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Beyond the Commonwealth
Community Preservation Act supports exterior work at Otis House
Thanks to a grant from the City of Boston Community Preservation Act Fund, Historic New England is restoring the exterior of Otis House (1796) in Boston. This project is one component of a larger plan to protect the entire historic building complex from water...
Westborough Center Pastimes – April 16, 2021
Cicero The Meaning of Life In a past newsletter, I posed three BIG questions that I believe we should periodically ask ourselves over the course of our lives, and I have been addressing each one in a series of newsletters. This issue brings us to the final—and perhaps...
Inside the Conservation Lab: Dyeing silk for reproduction lampshades
When a historic object is beyond repair, a museum may make a reproduction to take its place on display. To recreate a pair of deteriorated silk lampshades from the Chapel Chamber at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Historic New England...
Episode 300: Vast Early America
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/300_Vast_Early_America.mp3 What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better understanding? In celebration of the 300th episode of Ben...
Video: Historic New England presents “Make History”
A Celebration of New England Historic New England presents Make History, celebrating the region’s stories and rich cultural heritage. “New England is a region full of stories of history, people, and beauty,” said Historic New England President and CEO Vin Cipolla. “I...
Episode 299: Janine Yorimoto Boldt, Colonial Virginia Portraits
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/299_Yorimoto_Boldt.mp3 What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative artifacts left behind by people of the past. When historians...
Make History with Historic New England
A celebration of New England stories On April 6 at 6:00 p.m., Historic New England premieres Make History, a special streaming event celebrating our region’s stories and rich cultural heritage. “New England is a region full of stories of history, people, and...
Statement on Updating Collections Description with Reparative Language
If you scroll to the bottom of any record in our online collection, you’ll notice a new paragraph addressing our commitment to writing image descriptions that are respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in them. For a...
Westborough Center Pastimes – April 2, 2021
(Library of Congress) To Be Human, Part II In a past newsletter, I posed three questions that I believe we should periodically ask ourselves over the course of our lives. This issue continues the list of activities I posted in my last issue that help answer the second...
News and Notes for Homeowners: The Four Types of Preservation
by Ellie Paliga, preservation services manager, Northern New England “It is better to preserve than to repair, better to repair than to restore, better to restore than to reconstruct.” – Adolphe Napoleon Didron (1839) May is #PreservationMonth, so we’re...
“More Than a Market” looks at neighborhood markets in two Vermont communities
MoreThanaMarket.org is a virtual tour of past and present-day local markets. The markets have been fixtures in Burlington and Winooski neighborhoods for almost two hundred years. We are happy to introduce you to the first phase of a three-year project —More than...
Herbs
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Lavender
Lavender is a lovely, fragrant perennial that can be grown in flower beds or containers and is a great plant to attract pollinators to your garden. Unlike most of the flowers you see in our garden, lavender is not native to North America but is indigenous to the...
Almshouse Burial Ground Memorial – Salem, Massachusetts
Collins CoveSalem, MassachusettsToday, at last, we bring honor and dignity to the hundreds of souls that were laid to rest along Collins Cove, once residents of Salem's Almshouse and Hospital for Contagious Diseases.I want to express my deep gratitude to those who...
Westborough Center Pastimes – March 19, 2021
(Library of Congress) To Be Human In a past newsletter, I posed three questions that I believe we should ask ourselves throughout the course of our lives. In this issue, I am going to address the second of the three questions: How can we fully experience what it...
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