Latest Past Events

Conversations on the Commons: All About Objects

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All About Objects: Artifact Care, Description, and Management January 21, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. *new time* With Valarie Kinkade, Principal of Museum and Collector Resource, LLC, and Stacen Goldman, Curator at the Framingham History Center Filigree or verdigris? Crazing or cracking?  There’s a lot of talk about archival processes, but what about object care […]

Conversations on the Commons: Teaching New England Slavery to Kids

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Join us for our latest Conversation on the Common where we tackle the topic of “Teaching New England Slavery to Kids.” Kristin Gallas is the project manager for education development at the Tsongas Industrial History Center and recently published Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens.

Conversations on the Commons: Membership…a must?

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Membership: A Must? December 10, 2021, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. With Carol S. Ward, Executive Director of the Lexington Historical Society, and Dawn Estabrooks Salerno, Executive Director at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum Does the membership model still work for 2022? Massachusetts Historical Society has just announced that they no longer have a […]