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We’d like to announce our tasty lineup for this year’s Taste of The Gables!

Date: September 5, 2019

We’d like to announce our tasty lineup for this year’s Taste of The Gables! Our thanks in advance to these wonderful businesses who will be helping us to be a welcoming, thriving, historic site and community resource that engages people of all backgrounds in our inclusive American story.              ...

Vincent Price takes center stage tomorrow at The Gables

Date: September 4, 2019

Hawthorne in Hollywood! 1940 movie, ‘House of the Seven Gables,’ at The Gables Sept. 5 It’s movie night, once again, at The House of the Seven Gables. Not only will guests enjoy a notable movie made from one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novels, they will watch as actor Vincent Price leads a one-of-a-kind tour of The...

Learn how New England’s early carpenters mastered their trade

Date: September 2, 2019

Release: ‘17thCentury Saturdays’ at The Gables this fall The mastery of early carpenters The house you’re living in now may well have been built more than a century or two ago — before power tools, sheetrock or foam insulation. If you’ve ever wondered how early carpenters were able to create works of lasting elegance and...

What’s Happening This Week?

Date: September 1, 2019

Labor Day marks the unofficial last day of summer. We start to usher in autumn thoughts – fall breezes, pumpkin spice, trees full of color. While many mark the holiday with a last trip to the beach or a giant ice cream cone, as a historic site we like to look back at the true...

It’s a Celebration!

Date: August 29, 2019

News Release The 7thTaste of The Gables is Sunday, September 15, 2019 Good food. Good friends. Good fun. It’s all happening on Sunday, September 15, starting at 4 p.m. For the seventh year, the House of the Seven Gables and its community of supporters come together for an evening of merriment and mingling to help...

Life and Labor at The Gables

Date: August 28, 2019

In 2017, we spent our year researching the role that “work” has played on our historic site over four centuries. As Labor Day approaches, we invite you to take a look back at our interactive exhibition  “As the house passed through generations, new forms of labor shaped the neighborhoods around it. The period following independence...

Vincent Price at The Gables

Date: August 26, 2019

Hawthorne in Hollywood! How many can say they’ve seen the movie, “The House of the Seven Gables,” at The House of the Seven Gables? If not, the time has come to remedy that gaping lapse in hipness. All are invited to a fun film series at The House of the Seven Gables that features three...

What’s Happening This Week?

Date: August 25, 2019

It’s a calm before the October storm at The House of the Seven Gables. If you’re one of those lucky families who aren’t going back to school until after Labor Day, this is a great week to visit and check out all of the great history at The Gables and fun in the city of...

We couldn’t do it without you!

Date: August 22, 2019

Our thanks to these generous supporters who have sponsored the 7th annual Taste of The Gables! You will be helping us to be a welcoming, thriving, historic site and community resource that engages people of all backgrounds in our inclusive American story.   Gold Sponsors                    Silver...

What’s Happening This Week

Date: August 18, 2019

Our interpretive planning project is anticipated to take us 3-5 years to complete, but there is always routine maintenance for our visitor services staff to take care of to ensure the best possible experience for our visitors. Our collections manager and marketing coordinator have worked together to complete a new set of museum labels to...