Read on:
In our latest blog post, Shanna Sartori explores how everyday items—hats, dresses, mirrors, and glassware—were once made with materials we now know to be poisonous.
Proceed with caution → www.historicnewengland.org/toxic-treasu...
#HistoricNewEngland #collections #preservation #CuriousObjects
Proceed with caution → www.historicnewengland.org/toxic-treasu...
#HistoricNewEngland #collections #preservation #CuriousObjects
Toxic Treasures: The Poisonous Past of Museum Objects | Historic New England
www.historicnewengland.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In our latest blog post, Shanna Sartori explores how everyday items—hats, dresses, mirrors, and glassware—were once made with materials we now know to be poisonous.
Proceed with caution → www.historicnewengland.org/toxic-treasu...
#HistoricNewEngland #collections #preservation #CuriousObjects
Proceed with caution → www.historicnewengland.org/toxic-treasu...
#HistoricNewEngland #collections #preservation #CuriousObjects
Mellon Conservation fellow Lydia Wood's treatment of our recently-acquired eighteenth-century looking glass revealed an unexpected possible provenance. Read more in part 2 of Through the Looking Glass.
Through the looking glass (Part 2) → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Through the looking glass (Part 2) → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Behind the Exhibition: Through the Looking Glass (Part 2) | Historic New England
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October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Mellon Conservation fellow Lydia Wood's treatment of our recently-acquired eighteenth-century looking glass revealed an unexpected possible provenance. Read more in part 2 of Through the Looking Glass.
Through the looking glass (Part 2) → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Through the looking glass (Part 2) → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
An elegant eighteenth-century mirror sparks a curator’s quest for answers about its origins and journey to New England. Read Part 1 by Erica Lome, Curator of Collections, on the blog now.
Through the looking glass → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Through the looking glass → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Behind the Exhibition: Through the Looking Glass (Part 1) | Historic New England
www.historicnewengland.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
An elegant eighteenth-century mirror sparks a curator’s quest for answers about its origins and journey to New England. Read Part 1 by Erica Lome, Curator of Collections, on the blog now.
Through the looking glass → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...
Through the looking glass → www.historicnewengland.org/behind-the-e...