The Smithsonian is coming to Essex

The Smithsonian is coming to Essex

“Crossroads: Changes in Rural America” traveling exhibit produced by The Smithsonian Museum on Main Street program to make first stop in Massachusetts at the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum The Town of Essex, its rich history and present-day way of...
Watch New Film of Douglass Speech

Watch New Film of Douglass Speech

Leaders from around Massachusetts read “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” [embedded content] As part of this year’s Reading Frederick Douglass Together events, Mass Humanities produced a virtual reading of Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...