Have you ever wanted to know more about Ryal Side’s past? What transpired in the verdant area across the Bass River, and who were the people who shaped its development? Now is your chance! This is the virtual version of our first walk in the Ryal Side series, a tour along the streets and trails […]
Hear Israel Thorndike’s rags-to-riches story as a wealthy merchant, delegate to the Massachusetts Ratification Convention, and first president of Beverly Bank. Get the inside story on objects, historical events, and our historic houses with these individual Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours are casual, intimate conversations that take place for a specified 15-minute […]
The Disestablishment of the First Parish Church with Charlie Wainwright The story of disestablishment in Massachusetts is often characterized as a struggle for the separation of church and state, waged between religious intellectuals, and punctuated by heroic legal battles in towns like Sandwich and Dedham. But the death of Beverly’s First Parish was not the […]
Hear Israel Thorndike’s rags-to-riches story as a wealthy merchant, delegate to the Massachusetts Ratification Convention, and first president of Beverly Bank. Get the inside story on objects, historical events, and our historic houses with these individual Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. These tours are casual, intimate conversations that take place for a specified 15-minute […]
Our tale of Beverly’s long and varied manufacturing history continues in Made in Beverly Part 3. We have previously talked about several early industries and taken a walk along Park and River Streets, the area that was directly connected to Beverly’s second wave of industrial activity, as well as the location of the newest industry […]
In 1692, when Betty Parris and Abigail Williams first began showing signs of a strange affliction, Reverend John Hale of Beverly was called to Salem Village observe the girls. He agreed with others that the cause was likely witchcraft. For many months, Reverend Hale continued to support the accusers and the court at trials of […]
The David S. Lynch Memorial Park was transformed from estate to park in 1943, But there is so much more history rooted in the park that dates back to the time of Woodbury’s Point and the Revolutionary War. This pictorial lecture of Lynch Park will look to the past to uncover the history, the landscape, […]
It has been 2 years now since launching our first online exhibit, “Set at Liberty: Stories of the Enslaved in a New England Town” and it is still receiving rave reviews. Tune into this Talk to learn about how the exhibit was created, the history found in the objects, and the stories that needed to […]
Have you ever wondered about some of the first African-Americans in Beverly? In this program we will tell stories of some African-Americans and other people of color through objects and documents in Historic Beverly’s collection, whether mentioned in ship cargo logs, wills, bills of sale, newspapers, and many other documents, including some associated with anti-slavery […]
The men of Hale Farm are fairly well-known, but what of the women of Hale Farm? Their stories are right there, alongside those of the men, but rarely are they told. This Women's History Month, we'll tell a few of the stories of the lives of some of those Hale Farm women, from their daily […]
From a young man sitting alone on a bench to a granite millstone found 200 yards from its original location, sculpture and public art have been prominent but sometimes overlooked in the city of Beverly for well over 140 years. The History of Sculpture in Beverly virtual lecture is presented by our Associate Director for […]
In honor of Women's History Month, we feature the stories of four dynamic Beverly women: Polly Rantoul (March 5); Jane Stuart (March 12); Joanna Quiner (March 19) and Anna Coleman Ladd (March 26). Get the inside story on objects, people, historical events, and our historic houses with these individual Spotlight Tours and Historic House Spotlights. […]