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  • Mill Talk: Forging History —The creation of Saugus Iron Works NHS

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    The Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, located in Saugus, Massachusetts, is a mid-twentieth century reconstruction of a seventeenth-century ironworks. Built by private investors in the public interest, the site is at turns an outdoor museum teaching the public about the origins of the iron and steel industries and an object lesson in the ingenuity […]

    Free

  • Trails, Tents, and Traditions: Boy Scouting in Waltham

    The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

    Join us as we continue our Social Series with "Trails, Tents, and Traditions: Boy Scouting in Waltham" with Robert Logan, President of the Waltham Friends of Scouting and President of […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: How to Fuel an Industrial Revolution—Coal and the Energy Economy of Boston, 1820-1970

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Coal was the main fuel for industry, utilities and domestic life in metropolitan Boston between roughly 1820 and 1970, including the core years of the Industrial Revolutions. During this period, coal accounted for the majority of Boston’s energy supply and provided energy to Boston’s homes, factories, foundries, power plants, shipyards and other operations. Coal also […]

    Free

  • Evolution of the Game of Baseball in the 19th Century

    The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

    Join us as we continue our Social Series with "Evolution of the Game of Baseball in the 19th Century" with baseball historian Brian Sheehy, the History Department Coordinator at North Andover High School and an award-winning educator. Did you know the original home plate was circular? Did you know the National League that we know […]

    Free

  • Mill Talk: Chelsea Clock Company—146 Years of Boston Clockmaking

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    The clockmaking tradition carried out by Chelsea Clock Company traces it’s roots back to the founding of the Harvard Clock Company in 1880 by Joseph Eastman. This talk will trace the evolution of the Boston style marine clock from it’s humble beginnings as a gauge clock through to the modern day manufacturing of these storied […]

    Free

  • Devil’s in the Details: The history and mystery of the Gore Place wallcoverings

    Gore Place 52 Gore Street

    Do you love design details and perhaps a little mystery? Take a tour of the mansion and learn about the history of our wallcoverings plus the challenges involved in antique wallpaper reproduction. We’ll examine Gore Place’s original “painted papers” as well as some of the vibrant wallpapers that have been removed and preserved in our […]

    $21

  • More than Money: The world of coin collecting

    The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

    Join us as we continue our Social Series with “More than Money: The world of coin collecting” with Neil Musante, a collector and numismatic researcher and author of two books that have become standard references on the subject, with a third coming soon. This talk will explore various aspects of collecting, including some of the […]

    Free

  • ‘Golda’s Balcony’—a one-woman biographical play

    Temple Beth Israel 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA

    A one-woman show featuring Beth Goldman as Golda Meir, "Golda's Balcony" is set on the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and uses flashbacks to trace Golda's life from Russia to Milwaukee and her move to Palestine in 1921. These personal stories frame a gripping exploration of idealism, leadership and the resolve required to […]

    $20

  • The Gore Roll: A talk with Brenton Simons

    Gore Place 52 Gore Street

    The Gore Roll of Arms, the earliest known collection of heraldic arms in America, was the work of Christopher Gore's father, John Gore (1718-1796). John Gore ran a paint shop in Boston and did fine decorative painting on coaches for the elite of Boston. The Gore Roll includes pen, ink, and watercolor arms for New […]

    $20

  • Mill Talk: 29 Mill Villages – and More

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Ashton, Forestdale, Peacedale, Cabotville, Hopedale, Uxbridge, Millville and Slatersville, of course. Along our New England rivers there are more than a hundred small factory villages. Following familiar patterns, they are each unique and fitted to their location. Skipping the big ones (Lowell, Amoskeag, Biddeford), this is the story of the little ones - often isolated […]

    Free

  • Cedar Hill: Cornelia Warren’s gift to the Girl Scouts

    The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

    Join us as we continue our Social Series with “Cedar Hill: Cornelia Warren’s gift to the Girl Scouts” with Francine Edwards, one of the co-founders of the Girl Scout Museum […]

    Free

  • Patriots’ Day ceremony

    Lexington Street and Lincoln Street 445 Lexington St, Waltham, MA

    The city will hold its annual Patriots’ Day Ceremony today, at 9:30 a.m., at the intersection of Lexington  and Lincoln streets, where the Waltham Minuteman Memorial is located. Organized by the City of Waltham Veterans’ Services, the event is open to the public and will honor generations of the city’s veterans who served in America’s […]