Quilling, also known as paper filigree, is the art of rolling, shaping and gluing together strips of paper to create beautiful designs. It can be used to create jewelry, greeting cards, and masterpieces of art. The only limits are your own creativity! Come learn about the history of paper quilling and watch some of the […]
SOLD OUT! Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday. Our beloved annual tradition will be the best yet. Last year tickets sold out ahead of time, so get yours early.
The Holidays are back at Historic Beverly’s Hale Farm! Join us as we share the story of the Rev. John Hale house through three centuries of holiday history. Holiday tours will be offered throughout the day. Special sales on shop items take place weekly. Bring the kids! Every Saturday will feature a different make-and-take kids’ […]
Join us for the closing reception and awarding of prizes for this year's Community Art Show Free and open to all; light refreshments will be served.
The hearth was an integral part of the home for centuries. In this Spotlight Talk presentation we’ll explore the role of the hearth at the John Balch house and how it developed throughout the years. Get the inside story on objects, events, and our historic houses with Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours […]
Baker Avenue, Thorndike Street, Winslow road; they may be familiar travel routes in and around Beverly but do you know where beverly got its streetnames? Join us for the first in a series of lectures connecting street names with the beverly citizen that it was named after. This lecture will cover a lot of history […]
The hearth was an integral part of the home for centuries. In this Spotlight Talk presentation we’ll explore the role of the hearth at the John Balch house and how it developed throughout the years. Get the inside story on objects, events, and our historic houses with Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours […]
Special Event with Beverly's own Dr. Rita Colwell If you think sexism thrives only on Wall Street or Hollywood, you haven’t visited a lab, a science department, a research foundation, or a biotech firm. Rita Colwell is one of the top scientists in America: the groundbreaking microbiologist who discovered how cholera survives between epidemics and […]
The hearth was an integral part of the home for centuries. In this Spotlight Talk presentation we’ll explore the role of the hearth at the John Balch house and how it developed throughout the years. Get the inside story on objects, events, and our historic houses with Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours […]
If your house could talk, what stories would it tell you? Have you ever wondered about the history of your house? For example, wondered what year was it built, who owned it before you and what they were like? This lecture is what you need. Our archivist Bekah Connell, along with volunteer Fay Salt, will […]
CANCELLED Birth and death, justice and injustice, wounding and healing;these are just a few of the themes that illustrate the depth and richness of the centuries of human experience of the people of Beverly. Join collections specialists Abby Battis and Elise Williams to see how just a few works from Historic Beverly's five centuries of […]
The hearth was an integral part of the home for centuries. In this Spotlight Talk presentation we’ll explore the role of the hearth at the John Balch house and how it developed throughout the years. Get the inside story on objects, events, and our historic houses with Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours […]