Archaeologists from the UMass Boston Department of Archeology and the Fiske Center for Archeological Research have been conducting an exploration of the grounds surrounding the Jeremiah Lee Mansion and Brick Kitchen at 157-161 Washington Street. This is the third summer that these archaeologists have partnered with the Marblehead Museum to help it better understand how the … [Read more...] about Excavation project at Lee Mansion reveals clues to past life in Marblehead
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Marblehead Museum hosts 2nd annual Colonial Craft Fair
The Marblehead Museum will host the second annual Colonial Craft Fair in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion Gardens on Saturday, May 24 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The fair will feature skilled artisans and historical reenactors from across New England who will demonstrate crafts from 300 years ago. Visitors can learn how shoes were made from a Master Shoemaker, try their hand at copperplate … [Read more...] about Marblehead Museum hosts 2nd annual Colonial Craft Fair
Local historian to publish book May 27
Historian Pam Peterson’s new book “A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds of Marblehead” will be available for purchase starting May 27. It will be available at the Marblehead Museum and the Abbot Hall gift shop, among other places, as well as online for $24.99. When describing the book, Peterson said it goes through the 13 burial sites in Marblehead, including large cemeteries … [Read more...] about Local historian to publish book May 27
King Hooper Mansion hosts historical talks
On May 18 from 1-2 p.m., the King Hooper Mansion ballroom at 8 Hooper Street will welcome an illustrated talk by social historian Judy Anderson, who will explore the “Loyalist/Patriot” divide in Revolutionary Marblehead. Unlike many other cities and towns, Marblehead had few Loyalists. But in May 1775, after the mounting rebellion in only a dozen of Great Britain’s North … [Read more...] about King Hooper Mansion hosts historical talks
Rabbi and reenactor teaches about American Revolution’s Jewish soldiers
Rabbi David Meyer – the former senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El – visited the sixth grade class at Epstein Hillel School May 13 to talk about Jewish soldiers in the American Revolution. This was in conjunction with the sixth grade U.S. history curriculum. Meyer is part of General John Glover’s Marblehead Regiment reenactment group, and in the reenactment, he represents the … [Read more...] about Rabbi and reenactor teaches about American Revolution’s Jewish soldiers