A Gift Never Opened
Date: November 2, 2020
By Will Demick If history museums are a window to the past, then their archives create the landscapes through the glass. Books, manuscripts and letters can lead one down a...
A Gift Never Opened
Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace
Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace
Hawthorne Birthplace
Hawthorne's Birthplace
Hawthorne House
Enterprising Women: Rose Hawthorne
Date: March 25, 2020
by: David Moffat, Visitor Services Specialist and Researcher Born May 20, 1851 while the family was living in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Hawthornes’ youngest child, Rose, was only a month younger...
Take a walk with Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: April 5, 2018
The House of the Seven Gables News Release For more information, please contact: Ryan Conary 978-744-0991, ext. 104 rconary@7gables.org MEET THE PAST Take a walk with Nathaniel Hawthorne...
The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
Date: September 25, 2017
A unique gathering for all things Hawthorne Are you world’s biggest Hawthorne fan? Did you just read The Scarlet Letter for the first time and want to know more? Have...
Happy visitors at The Gables!
Date: March 28, 2012
The Gables is thrilled to announce that our visitorship is up and people are liking what they’re seeing! Here are a few of the recent comments from our patrons… –...
Snow at the Gables
Date: January 20, 2012
Salem FINALLY got some snow! Our first “real” snow of the winter season! It has been a great winter in New England – relatively mild and very dry, so we’ve...
New Hawthorne Birthplace House galleries
Date: January 18, 2012
Below are previews of two of the new galleries in the Hawthorne Birthplace House featuring personal effects of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s that have never been exhibited before! We are also very...
Calligraphy in the Hawthorne House
Date: January 13, 2012
Here are a few more photos to show the calligraphy being installed in the Hawthorne House! First the quotes were mapped out to size on paper: Then pencilled precisely in...