Art is for everyone and by slowing down, looking carefully, allowing questions to form and thoughts to bubble up, an artwork becomes more interesting. Historic Beverly is participating along with over 100 other museums and galleries around the world for Slow Art Day 2024. Register for a 45 minute time slot to stop by the […]
SOLD OUT If asked to comment about Beverly’s long and storied history, you might mention Reverend John Hale’s connection to the Salem witchcraft trials, the Revolutionary War naval battle between the Hannah and the Nautilus, or even the establishment of the United Machinery Shoe Corporation in 1903. But if the propulsive, syncopated, improvisational rhythms of […]
Join us for our annual recap in the beautifully refreshed Memorial Hall at the Cabot House. After the business meeting, please stay for a talk by Justin Thomas, the author of The Beverly Pottery: The Wares of Charles A. Lawrence, The Moses B. Paige Company: The Last of the Peabody Potteries, The Dawn of Independence, […]
Cabot House is the place to be this school break! Come visit the newly reopened museum. Explore our galleries on your own with our self-guided activities and create postcards showing off your favorite place in Beverly or on the North Shore! Family-Friendly Guided Tours at 11am and 3pm. Create a postcard showing your favorite place […]
We're celebrating the reopening of the Cabot House with spotlight talks and kid's activities in our newly refreshed galleries. Coffee for early visitors, and free membership and gifts for first 25 people to arrive Explore our new exhibits, Beverly: An American Story and Colors of Beverly, our annual community art show Coloring books and toys for the […]
Join us for a walking tour that explores Fish Flake Hill! The site of the town’s revolutionary and early national period maritime industries, and home to Beverly’s merchants and sea captains, Fish Flake Hill was the town’s primary business district until the mid-nineteenth century. Rain or shine event, in case of severe weather, check with […]
Join us for the evening as we take a stroll down Central Street, home to some of Beverly's most fascinating history and beautiful architecture. Come explore as we discuss famous Beverly residents and their lasting impact on Beverly. Walking tours offer insight into the hidden history of Beverly and introduce you to its key events […]
The Annual Meeting of Members of the Beverly Historical Society will be held at 7 p.m. at John Cabot House, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts to act on minutes of the previous meeting, the treasurer’s report, electing officers and trustees, and transacting any other business properly coming before the meeting. After the meeting please stay […]
11:00 am We will be reading “Around America to Win the Vote” by Mara Rockliff. This story tells just a bit of the true story of a couple of women suffragists, their kitten and a little yellow car who drove 10,000 miles around America to spread the word about “Votes for Women” in 1916. Recommended […]
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.
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), social reformer, landscape architect, city planner, and founder of American landscape architecture. In honor of this anniversary, join local landscape historian, Pamela Hartford as she guides us through Olmsted’s work with a specific focus on his time on the North Shore including […]
Viennese composers such as Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven experimented with musical forms and techniques to move music in a new direction from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Arpeggione Ensemble graces the period-appropriate c. 1781 Cabot House with a historically informed performance of works by these musical giants and their Parisian and Bohemian contemporaries. […]