The Marblehead Museum will host Susan Wilson for a Zoom lecture on pioneering Boston doctor Susan Dimock on Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. In 19th-century America, it was assumed that woman patients would be treated by male doctors. The idea of a “woman doctor” was deemed by many to lie somewhere between unfathomable and repugnant. Then along came Susan Dimock. Dimock’s life reads like an adventure story, from recoiling at slave auctions and witnessing Civil War battles to escaping her fire-engulfed Southern hometown, then finding her place among Boston’s most enterprising women. For tickets, please visit the Marblehead Museum website, or call the museum at 781-631-1768.
The Marblehead Museum will hold its annual Benefit Dinner at The Landing Restaurant on Tuesday, March 12 at 6 p.m. The museum will be raising money for the completion of its new exhibit inside the Lee Mansion Brick Kitchen. The Landing will donate 15% of each party’s bill to the museum. Reservations are recommended, and can be made by calling The Landing at 781-639-1266.
The Marblehead Museum will host Robert Allison, Professor of History at Suffolk University and chair of Revolution 250, to discuss how the Intolerable Acts spurred Massachusetts toward a revolution. Visitors will discover how the Intolerable Acts made otherwise loyal subjects into rebels. This lecture will be held on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at the Marblehead Museum. It will also be available via Zoom. It is sponsored by the Marblehead Museum and the Revolution 250 Marblehead Committee. For tickets, please visit the Marblehead Museum website, or call the museum at 781-631-1768.
The Marblehead Museum will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. You’ll hear updates on the museum’s achievements in 2023, as well as plans for 2024 and beyond.
The meeting will be followed at 7 p.m. by a talk featuring Christa Beranek, from the Fiske Center for Archaeology at UMass Boston. She’ll reveal the results of the 2023 archaeological dig at the Lee Mansion. The annual meeting is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please visit the museum’s website, or call the museum at 781-631-1768.