Date: September 17, 2015
The Retire Beckett House, moved to the site of The House of the Seven Gables in 1924, is once again in the spotlight. This year marks the 360th anniversary of...
Date: September 17, 2015
American poet Mark Van Doren once said, “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” As an English professor at Columbia University for 39 years, he had extensive...
Date: September 15, 2015
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League By Dan-el Padilla Peralta. Penguin Press, New York, 2015. 312 pages. $27.95. Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s journey from...
Date: June 29, 2015
One of the highlights of Salem’s many cultural offerings is The House of the Seven Gables’ ‘Seven Lectures for Seven Gables’ annual series. For many Salem and North Shore residents,...
Date: June 16, 2015
by Rae Francoeur “Immigrants are and always have been assets to our communities and our economy,” says Denzil Mohammed, the fourth speaker in a series of Immigration Conversations now underway...
Date: May 22, 2015
by Dan Marshall, Manager of Visitor Services Our new exhibit, “A Gracious Host: Visiting The Gables Through the Years”, opened to people, punch, and the ghosts of tours past on...
Date: May 22, 2015
by David Moffat, Senior/Lead Tour Guide One of the best historical sources left to inform us of the House of the Seven Gables’ past is the probate inventory of John...
Date: May 22, 2015
By Everett Philbrook, Store Manager Each year we encounter visitors in the Museum Store who ask about the quotes that are featured on the walls of the Nathaniel Hawthorne birth...
Date: May 22, 2015
by Deb Costa, Special Events Manager Summer feels like it’s already here, and with that we would like to invite our members to attend our annual Fourth of July fireworks...
Date: May 22, 2015
At The House of the Seven Gables, we endeavor to serve several distinct, but often interrelated communities. The most obvious of these would be the thousands of tourists of all...
