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    • Spiritualism Tours by Candlelight at Hammond Castle Museum

    Spiritualism Tours by Candlelight at Hammond Castle Museum
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Hammond Castle Museum  

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA

    From John Hays Hammond Jr.’s attempts to communicate with supernatural entities using a Faraday Cage to Irene Fenton Hammond’s extensive astrological writings under a mysterious pen name, this 55-minute, fully-guided specialty tour sets the stage for a fun and informative seasonal experience unlike any other. The dramatic, Gothic-inspired architecture of the Museum and the twilight...

    $35.00

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    What can a house tell us about the people who lived there? Step inside the Capt. Elias Davis House and discover how architecture, craftsmanship, and everyday objects reveal the lives of one Gloucester family and the changing history of Cape Ann. This docent-led experience invites visitors to look closely at the details that transform a...

    Free with General Admission

    • Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast

    Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more

    Appleton Farms  

    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA

    Join us in October & November for weekly homeschool programs exploring the stories of The Crane Estate & Appleton Farms. Participants will learn the stories of the many people &...

    $275 – $325

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    What can a house tell us about the people who lived there? Step inside the Capt. Elias Davis House and discover how architecture, craftsmanship, and everyday objects reveal the lives of one Gloucester family and the changing history of Cape Ann. This docent-led experience invites visitors to look closely at the details that transform a...

    Free with General Admission

    Renaissance Faire at Hammond Castle Museum

    Renaissance Faire at Hammond Castle Museum
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Hammond Castle Museum  

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA

    Step into a world of knights, artisans, performers, and merriment as Hammond Castle Museum transforms into one of New England’s most unique and immersive Renaissance celebrations. Experience the North Shore’s...

    Free – $35

    Renaissance Faire at Hammond Castle Museum

    Renaissance Faire at Hammond Castle Museum
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Hammond Castle Museum  

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA

    Step into a world of knights, artisans, performers, and merriment as Hammond Castle Museum transforms into one of New England’s most unique and immersive Renaissance celebrations. Experience the North Shore’s...

    Free – $35

    Tales & Ales (and Pies & Pints) at the Pearson Tavern

    Pearson Tavern Byfield, MA, United States
    Pearson Tavern Byfield, MA, United States

    Pearson Tavern  

    Pearson Tavern Byfield, MA

    Join the Museum of Old Newbury for an evening that makes 17th-century court records wicked fun. Forget what you have been taught about the 17th century. Court records reveal a world of complex, modern, and surprising people. Their testimony reveals feuding neighbors, scandalous romances, tavern disturbances, sharp tongues, and spectacular lapses in judgment (is that...

    $50

    Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast

    Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more

    Appleton Farms  

    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA

    Join us in October & November for weekly homeschool programs exploring the stories of The Crane Estate & Appleton Farms. Participants will learn the stories of the many people &...

    $275 – $325

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour

    Captain Elias Davis House Tour
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

    What can a house tell us about the people who lived there? Step inside the Capt. Elias Davis House and discover how architecture, craftsmanship, and everyday objects reveal the lives of one Gloucester family and the changing history of Cape Ann. This docent-led experience invites visitors to look closely at the details that transform a...

    Free with General Admission

    Witch Trials: Bury to Salem — Live from the Museums

    Join us for a unique online event bringing together two museums on opposite sides of the Atlantic to explore witch trials and folklore. For this special evening, Dan Clarke, Heritage Officer at Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds, England and Rachel Christ-Doane, Director of Education at the Salem Witch Museum, will each take us...

    Free

    Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast

    Homeschool Scholars: Stories of the Farm & Coast
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more
    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States +1 more

    Appleton Farms  

    Appleton Farms 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA

    Join us in October & November for weekly homeschool programs exploring the stories of The Crane Estate & Appleton Farms. Participants will learn the stories of the many people &...

    $275 – $325

    “To the Farthest Ports of the Rich East” Lecture

    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Salem Armory Visitor Center  

    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA

    Join James Fichter as he discusses profit and peril in the new trade to Asia With independence from Britain secured, in the 1780s American began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They sailed to the East India Company-administered India for cloth, to Yemen and Dutch Java for coffee, to Sumatra for...

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