Summer Settlement Programming
Date: June 30, 2019
Summer is here! For Settlement Programs at The Gables that means field trips and adventures! Our English Language Learners from area elementary schools are gearing up for this summer’s Caribbean...
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August Wednesdays on the Water
Date: June 26, 2019
It’s not too late to plan your social summer gathering in Salem. The House of the Seven Gables offers the perfect location for your event as well as dedicated service....
How Paul Revere spread revolutionary messages in pre-Twitter, colonial America
Date: June 20, 2019
Press Release: Today’s rabble-rousers, insurrectionists and politicians use Twitter to get the message out. Back in Revolutionary times, they used engraving tools, acid, ink and copper plates to craft their...
August Wednesdays on the Water
Date: June 19, 2019
It’s not too late to plan your social summer gathering in Salem. The House of the Seven Gables offers the perfect location for your event as well as dedicated service....
What’s Happening This Week?
Date: June 10, 2019
We wanted to kick off our week with a “thank you” to Salem Wine Imports for choosing our site for their Summer Grand Tasting event. Attendees had the chance to...
Road Trip! Connecting people and places in every corner of America
Date: June 7, 2019
Pack a few bags, stuff a picnic basket and gas up the car. School’s out and America calls! Road trips are as American as … well … apple pie. This...
Labor and Architecture
Date: June 6, 2019
We are in the first week of testing out some of our team suggestions from the interpretive planning process. Our guides are offering a special tour of the attic that...
What’s Happening This Week?
Date: June 3, 2019
It’s been one heck of dismal spring here in New England. One thing is a perk – our historic gardens look amazing! Our tulips are slowly being transplanted with heirloom...
Becoming American and Creating America
Date: May 31, 2019
Becoming American and Creating America “Diffusion of ideas, a pattern of behavior, or an exchange of material objects is always a two-way street between societies.” Ralph Linton- Anthropologist In May,...
NEW: The Emmerton Papers Finding Aid
Date: May 31, 2019
This spring, The House of the Seven Gables developed a finding aid, cataloging a portion of its archives, with the help of graduate student Megan Donoghue. Ms. Donoghue, a Salem...