During February school vacation week, enjoy fun for the whole family at the USS Constitution Museum. Discover how USS Constitution earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" in our hands-on gallery programs; test your sailor skills by caulking, or waterproofing, a ship; learn how to write like an officer by using a quill pen, and more! Don't forget to visit our theater to see the 33rd Annual Ship Model Show. Explore over 50 handcrafted models with a special-themed scavenger hunt and family guide to the Museum. After talking with and seeing the modelers in action, try your hand at building a paper boat at our craft station.

This lecture by Justin D. Poche, Assistant Professor of History at Holy Cross, explores how race informed dominant narratives of New Orleans' Catholic hertiage. It also examines the struggle by many Catholics of color in the early twentieth century to recover this lost Afro-Creole tradition against the rise of Jim Crow discrimination.

The National Humanities Center is proud to offer FREE online professional development for teachers in the TPS Eastern Region. This live, interactive seminar is led by a distinguished scholar and focuses on the close reading of primary resources from the Library of Congress's American Memory Timeline and the Center's America in Class Primary Sources. The seminar is built around a key question that will guide participants through these rich collections of primary resources and enable participants to organize coherent lessons with them.

Discussion with Anne Speyer of Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

Historic Deerfield is launching a new printed walking tour that interprets village sites connected to the Raid of 1704. The tour will be available to pick up for free at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Participants may also visit the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. On view at the Flynt Center is the new exhibition "Furnishing the Frontier: The Material World of the Connecticut River Valley, 1680-1720." At 4:30 p.m. the public is invited to attend a talk by Kevin Sweeney, Professor of History at Amherst College entitled "The 1704 Deerfield Raid and It's Aftermath."

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

Known as the ‘Bread and Roses Strike’, in January 1912, 25,000 Lawrence workers struck over a wage cut and harsh living conditions. What happened? How did the strike proceed? And, why does the strike still resonate? During the strike Lawrence was under martial law. Two strikers died violent deaths. Women and children were beaten and arrested. Over 30 nationalities united against one of the largest corporations in the United States. And, the strike precipitated an investigation by the US Congress into intolerable working and living conditions in Lawrence. National and international publicity helped to lead to a settlement in March of 1912. Lecture by Professor Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell Deptartment of History.

Performers: Felipe Salles, Stephen Page, Dave Hassell and Bob Weiner Moderator: Jason Robinson, Assistant Professor of Music, Amherst College

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

William Keyse Rudolphe, curator of the exhibition "In Search of Julien Hudson" , has spent years uncovering facts about the artist. Hear him describe his CSI-curator's survey and inquiry (his method of inquiry) and see his results in the exhibition. Dr. Rudolph is the Curator of American Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and former Curator of American Art at WAM.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

Have you been wondering how to get funding for that exhibit, film, lecture, or other humanities project? Mass Humanities is here to help! For this workshop Mass Humanities is joining with National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Program Officer David Weinstein. Pleun Bouricius (Mass Humanities) and David Weinstein (NEH) will discuss opportunities for grants from their organizations and will offer strategies for crafting successful grant applications.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

Discussion with Dr. Samuel Coale about The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The one-day conference will give upper elementary teachers the tools to create innovative and effective instructional practices for integrating art, music, and poetry into thematic social studies curricula at the upper elementary level. Each of the two primary sessions will feature a pivotal period in American history—Revolutionary War and the Great Migration—using images from the Picturing America collection. The afternoon will include a planning session during which participants apply the practices presented at the conference to design an interdisciplinary lesson for their classrooms. The conference concludes with a tour of the new Art of the Americas Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, led by MFA curatorial and education departments.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

Come listen to the poignant, funny, sad and quirky stories created and performed as the StoriesLive curriculum and massmouth, inc. storytellers/educators engaged 11th and 12th grade high school students from Everett, Newburyport, Andover, Lynn, Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Worcester and Chelsea in the timeless art of storytelling. Two divisions, juniors and seniors, will compete for over $5,000 in cash prizes. Two sessions, 9:30 - 12:30 and 1:30-4:30.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with 6 storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

FAIR is a humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

This mini-conference explores the impact of globalization of labor, capital and markets on Americans' sense of economic well-being; Harvard's Dani Rodrik delivers the key note address exploring ways to meet the challenges posed by economic globalization. Conference 2-5pm with keynote at 7pm.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

A humanities-based family reading program with storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books.

The National Humanities Center is proud to offer FREE online professional development for teachers in the TPS Eastern Region. This live, interactive seminar is led by a distinguished scholar and focuses on the close reading of primary resources from the Library of Congress's American Memory Timeline and the Center's America in Class Primary Sources. The seminar is built around a key question that will guide participants through these rich collections of primary resources and enable participants to organize coherent lessons with them.

The National Humanities Center is proud to offer FREE online professional development for teachers in the TPS Eastern Region. This live, interactive seminar is led by a distinguished scholar and focuses on the close reading of primary resources from the Library of Congress's American Memory Timeline and the Center's America in Class Primary Sources. The seminar is built around a key question that will guide participants through these rich collections of primary resources and enable participants to organize coherent lessons with them.

The Paul Cuffe Kitchen Gallery is an exhibit about 19th-century sea captain Paul Cuffe of Westport with a reception followed by a presentation by Cuffe biographer Lamont Thomas on "Paul Cuffe, His Life and Times".

This exhibition will explore the historical, psychological, and cultural implications of this once and future sport with parallels to contemporary activities and attitudes, utilizing authentic exhibits from the Higgins Armory Museum's outstanding collection of medieval and Renaissance artifacts. Three special components of the exhibition include a hands-on "heft-a-lance" interactive that allows visitors to investigate how a lance really worked; an interactive computer-based quiz, a series of laminated, wall-mounted flip-books to explore particular aspects of jousting and jousting equipment and a "Virtual Joust" computer game, based on Wii technology.

A new exhibition at the centennial of the Bread and Roses Strike taking the opportunity to examine this seminal moment in American history. It tells the fascinating story of the strike while also using it as a lens with which we can discuss pertinent issues facing our society today and in the future. Exhibit is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11am - 3pm and by appointment. There is also a virtual exhibit at exhibit.breadandrosescentennial.org.

In May 1883, Clover Adams, the wife of historian Henry Adams, picked up her camera and began taking photographs—of her husband, afternoons at the beach on Boston’s North Shore, and of eminent friends who frequented the Adamses’ home in Washington, D.C. Visitors are invited to view Clover’s striking photographs, many of which have not been seen before publicly as well as letters, the notebook she used to record the chronology and technical aspects of her photographs, and other family materials. For more information about the exhibit and building hours, please visit the provided link.

A renovated and expanded exhibition about slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad including hands-on interactives and audio elements. Tuesday-Friday, 11 AM to 5 PM Saturday and Sunday, 12 Noon to 5 PM Closed Mondays and major holidays

By focusing on quilts, textiles, clothing and related objects, "Homefront and Battlefield" gives 'voice' to people who are often unheard and unnoticed in the din of war, strengthens our understanding of the complex issues that were at the center of the conflict, humanizes the war through objects that carry culture and meaning beyond their surface value, and encourages us to examine how we as Americans approach lingering and parallel issues today.