Opening Night!
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...
Opening Night!
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Analyzing the Probate Inventory of John Turner II
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...
Presenting Hawthorne's Quotes
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...
A Summer of Celebration
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...
Director's Message
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...
A House in Miniature
Date: May 22, 2015
by Ryan Conary, Marketing & Reservations Coordinator The House of the Seven Gables (Turner-Ingersoll Mansion) built in 1668, is a monument to the practical, sturdy construction of first-period New England...
High Tide
Date: May 22, 2015
It was President’s Day, and as was common this past winter, it had snowed the night before. The temperatures were in single digits, and a stiff wind was gracing the...
Gables Donor Soirée
Date: May 22, 2015
by Karen Barter, Director of Development The House of the Seven Gables held an evening party at The Clarence Clarke House (c. 1894) on April 9th to honor select donors,...
Model Behavior
Date: May 22, 2015
The history of our fair mansion has been interpreted in many fashions over the course of the years. This house has seen many changes in appearance over time as well....
A Great Story of Migration
Date: May 22, 2015
by Ana Nuncio, Manager of Settlement Partnerships What’s pink and red, and shimmers all over? A Caribbean swan, of course! For Salem Education Day on Saturday, May 9th, Gables staff...