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Tag: Smithsonian

  • Wednesday, August 11, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm – Cranberry Island Home, Art & Garden Tour

    This one-day event on Wednesday, August 11, from 9:30 – 4:30, hosted by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, will include eight stops across this two-mile island. It will feature visits to two nineteenth century sea captain homes, a garden recognized by the Smithsonian, a visit to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation artist residency program, musical events throughout the day in a church built in the 1860’s, an art show, and access to a mile-long hiking trail leading to the back shore of the island with panoramic views of Acadia. There is a cafe at the Historical Society’s Cranberry House. Tickets for the tour (including round trip ferry, but not lunch) are $35 per person in advance ($20 tour, $15 reduced-fare ferry), or $49 the day of the tour ($25 tour, $24 normal ferry fare.)  For more information and directions call Morrie Newell at 847-732-1777, or log on to www.gcihs.org.  The website also has the ferry schedules to Great Cranberry Island from both Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor (Upper Town Dock and Manset Cranberry Isles Dock).

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  • Thursday, February 11, 6:00 – 7:00 pm – The Origins of Agriculture: Everything You Need to Know in 50 Minutes or Less

    The transition from hunting and gathering to food production was a seismic shift in human history. With it, we transformed the world. But how and when did this happen, and why is it important to understanding our current human condition? Bruce Smith, curator of North American archaeology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, will discuss his current research on agricultural origins — and how the story is more complicated than you’d expect.  This free lecture will take place at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge, on Thursday, February 11, from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.  For more information, log on to www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

  • The Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Gardens

    The Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Gardens needs your help!

    The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens needs help identifying select images from its collection that depict locations in Boston. Below is a link to the Smithsonian’s online cataloging system, SIRIS, that includes eight unidentified Boston images from the early twentieth century.

    http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=%22unidentified+garden+boston%22&view=grid&start=0

    Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images. Click on the underlined caption for additional information in the catalog. If you are able to identify any of the properties’ owners and/or street addresses, please contact marieke@bostonhistory.org.