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The mission of Historic Newton is to encourage the inquiry and exploration of Newton, Massachusetts within the broad context of American history. The Museum collects and preserves historical artifacts and presents programs related to Newton and the region.

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    Historic Newton

    527 Washington Street
    Newton, MA 02458

    Phone: 617-796-1450   |   Fax: 617-552-7228   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

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  • Upcoming Events

    02/13/12	NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Presented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library February 13, 2012 NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Boston, Newton, and the Revolution This talk will explore the relationship between Boston and its rural neighbors, including Newton, during the American Revolution. The leaders of the resistance against Great Britain made a massive effort to mobilize throughout Massachusetts. The Durant family and their community offer an excellent opportunity to see this revolutionary process at work. Benjamin Carp,...
    02/16/12- 01/08/12	EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton February 16-January 8, 2012 Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North Be the first to crawl inside our slave ship container, stand atop the legendary well, and learn more about the enslaved people who used to live in Newton. Join us for the exciting unveiling of our completely renovated and expanded exhibition about Slavery, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad. Enjoy light refreshments and experience the exhibit’s new hands-on interactives, audio elements, and content. Free.
    02/21/12	A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton February 21, 2012 THE MA 54TH: A BLACK REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Did you know that Massachusetts raised one of the first black regiments of the Civil War, led by a man who grew up in Newton? Come learn about their stories, and make a popular civil-war era toy to take home. Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to...
    03/03/12- 03/04/12	FREE Admission at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton FREE Admission at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton March 3-March 4, 2012 NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum. Bring the entire family! Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4, noon–5:00 PM
    03/19/12	The Warmth Of Other Suns: Discussion by Isabel Wilkerson Newton Free Library The Warmth Of Other Suns: Discussion by Isabel Wilkerson Presented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library March 19, 2012 Join Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson for a discussion of her book about the epic journey of African Americans from the Jim Crow South to U.S. cities in the North and West in search of a better life in the early half of the twentieth century. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and...
    03/29/12	Historic Newton Book Club Meeting Historic Newton Historic Newton Book Club Meeting Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton March 29, 2012 The club’s book selection is "The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West: 1840-60" by John Unruh Jr. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history and the winner of seven awards for historical writing, "The Plains Across" is a thoroughly researched study of the Oregon/California Trail. Relying on contemporaneous newspaper reports, letters, personal journals and diaries, Unruh explores the reasons emigrants undertook the arduous journey...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    There are no current events available for this organization at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/13/12	NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Presented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library February 13, 2012 NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Boston, Newton, and the Revolution This talk will explore the relationship between Boston and its rural neighbors, including Newton, during the American Revolution. The leaders of the resistance against Great Britain made a massive effort to mobilize throughout Massachusetts. The Durant family and their community offer an excellent opportunity to see this revolutionary process at work. Benjamin Carp,...
    02/16/12- 01/08/12	EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton February 16-January 8, 2012 Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North Be the first to crawl inside our slave ship container, stand atop the legendary well, and learn more about the enslaved people who used to live in Newton. Join us for the exciting unveiling of our completely renovated and expanded exhibition about Slavery, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad. Enjoy light refreshments and experience the exhibit’s new hands-on interactives, audio elements, and content. Free.
    02/21/12	A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton February 21, 2012 THE MA 54TH: A BLACK REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Did you know that Massachusetts raised one of the first black regiments of the Civil War, led by a man who grew up in Newton? Come learn about their stories, and make a popular civil-war era toy to take home. Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to...
    03/03/12- 03/04/12	FREE Admission at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton FREE Admission at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton March 3-March 4, 2012 NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum. Bring the entire family! Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4, noon–5:00 PM
    03/19/12	The Warmth Of Other Suns: Discussion by Isabel Wilkerson Newton Free Library The Warmth Of Other Suns: Discussion by Isabel Wilkerson Presented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library March 19, 2012 Join Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson for a discussion of her book about the epic journey of African Americans from the Jim Crow South to U.S. cities in the North and West in search of a better life in the early half of the twentieth century. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and...
    03/29/12	Historic Newton Book Club Meeting Historic Newton Historic Newton Book Club Meeting Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton March 29, 2012 The club’s book selection is "The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West: 1840-60" by John Unruh Jr. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history and the winner of seven awards for historical writing, "The Plains Across" is a thoroughly researched study of the Oregon/California Trail. Relying on contemporaneous newspaper reports, letters, personal journals and diaries, Unruh explores the reasons emigrants undertook the arduous journey...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    02/16/12- 01/08/12	EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    02/05/12	2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES - Free admission! Newton Free Library
    02/04/12- 02/05/12	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    01/22/12	Adams Street Synagogue: Celebrating our Centennial Historic Newton
    01/19/12	HISTORIC NEWTON BOOK CLUB at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    01/07/12- 01/08/12	NEWTON JANUARY COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    12/29/11	CANDLES ARE WICK-ED COOL: A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum. Historic Newton
    12/27/11	STORIES IN THE SNOW:A Vacation Week Family Program Historic Newton
    12/06/11	MAP NIGHT WITH GIS MAPPING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    12/04/11	NEWTON SALUTES! EXHIBIT OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    12/03/11- 12/04/11	NEWTON December COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    12/01/11- 12/31/11	MUSEUM SHOP HOLIDAY SALE at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    11/19/11	IS “GREEN” A HISTORIC PAINT COLOR? Workshop at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    11/17/11	FREEDOM AND STATES’ RIGHTS: CONFLICTING VISIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH Historic Newton
    11/10/11	HISTORIC NEWTON November BOOK CLUB Historic Newton
    11/07/11	NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library
    11/05/11- 11/07/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    06/26/11	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS Finding Newton’s Old Waterworks at Cutler Pond Historic Newton
    06/23/11	HISTORY BOOK CLUB at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    06/16/11	HIDDEN GEM: HISTORIC MYRTLE BAPTIST CHURCH AND NEWTON’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Newton Free Library
    06/04/11- 06/05/11	June NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    06/02/11	NEWTON SALUTES! OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum GFWC Woman's Club of Newton Highlands Historic Newton
    05/22/11	Historic Newton’s 29th ANNUAL HOUSE TOUR
    05/15/11	NEWTON SERVES—BURYING GROUNDS CLEAN-UP
    05/07/11- 05/08/11	MAY NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    04/29/11	NEWTON SALUTES EXHIBIT CELEBRATION at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    04/26/11	ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND Slavery in America's Birthplace
    04/21/11	APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS at the Jackson Homestead and Museum. A Vacation Week Family Program Historic Newton
    04/20/11	DIGGING FOR EVIDENCE: ARCHAEOLOGY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY A Vacation Week Family Program Historic Newton
    04/14/11	WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES—THE 2011 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library
    04/07/11	ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND
    04/02/11- 04/03/11	NEWTON APRIL COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    03/31/11	HISTORY BOOK CLUB MEETING Historic Newton
    03/12/11	SAVING YOUR ORIGINAL WOODEN WINDOWS WORKSHOP Historic Newton
    03/10/11	WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES—THE 2011 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library
    03/05/11- 03/06/11	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    02/24/11	CAST IRON CHEF: COOKING WITH CORN A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    02/23/11	HATS OFF TO YOU, ABE LINCOLN! A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    02/17/11	WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES—THE 2011 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Newton Free Library
    02/05/11- 02/06/11	NEWTON FEBRUARY COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    02/03/11	HISTORY BOOK CLUB at the Jackson Homestead & Museum Historic Newton
    01/27/11	WINTER WARMER: WINE AND JAZZ AT THE JACKSON HOMESTEAD & MUSEUM Historic Newton
    01/02/11	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    12/30/10	MAPPING YOUR WORLD: A Vacation Week Family Program Historic Newton
    12/28/10	MITTENS! A Vacation Week Family Program Historic Newton
    12/14/10	MAP NIGHT at Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    12/04/10- 12/05/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    12/02/10	HISTORY BOOK CLUB at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    11/16/10	THIRD ANNUAL NEWTON PRESERVATION AWARDS
    11/10/10	NEWTON SALUTES! OPENING at the Jackson Homestead and Museum
    11/09/10	Jackson Homestead EXHIBITION OPENING, MAPPING A newTOWN: 1688-1874 Historic Newton
    11/06/10	SAVING YOUR ORIGINAL WOODEN WINDOWS Workshop Historic Newton
    10/26/10	STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART TWO Newton Free Library
    10/23/10	DIGGING FOR EVIDENCE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY FAMILY PROGRAM Historic Newton
    10/21/10	ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND Mrytle Baptist Church
    10/19/10	ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN NEWTON Historic Newton
    10/17/10	ELLEN JACKSON AT THE NEWTON HARVEST FAIR Historic Newton
    10/07/10	ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND The Royall House and Slave Quarters of Medford Mrytle Baptist Church
    10/02/10	HOMESTEAD HAYFEST Historic Newton
    09/26/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS A Remarkable Woman: Mrs Annie Cobb, Architect and Builder in the Late 1800s Historic Newton
    09/23/10	Newton Book Club Historic Newton
    09/22/10	NEWTON ARCHAEOLOGY ROADSHOW Historic Newton
    09/21/10	STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART ONE The Flood Last Time Newton Free Library
    09/12/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS City Hall: Inside and Out Historic Newton
    09/04/10- 09/05/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Historic Newton Historic Newton
    09/04/10- 09/05/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at Historic Newton Jackson Homestead & Museum Historic Newton
    08/22/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Upper Falls Historic Newton
    08/08/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: West Newton Historic Newton
    08/08/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: West Newton Historic Newton
    08/07/10- 08/08/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND Historic Newton
    08/02/10	NEWTON SALUTES! EXHIBIT OPENING: GREEN DECADE/NEWTON at the Historic Newton Historic Newton
    07/25/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Lower Falls Historic Newton
    07/25/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Newton Lower Falls Historic Newton
    07/11/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Norumbega Park on the Charles River Historic Newton
    07/03/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    06/27/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Farlow Hill
    06/24/10	HISTORY BOOK CLUB at Historic Newton's Jackson Homestead & Museum Historic Newton
    06/13/10	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Chestnut Hill Reservior
    06/05/10- 06/06/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at Historic Newton's Jackson Homestead & Museum Historic Newton
    05/23/10	Historic Newton's 28th ANNUAL HOUSE TOUR Historic Newton
    05/20/10	HISTORY BOOK CLUB at Historic Newton's Jackson Homestead & Museum Historic Newton
    04/03/10- 04/04/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    03/25/10	Newton’s Only Working Farm: The Historic Newton Angino Community Farm and Sustainable Local Food Newton Free Library
    03/22/10	State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing at the Mrytle Baptist Church Mrytle Baptist Church
    03/14/10	WHAT WOMEN WORE: A FAMILY PROGRAM at the Jackson Homestead and Museum Historic Newton
    03/11/10	Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North Boston College Law School
    02/18/10	MAILED TO FREEDOM – HENRY “BOX” BROWN: A FAMILY PROGRAM at Historic Newton at the Jackson Homestead Historic Newton
    02/17/10	SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? A FAMILY PROGRAM at Historic Newton at the Jackson Homestead Historic Newton
    02/11/10	ROOTS IN OUR HISTORY– THE 2010 HISTORIC NEWTON SERIES at the Newton Free Library Historic Newton
    02/06/10- 02/07/10	NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND at Historic Newton at the Jackson Homestead Historic Newton
    02/06/10	INSULATING YOUR HISTORIC HOME WORKSHOP Historic Newton
    02/04/10	NEWTON SALUTES! exhibit OPENING at Historic Newton at the Jackson Homestead Historic Newton
    02/03/10	VIRGINIA LEE BURTON: A SENSE OF PLACE Historic Newton
    01/27/10	MAP NIGHT at the Jackson Homestead Historic Newton
    01/23/10	HISTORIC NEWTON AT NIGHT Gala
    12/29/09	Stories in the Snow Family Program & Craft Activities Historic Newton
    12/14/09	THOMAS JEFFERSON'S "OTHER" FAMILY: THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO Jackson Homestead
    12/12/09	Concerts in the Kitchen Historic Newton
    12/08/09	White on White—Chruches of Rural New England Historic Newton
    12/01/09	Steam Cars and the Stanleys: Turn of the Century Newton Historic Newton
    11/21/09	CONCERTS IN THE KITCHEN Historic Newton
    11/15/09	FAMILY PLAY WITH ELLEN JACKSON: GAMES OF THE 1800s Historic Newton
    11/12/09	THE PLAY’S THE THING Historic Newton
    09/27/09	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: African-American History in West Newton Historic Newton
    09/13/09	HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Chestnut Hill in the Early 1900s Historic Newton
    08/23/09	Historic Newton Walks Historic Newton
    08/15/09	Concerts in the Kitchen Historic Newton
    08/09/09	Historic Newton Walks Historic Newton
    07/25/09	Historic Newton Walks Historic Newton
    07/12/09	Historic Newton Walks Historic Newton
    07/11/09	Concerts in the Kitchen Historic Newton
    05/31/09	27th Annual Newton House Tour Historic Newton

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    • Event Name: HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS: Lower Falls
      "Directions"
      Comment posted by: Historic Newton from Newton, MA USA, Jul 10, 2010
      

      Meet at Benjamin Mills Park, across from 15 Walnut Street in Wellesley. Parking is allowed in the lot of 15 Walnut for this event. Free.

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      Meet at Benjamin Mills Park, across from 15 Walnut Street in Wellesley. Parking is allowed in the lot of 15 Walnut for this event. Free.

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    • Event Name: HISTORIC NEWTON AT NIGHT Gala
      "Venue & accessibility"
      Comment posted by: AR from Boston, MA, Jan 13, 2010
      

      This site is fantastic -- an award winning building design with beautiful views of the river. You have to see it, you'll love it! And, not only accessible, but designed to be welcoming to people... Expand

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      This site is fantastic -- an award winning building design with beautiful views of the river. You have to see it, you'll love it! And, not only accessible, but designed to be welcoming to people with wheelchairs. Entry easy, elevator, comfortable & spacious loos, no barriers. Plus, free parking. Collapse

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