by Old Colony History Museum | May 31, 2025 | Museums, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
To receive the FREE digital Passport to History 2025, type in your contact information below, select “I’m not a robot”, and click “submit.” A confirmation email with the passport link will be immediately sent to you. The post Register for Passport to History 2025...
by Old Colony History Museum | May 22, 2025 | Museums, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
How to Use Passport to History This virtual passport grants free admission for up to four people for their first visit to 4 local participating museums, as well as explore 10 sites with public historic markers, from June 2025 through September 2025. Visitors must show...
by Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board | May 9, 2025 | History News, The Profession, Uncategorized
Author: Olivia Englehart, Archival Field Fellow As an Archival Field Fellow with the Roving Archivist Program, I was paired with Central Congregational Church (Central) in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to process the Rev. Samuel Spring Papers, a collection documenting...
by Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board | Mar 14, 2025 | History News, The Profession, Uncategorized
Author: James Kaeser, Archival Field Fellow As an archival field fellow with the Roving Archivist Program, I was excited to be matched with Plimoth Patuxet Museums (PPM)! I had worked in Plymouth before and I have a personal interest in colonial American history, so...
by Walk Boston History | Feb 27, 2025 | The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Why was Lincoln and Boston a familiar surname in 18th Century New England? Boston, Massachusetts was settled by Puritans from the hamlet of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. The surname requirement arises from a great military victory by the Normans of France over the...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Feb 19, 2025 | History News, The Profession, Uncategorized
02.19.2025 Jen Lawless, Senior Director of Program Operations Diversity Equity and Inclusion Detail of an artist’s workstation from a studio visit in Lynn. As part of Mass Cultural Council’s equity work, we have an open call for reviewers to ensure we have a variety...
