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  Massachusetts Historical Society

  1154 Boylston St.
  Boston, MA 02115

  Phone: 617 536 1608   |   Official Website

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    05/29/13

    Sounds of the Civil War Massachusetts Historical Society Sounds of the Civil War Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society May 29, 2013 Sing along with the Boston Saxophone Quartet as we explore the music of the Civil War era. This program will feature familiar tunes from the 1860s that were sung around the parlor piano, as well as songs written specifically for the newest instrument of the era: the saxophone. The evening will include musical performances and historical commentary on the selected pieces. Members of the Boston Saxophone Quartet have performed with the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra and leading...

    06/14/13

    Curator’s Choice: Moors' Powderhorn Massachusetts Historical Society Curator’s Choice: Moors' Powderhorn Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society June 14, 2013 J.L. Bell will discuss the provenance, history, and people connected with one of the fascinating items featured in our current exhibition, The Object of History: Ephraim Moors's powder horn. Carvings on the horn include a crude drawing of the Continental Army encampment on Winter Hill, five grenadiers, a mansion house, and the head of a beast. Aside from what the carving itself says and the name of the sea captain who donated it to the Massachusetts Historical Society, almost nothing...

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  There are no current events at this time.

• Upcoming Events

  05/29/13

  Sounds of the Civil War Massachusetts Historical Society Sounds of the Civil War Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society May 29, 2013 Sing along with the Boston Saxophone Quartet as we explore the music of the Civil War era. This program will feature familiar tunes from the 1860s that were sung around the parlor piano, as well as songs written specifically for the newest instrument of the era: the saxophone. The evening will include musical performances and historical commentary on the selected pieces. Members of the Boston Saxophone Quartet have performed with the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra and leading...

  06/14/13

  Curator’s Choice: Moors' Powderhorn Massachusetts Historical Society Curator’s Choice: Moors' Powderhorn Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society June 14, 2013 J.L. Bell will discuss the provenance, history, and people connected with one of the fascinating items featured in our current exhibition, The Object of History: Ephraim Moors's powder horn. Carvings on the horn include a crude drawing of the Continental Army encampment on Winter Hill, five grenadiers, a mansion house, and the head of a beast. Aside from what the carving itself says and the name of the sea captain who donated it to the Massachusetts Historical Society, almost nothing...

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/16/13	“The Tender Heart & Brave”: The Politics & Friendship of Charles Sumner & Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Massachusetts Historical Society
  05/08/13	New Perspectives on Jefferson's Monticello: House, Landscape, and Family Massachusetts Historical Society
  04/10/13	Defiant Brides of the American Revolution Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/27/13	Writing with Scissors: 19th-Century Activists & Their Scrapbooks Massachusetts Historical Society
  02/11/13	Lincoln & Liberty, Too Massachusetts Historical Society
  01/30/13	Dumb Witnesses: Relics of George Washington at the Massachusetts Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society
  01/19/13	America’s Second Revolution: New England, Old England, & the Civil War Massachusetts Historical Society
  07/02/12	The Most Memorable Day in the History of America Massachusetts Historical Society
  06/28/12	Third Annual Thomas Jefferson Lecture Massachusetts Historical Society
  06/16/12	MHS Open House: Mr. Madison's War Massachusetts Historical Society
  06/05/12	The Fenway Victory Gardens: Finding History Inside and Out Massachusetts Historical Society
  05/23/12	We Worked: A Celebration of America’s Workers and the Nation They Built Massachusetts Historical Society
  04/23/12	Democracies of Glee: Boston's First Professional Theatres, 1794-1798 Massachusetts Historical Society
  04/20/12	Framingham's Civil War Hero: The Life of General George H. Gordon. Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/20/12	The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/16/12	The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation of the Revolutionary War Massachusetts Historical Society
  02/29/12	New Israel / New England: Jews and Puritans in Early America Massachusetts Historical Society
  02/23/12	Faith Healing, Vaccination, and the First Amendment Massachusetts Historical Society
  02/17/12- 02/02/12	Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill and the Birth of American Liberty Massachusetts Historical Society
  10/07/11- 01/13/12	The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1862 Massachusetts Historical Society
  04/07/11	Conference Keynote Address: U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/19/11	Massachusetts Historical Society Open House: The Coming of the Civil War Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/11/11- 06/30/11	History Drawn with Light: Early Photographs from the Collections of the Mass. Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society
  03/22/10- 06/30/10	"A More Interior Revolution": Elizabeth Peabody, Margaret Fuller, and the Women of the American Renaissance Massachusetts Historical Society