Historical Talks/Presentations
Royall House Tours Opening Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2024 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through October 20. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall …
The Two Nerdy History Girls Ride Again
Virtual MAYou may know them as the Two Nerdy History Girls – authors Loretta Chase and Susan Holloway Scott, the originators of the infamous blog by that name. Tonight, the Medford Public Library presents the bestselling authors via Zoom. They address such questions as how do they find interesting tidbits of historical lore, which libraries of …
Here’s Early Wellington: A Community Focused on Success
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAMedford historian Dee Morris's summer walking tour this year will feature the Wellington neighborhood. Tonight at the library Dee provides an overview of this most eastern part of Medford, which honors the Wellington brothers who farmed the land in 1819. Over time, the pair transformed the fields into a neat grid of numbered streets. These …
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Wellington Area Walking History Tour
Wellington 5th Street, Medford, MA, United StatesMedford historian Dee Morris's summer walking tour for 2024 focuses on the history of the Wellington area in East Medford. On this lively and informative tour you will learn about the farmers, craftsmen and business people who helped to shape this residential neighborhood. Meet at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Middlesex Avenue across from …
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House and Slave Quarters presents it second annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program on the museum grounds. Community members are invited to gather on the lawn in front of the historic Slave Quarters building to read/listen to Douglass's "What, To The Slave, is the Fourth of July?" to honor the long history of …
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MAAs part of a statewide initiative and in partnership with Mass Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the West Medford Community Center is participating in this year's series of public readings commemorating Frederick Douglass' landmark address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" A gifted orator and prescient writer, Douglass forces us to …
Wellington Area Walking History Tour
Wellington 5th Street, Medford, MA, United StatesMedford historian Dee Morris's summer walking tour for 2024 focuses on the history of the Wellington area in East Medford. On this lively and informative tour you will learn about the farmers, craftsmen and business people who helped to shape this residential neighborhood. Meet at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Middlesex Avenue across from …
Lecture: Putin’s War
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library presents the lecture "Putin's War" by Join Dimitri Yakovlev, the co-founder of a local high-tech company that works with a web development team in Ukraine. Learn the story of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, and interesting facts about Russian propaganda and politics. Participants will be invited to raise questions about Russia's war …
The Indigenous Old World — An Exploration of Pre-Colombian North America
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring the online program "The Indigenous Old World — An Exploration of Pre-Colombian North America." Explore the worlds of the Indigenous peoples of North America before European colonization. North America was a place filled with cities, towns, and villages. Across the continent, Indigenous peoples produced architecture and monumental construction. The …
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Silk Road Art and History: The Art of Dunhuang
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library begins a five-week series, Travel Through the Art & History of the Silk Road, led by Hudson Chen and Qi Chen, best-selling authors, artists and art experts. In this first workshop of the series, The Art of Dunhuang, you will be introduced to the history and art of the Silk Road …