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SUMMARY:Memento Mori Tour: Oddities from Old Newbury on All Hallows Day
DESCRIPTION:Memento Mori: Oddities from Old Newbury on All Hallows Day \nOn All Hallows Day—a time set aside for remembering the dead—the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a rare\, behind-the-scenes experience. For this one-day-only event\, the museum will offer three special guided tours of the Cushing House and Perkins Archive and Research Center at 11:00 AM\, 1:00 PM\, and 3:00 PM. \nLed by our knowledgeable guides\, each tour will introduce a curated selection of seldom-seen artifacts from the museum’s vast collections\, including: \nVictorian memento mori\, such as intricately woven hair jewelry\, reflecting love\, loss\, and remembrance\nBones\, preserved plants\, and food relics\, linked to war and the daily perils of life in earlier centuries\nA rare object from the Old Gaol\, bearing witness to incarceration across time\nUnsettling yet fascinating medical implements used by practitioners of the past\nShipwreck salvage from the hazardous New England coast\nAnd other curiosities that illuminate how past generations faced death\, survival\, and memory\nEach tour reveals unusual stories and hidden treasures\, offering a haunting yet compelling window into Newburyport’s past. \nExclusive Keepsake\nEvery guest will receive a frameable print of the 19th-century image from our collection of Lunt Undertakers & Embalmers on State Street—a memento perfectly suited to the day’s theme. \nEvent Details\n📅 Saturday\, November 1\n📍 Museum of Old Newbury\, 98 High Street\, Newburyport\, MA\n🕰 Tours at 11 AM\, 1 PM\, and 3 PM only\n🎟 $15 for MOON members\, $25 for non-members \nCapacity is limited—reserve early to secure your place on this rare All Hallows Day exploration of Newburyport’s most curious and haunting relics.
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/memento-mori-tour-oddities-from-old-newbury-on-all-hallows-day-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Old Newbury\, 98 High Street\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century
DESCRIPTION:On November 1\, known as All Hallows Day\, when the veil between the living and the dead feels thin\, the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a night where history\, memory\, and the supernatural converge. \nShadows Secured\, Spirits Revealed\nIn the 19th century\, photographic processes were little understood—and for many\, photographers offered a glimpse into a liminal world. Two distinct practices emerged: \nPost-Mortem Photography: Families commissioned portraits of deceased loved ones\, especially children or those never captured in life. These images\, often posed to resemble peaceful rest\, became cherished mementos of grief and remembrance.\nSpirit Photography: Far more controversial\, this trade promised to reveal ghostly figures lingering beside the living. Using double exposures\, props\, and trickery\, photographers like Boston’s William H. Mumler convinced clients they had tangible proof of life beyond the grave.\nTogether\, these practices reveal how the lines between technology\, grief\, and the supernatural blurred in the 19th century. \nHistorian and Executive Director Bethany Groff Dorau will lead guests through an illustrated journey into this fascinating era. Discover how New England photography studios—Newburyport among them—advertised “miniatures of deceased persons”\, as charlatans and mezmerizers produced ghostly images on film. Explore why these photographs held such deep meaning for families navigating loss and a changing vision of death and the afterlife. \nTo complete the evening\, guests will enjoy a tasting courtesy of Ipswich Ale Brewery\, featuring: \nRich dark stout and porter beers\nSeasonal winter wines\nFresh apple cider donuts\nFestive fall punch\nJoin us on All Hallows Eve for a gathering filled with haunting images and unforgettable stories.
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/secure-the-shadow-spirit-post-mortem-photography-in-the-19th-century/
LOCATION:Museum of Old Newbury\, 98 High Street\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century
DESCRIPTION:On November 1\, known as All Hallows Day\, when the veil between the living and the dead feels thin\, the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a night where history\, memory\, and the supernatural converge. \nShadows Secured\, Spirits Revealed\nIn the 19th century\, photographic processes were little understood—and for many\, photographers offered a glimpse into a liminal world. Two distinct practices emerged: \nPost-Mortem Photography: Families commissioned portraits of deceased loved ones\, especially children or those never captured in life. These images\, often posed to resemble peaceful rest\, became cherished mementos of grief and remembrance.\nSpirit Photography: Far more controversial\, this trade promised to reveal ghostly figures lingering beside the living. Using double exposures\, props\, and trickery\, photographers like Boston’s William H. Mumler convinced clients they had tangible proof of life beyond the grave.\nTogether\, these practices reveal how the lines between technology\, grief\, and the supernatural blurred in the 19th century. \nHistorian and Executive Director Bethany Groff Dorau will lead guests through an illustrated journey into this fascinating era. Discover how New England photography studios—Newburyport among them—advertised “miniatures of deceased persons”\, as charlatans and mezmerizers produced ghostly images on film. Explore why these photographs held such deep meaning for families navigating loss and a changing vision of death and the afterlife. \nTo complete the evening\, guests will enjoy a tasting courtesy of Ipswich Ale Brewery\, featuring: \nRich dark stout and porter beers\nSeasonal winter wines\nFresh apple cider donuts\nFestive fall punch\nJoin us on All Hallows Eve for a gathering filled with haunting images and unforgettable stories.
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/secure-the-shadow-spirit-post-mortem-photography-in-the-19th-century-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Old Newbury\, 98 High Street\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Enemies to Their Country Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:The Marblehead Museum will host a book talk on Thursday\, November 6 at 7pm with Nicholas Gentile\, author of the new book Enemies to their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution. Gentile’s book profiles Marblehead in the pivotal year of 1774. He will share compelling stories\, many previously untold\, showcasing how Marblehead dealt with political dissent and evolving loyalties as the colonies barreled toward Revolution. \nTickets are available for in-person or Zoom at https://marbleheadmuseum.org/upcoming-programs-page/
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/enemies-to-their-country-book-talk/
LOCATION:Marblehead Museum\, 170 Washington Street\, Marblehead\, 01945\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crane Lecture: Native American Art & Exhibitions at The Trustees
DESCRIPTION:November is Native American Heritage Month. Join us for a lecture with Tess Lukey\, The Trustees Associate Curator of Native American Arts. Learn about The Trustees efforts to center Indigenous voices and culture via our exhibits and programming\, to recognize the important contributions of Indigenous peoples to the lands now stewarded by The Trustees. Tess will discuss her work curating the Across Boundaries Across Barriers gallery at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard\, focused on the medicine wheel & seven directions\, featuring historic and contemporary works of art from several Native American communities in five sections that center the concepts associated with each direction. Tess will also discuss recent collaborations with local Indigenous educators & The Trustees statewide education team to develop curricula connecting students to this gallery and the medicine wheel. Finally\, Tess will touch on other projects and collaborative work\, such as the next installation in the Art & the Landscape series: The Land Tells Our Stories\, which will feature outdoor art coming to The Crane Estate in Spring 2026. \nAbout our speaker: \nTess Lukey joined The Trustees in 2022 as our first-ever Curator of Native American Art to develop exhibitions and research initiatives related to The Trustees’ Indigenous art collections. \nLukey\, an Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal member and lifelong New Englander\, works across the state\, and is based both at Fruitlands Museum and the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum. She works closely with community members\, collectors\, and donors for potential acquisitions while offering broader access to and knowledge of The Trustees’ collections of art made by Indigenous peoples. \nLukey brings to The Trustees an extensive curatorial and educational experience. She has worked for the Museum of Fine Arts and the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston\, and the John Sommers Gallery in Albuquerque\, New Mexico. She has also completed fellowships at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, Massachusetts\, and the Hibben Center for Archaeology Study and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque. \nLukey has a bachelor’s degree in ceramics and art history from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a master’s degree in Native American art history with a minor in museum studies from the University of New Mexico. In her spare time\, Lukey is a traditional potter and basket weaver practicing the techniques of her own Indigenous community. She currently lives in Sutton\, Mass.\, the ancestral home of the Nipmuc Nation\, with her partners and children.
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/crane-lecture-native-american-art-exhibitions-at-the-trustees/
LOCATION:Castle Hill on the Crane Estate\, Argilla Road 290\, Ipswich\, M\, 01938\, United States
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