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Happy New Year

The MHS sends a warm New Year’s greeting to all our e-newsletter readers. For the first message in this new year, enjoy a wintry image of an unidentified town square from the Arthur A. Shurcliff collection.

From attending a program to reading our blog, we thank you for your engagement and have much in store for 2025!

View the photograph up close. If you recognize the location, let us know!

New Podcast Historians & Their Histories

Introducing a new MHS podcast, Historians & Their Histories. The first episode, premiering today, 6 January 2025, will feature Blake McGready, a US historian interested in environmental history.

Listen to it on the MHS website or anywhere you regularly listen to podcasts. MHS’s Historians & Their Histories podcast is released twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd Mondays.  

Monday, 3 February, 6:00 PM: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance with Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College, in conversation with MHS Director of Research Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai. This is a program.

Tuesday, 4 February, 5:00 PM: Conceiving the Committee of Safety in Revolutionary America with Donald F. Johnson, North Dakota University, with comment by Brendan McConville, Boston University. This is a seminar.

Tuesday, 11 February, 6:00 PM: An Evening with David Rubenstein: John B. Paine, Jr. Annual Lecture on the History of Business & Innovation with David Rubenstein, in conversation with Dr. Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University. This is a program.

See full calendar.

Boston Views: Through the Lens of Arthur A. Shurcliff

Arthur A. Shurcliff (1870–1957), a landscape architect, created a collection of 1,295 glass lantern slides that depict cityscapes and buildings in Boston and other locations during the first decades of the 20th century. View a selection of Boston scenes reproduced at large scale and learn more about Shurcliff.

Learn more about the collection of glass lantern slides by reading this blog post. Visit our hours and admissions page for gallery hours.

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