by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 22, 2025 | History News
Sarah WalshIn the 18th- and 19th-centuries in America, textiles and textile goods were considered a separate legal category from other types of property, and as a result, those without property rights could assert and negotiate ownership of them. Textiles held...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 22, 2025 | History News
Heather RogersHeather Rogers filled hundreds of sketchbook pages doodling her way through presidential biographies. Doing so heightened her curiosity and turned her into an insufferable presidential nerd. Along the way, she discovered unexpected threads connecting...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Sep 19, 2025 | History News, The Profession
09.19.2025 Jay Paget, Program Director Mass Cultural Facilities Fund CitySpace building in Easthampton, MA. Since 2006, Mass Cultural Council has been committed to supporting the development of vibrant creative spaces through consultation services and Cultural...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 18, 2025 | History News
Ryan ColeFrom the publisher In the summer of 1824, the aging Marquis de Lafayette, defeated politically and distraught over the fate of liberty in Europe, set sail one last time from France for America after an absence of forty years. Across the sea waited a nation...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Sep 17, 2025 | History News, The Profession
September 16, 2025The Honorable Jason Lewis, Senate ChairThe Honorable Kenneth Gordon, House ChairJoint Committee on Education Submitted via email: jointcommittee.education@malegislature.gov and Dennis.Burke@masenate.gov Re: H. 561 An Act advancing Massachusetts from...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Sep 16, 2025 | History News, The Profession
09.16.2025 Dan Blask, Program Manager Grants for Creative Individuals Yu Cheng (Grantee ’24), ART STUDIO (2024), oil on canvas, 24×36 in. Mass Cultural Council believes that creativity is crucial to a thriving society. We are proud to announce that we are now...
