MHS Members and Honorary Fellows are cordially invited for an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, spotlight talks, and seasonal entertainment.

For a seventh year, MHS is excited to host a reception for staff members, board members, and friends of public history organizations from greater Boston. We invite members of the public history community to join us to mingle, enjoy refreshments, and share accomplishments and new projects. The event is social and includes a short presentation on some of the exciting things happening in the Hub.

Back by popular demand, let’s celebrate the holidays together with libations, hors d’oeuvres, and a festive and historic program. This special event is available for Members and Honorary Fellows, plus a guest.

Professor Richardson teaches nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. Her early work focused on the transformation of political ideology from the Civil War to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. It examined issues of race, economics, westward expansion, and the construction of the concept of an American middle class. Her history of the Republican Party, To Make Men Free (2014) examines the fundamental tensions in American politics from the time of the Northwest Ordinance to the present. She is currently working on an intellectual history of American politics and a graphic treatment of the Reconstruction Era.

Ryan J. Woods, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of American Ancestors/NEHGS, will be joined by Catherine Allgor, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, for further Q&A with Nathaniel Philbrick. He will answer your questions about his inspirations, research, and process behind writing Travels with George and his other works of American history.

The MHS will join its neighboring cultural institutions for a day of free history, art, music, and cultural happenings in the Fenway neighborhood. With over 20 different museums, venues, colleges, and organizations participating, there will be something for everyone. View Fenway Connections, an exhibition put together by the MHS and the Fenway Studios, take part in a family-friendly art project that is part of our Remember Abigail celebration, and join us for a historic walking tour of the Fenway neighborhood.