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  • Friday, July 12, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – From the South End to the West End: A Walking Tour of Portsmouth

    Join Historic New England on a 90-minute walking tour exploring the architectural gems, historic events, and remarkable people of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the eighteenth century to today. Starting at Historic New England’s Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, the guided outdoor tour connects the storied South End neighborhood to the bustling West End, revealing along the way the vibrant character of New Hampshire’s iconic seacoast city.

    Member $15; Nonmember $25. Log in or Join now to have your discount applied at checkout. 

    Please call 603-436-3205 for more information. 

  • Wednesday, July 3, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Beauport Landscape Design Tour

    The gardens at Beauport are extensions of Henry Sleeper’s decorative, interior rooms. Join Historic New England on July 3 for a tour of Beauport’s historic Arts and Crafts landscape, learning how the gardens evolved over time, the philosophy behind the 2011 landscape restoration, and how the exterior of the house and the landscape play together.

    Member $10; Nonmember $15. Log in or Join now to have your discount applied at checkout. 

    Please call 978-283-0800 for more information. The address is 75 Eastern Point Boulevard in Gloucester.

    This half-hour outdoor tour will take place after the 11:30 a.m. house tour finishes, and before the 1:00 p.m. house tour begins. House tour tickets are purchased separately, and space is not guaranteed. Rain or shine.

  • Saturday, June 15, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm – Open Farm Day with Rhode Island Black Storytellers

    Join in the celebration of the 350th Anniversary of North Kingstown and find out how Casey Farm fits into the local history of the seaside village of Saunderstown with farm tours at your own pace between 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. See the farmhouse museum gallery, Casey family cemetery, markers honoring African American and Indigenous peoples, and barnyards, gardens, and fields on this extensive farmland. Be sure to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to shop with the excellent local vendors of the Casey Farm Market in between touring. The highlight of the day is performances by Rhode Island Black Storytellers under the large market tent between 9:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m. Artists Marlon Carey, Sidy Maiga, Raffini, and Valerie Tutson of RIBS will make cultural connections through the power of music and storytelling. Free. The program takes place on flat lawns and gravel farmyards with some uneven surfaces. Storytellers will have amplified voices through a sound system. Written materials and a virtual tour are available to interpret historical features at Casey Farm. Accessible parking and restrooms are available. Casey Farm is located at 2325 Boston Neck Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. For more information visit www.historicnewengland.org

  • Thursday, February 8, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Climate Change and Coastal Communities: Exploring Resilience Strategies

    Historic New England is sponsoring a free panel discussion at the Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road in Fairfield, Connecticut, on February 8, with light refreshments served at 5:30 and program beginning at 6 pm. Scheduled speakers include Michael Jehle, Executive Director, Fairfield Museum and History Center, Patricia M. O’Donnell, FASLA, Landscape Architect and Founder of Heritage Landscapes, John Truscinski, Director of Resilience Planning, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at University of Connecticut, and Peter F. Viteretto, FASLA, Landscape Architect and Principal. Heritage Landscapes. For more information call 617-994-5934, or email events@historicnewengland.org. Registration encouraged HERE.

    This dynamic free panel and talk is sponsored by Historic New England Trustee Edward F. Gerber. The series brings together preservationists, civic leaders and educators in conversation about issues relevant to preservation in Connecticut.

  • Thursday & Friday, November 2 & 3 – Embodied Carbon: The Sustainability Imperative of Preserving Places

    Plan to attend the Historic New England Summit 2023 in Providence, Rhode Island on November 2 and 3 convening leading voices in a panel discussing Embodied Carbon: The Sustainability Imperative of Preserving Places. How can we transform the predominant perception of buildings as expendable assets into a perspective where they are recognized as vital instruments in combatting climate change and addressing social disparities? Achieving this paradigm shift necessitates a multidisciplinary approach encompassing adaptive reuse, deconstruction, and innovative construction methods. This approach is essential for reshaping the discourse surrounding building lifecycles, whether existing or new, and for achieving the ambitious objectives of net-zero emissions and zero-waste sustainability.

    Moderator Philip Kennicott is Senior Art and Architecture Critic for the Washington Post. He will be joined by Dan Bergsagel, Sustainability Lead at schlaich bergermann, Rebecca Berry, AIA, LEED AP, and Jonathan Rosenbloom, Professor of Law at Albany Law School and Executive Director, Sustainable Development Code.

    Register HERE. Registration fees range from $45 to $160.

  • Saturday, October 14, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – 41st Annual Roseland Cottage Fine Arts & Craft Festival

    This Historic New England festival at Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut on October 14 is one of the leading juried fine arts and crafts shows in New England. It features over 150 New England artisans and their work: jewelry, painting, printmaking, woodwork, pottery, clothing, metalwork, and much more! Enjoy live music, a food court, and first floor tours of Roseland Cottage.

    Members Free; Nonmembers $5; Children under 12 Free. Log in or join now to have your discount applied at checkout.

    Please call 617-994-5914 for additional information.

  • Wednesday, October 4, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern- Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman: A Creative Kinship, Online

    American novelist Edith Wharton’s first published work was not a novel but a design manual that she coauthored with the Codman Estate‘s Ogden Codman Jr. Their book, The Decoration of Houses, was destined to become an interior design classic. Using original letters from Historic New England’s Codman Family Manuscript collection, this October 4 Historic New England illustrated virtual talk with Camille Arbogast, Codman family scholar, offers an inside peek into Wharton and Codman’s artistic friendship, which spanned more than forty years.

    Tickets are free; donations are encouraged. Become a member today to help us continue to offer free programs for all to enjoy.

    Please call 617-994-6678 for more information, or visit https://my.historicnewengland.org/17425/wharton-and-codman to register. The link for the webinar will be included in the order confirmation for this program.

  • September 23, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – The Landscape of Cogswell’s Grant

    On this special Historic New England walking tour on September 23, explore the property’s landscape history, from the presence of indigenous people through the colonial period to the present. Walk through hayfields down to the salt marsh and the Essex River, discover the rich history of the people and families who lived and farmed here, and learn how coastal farming has evolved over the centuries. The tour begins at 11 am.

    Members $10; Nonmembers $15. Log in or join now to have your discount applied at checkout.

    This is a rain-or-shine walk; please wear weather-appropriate clothing and footwear.

    We are offering this event for free as part of “Trails and Sails”. 

    Limited capacity, registration is required.

  • Wednesday, September 6, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Beauport Landscape Design Tour

    The gardens at Beauport at the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester are extensions of Henry Sleeper’s decorative, interior rooms. Join Historic New England on September 6 for a tour of Beauport’s historic Arts and Crafts landscape, learn how the gardens evolved over time, the philosophy behind the 2011 landscape restoration, and how the exterior of the house and the landscape play together. This half-hour outdoor tour will take place after the 11:30 a.m. house tour finishes, and before the 1:00 p.m. house tour begins. House tour tickets are purchased separately, and space is not guaranteed.

    Members $10; Nonmembers $15. Log in or join now to have your discount applied at checkout.

    Please call 978-283-0800 for more information.

    Rain or shine.

  • Saturday, August 12, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – The Summer Drawing Tour Through Historic New England: Hamilton House and Langdon House

    Join the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for this Summer Drawing Tour series through Historic New England, led by Architect, David Pearson. The program will be held August 12 from 9:30 – 4, at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Land in South Berwick, Maine, and at Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

    Sketching historic sites provides participants with practical knowledge of tradition as manifest in the architecture. The morning session will be at the 18th-century Hamilton House. Special attention will be made in drawing the house in the landscape. The afternoon session will be at Langdon House where the focus will be the study of Georgian details.

    Participants follow in the great tradition of architects and artists who have learned from drawing in situ. One may take a thousand photos of a subject and may not know it…but if one spends some time drawing the same object …you will have it in your mind forever. To draw is to see. The program focuses on the enduring vitality and continuity of the classical tradition through the means of observational and analytical drawing.

    Tickets $60; Please click here to register for this program.