ColorOurCollections

As part an active and enthusiastic Twitter presence, the MHS is pleased to participate in #ColorOurCollections week (1–5 February 2016), in which cultural organizations share images for crafty Twitter users to print, color, photograph, and tweet under the titular hashtag.

Download the Society's PDF coloring book below to participate.

ColorOurCollections 1–5 February 2016

Upcoming Events

Conversation

Uncivil Society

21Feb 6:00PM 2019

There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30.

American political discourse has become so dysfunctional it is hard to imagine reaching a national consensus on almost anything. Longstanding historical fault lines over ...

MHS Tour

The History and Collections of the MHS

23Feb 10:00AM 2019

The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Tour is a 90-minute docent-led walk through our public rooms. The tour is free, open to the public, ...

Conversation

Begin at the Beginning: “A water to comfort ye hearte”: 17th century medical recipes

23Feb 1:00PM 2019

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT In the 1600s, housewives were called upon to be healers. They had a wealth of recipes available to them for a variety of ailments. In this reading ...

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From our Blog

This Week @MHS

Join us for a program this week! Here is a look at what is going on: - Tuesday, 29 January, 5:15 PM: Better Teaching through Technology, 1945-1969, with Victoria Cain, Northeastern ...

Founder to Founder

Like so many good stories here at the Historical Society, it began with a reference question. Jeremy Belknap, hunting through his sources, asked Vice President John Adams for some help. Belknap, the ...

Have you seen?

Sarah Gooll Putnam diary 2, entries for 22-23 February 1862, pages 128 ...