Object of History Podcast Relics, Part 2: One of a Kind, Available 15 April
The Object of History podcast Season 3, Episode 6, Relics, Part 2: One of a Kind examines the specimen of a Blackburnian warbler along with George Washington’s military epaulettes.
This episode releases on Monday, 15 April. Listen to the episode.
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Thursday, 2 May, 5:00 PM: Telling the Untold Stories for Children: Biographies for Kids & Why They Matter with children’s authors Heather Lang, Ray Anthony Shepard, and Mia Wenjen, moderated by Julie Dobrow, Tufts University. This is a seminar.
Monday, 6 May, 6:00 PM: Democracy Awakening: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson with Heather Cox Richardson, in conversation with Catherine Allgor, MHS President. MHS Members receive priority registration through 15 April. This is a program.
Tuesday, 7 May, 5:00 PM: Taverns, Entrepreneurial Networking, Self-Improvement & Urban Tendencies in the Early Republican Northeast with Kirsten E. Wood, Florida International University, with comment by Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut. This is a seminar.
Friday, 10 May, 2:00 PM: The Adams Papers: Leaving a Legacy with Sara Martin, Editor in Chief, The Adams Papers. This is a special Visionary Circle Member event.
Wednesday, 15 May, 6:00 PM: Annual Fiori Lecture: Curating Controversy: Exhibiting Difficult Objects in Museums with Erica Lome, Curator, Historic New England; Karina Corrigan, Associate Director-Collections & H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum; and Jordan Cromwell, Interpretive Planner, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; moderated by Catherine Allgor, MHS President. This is a program.
Tuesday, 28 May, 6:00 PM: Our Voices: AAPI History at the MHS with Rakashi Chand, Reading Room Supervisor, and Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian. This is a program.
Thursday, 6 June, 5:30 PM: Making History Gala with Doris Kearns Goodwin. This is a special event.
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Tuesday, 30 April, 3:30 PM: History Source Virtual Tour.
Tuesday, 30 April, 5:30 PM: Signed, Sealed, Delivered with Daniel Bottino, PhD Candidate, Rutgers University.
Wednesday, 1 May, 1:00 PM: Among the Adams Papers with Hobson Woodward, Series Editor, Adams Family Correspondence, The Adams Papers.
Thursday, 2 May, 1:00 PM: Treasures Tour with Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian.
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Saturday, 4 May, 2:00 PM: Ye Olde Tavern Tour Sponsored by the Young Patrons of the MHS with Brooke Barbier, Public Historian.
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Between 29 April and 6 May, Members are invited to stop by the MHS to pick up a free book and other gifts to enjoy at home! Members receive priority registration through 15 April for Democracy Awakening: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson on 6 May.
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