FAMILY EVENT

Stories and Songs!

10:00 am · Buttonwoods Museum

Price: Free, No Registration Required

Join music educator Stephen Richards for circle time with a story and some songs! The program will be at the beginning of the hour and then stick around to socialize as long as your schedule allows. We look forward to seeing you and your little ones.

Reccommended Ages: 1-4

EXHIBIT

Reproduction Gown Event

10:00am – 4:00pm · Visitor Center

Price · Free

Join our historical sewists as they reproduce the our dress worn by Abigail Adams using historical methods More details to follow on this event

FAMILY PROGRAM

Stitching History Together Kids!

10:00am – 1:00pm · Tenney Hall

Price · Free

Stay tuned for more details about our kids program! Join us on the last day of the reproduction gown event and get involved with a project of your own.

RECEPTION

Exhibit Opening and Celebration

4:00pm – 7:00pm · Tenney Hall

Price · Free

Stick around at the end of the dress event to celebrate the success of our sewists and the opening of the Stitching History Together exhibit. There will be a cash bar, light bites, and an opportunity to speak with everyone involved in the program.

WORKSHOP

Historical Sewing Workshop

10:00am – 1:00pm · Buttonwoods Museum

Price · TBD

Interested in sewing your own project using historical techniques? Get started or learn more with Carrie Midura. Stay tuned for more details!

DEMONSTRATION

Hearth Cooking Demonstration

10:00am – 4:00pm · John Ward House

Price · Free

Step back in time and experience the sights, smells, and flavors of colonial cooking! Join us for a drop-in Hearth Cooking Demonstration at the Historic John Ward House, where the past comes alive around an open fire. This demonstration brings traditional hearth cooking techniques out of the history books and into the fireplace. Watch as period-appropriate recipes are prepared using the tools and methods that households relied on for centuries!

Trails and Sails website: HERE

LECTURE

Haunted Essex County

7:00pm – 8:30pm · Visitor Center

Price · Free

No matter what city or town you live in, there are stories about things that go bump in the night. Join Essex County Ghost Project at Buttonwoods Museum to talk about UFO sightings, Big Foot sightings, and ghostly sightings, here in Essex County.

Trails and Sails website: HERE

WALKING TOUR

Bella Buildings

10:00am – 11:00am · Meet at Buttonwoods Museum

Price · Free

Join Local Historian Tom Spitalere for a guided tour of Haverhill’s Little Italy as seen on “Chronicle”. We will explore Haverhill’s rich Italian past and the legacy they left the city. This tour includes parts of River Street, lower Mt. Washington and Washington Street.

Trails and Sails website: HERE

LECTURE

Haverhill in the Revolutionary War

7:00am – 8:30pm · Visitor Center

Price · Free

Join us at the Buttonwoods for a Reprise talk on Haverhill in the Battles of Lexington and Concord! This talk explores how Haverhill’s citizens responded to the first shots of the American Revolutionary War – who they were, how they mobilized, and the journey they made toward the fighting in Lexington and Concord. If you missed this talk in the Spring now is your chance to catch it!

Trails and Sails website: HERE

WALKING TOUR

Bradford Center Walking Tour

10:00am – 12:00pm · 10 Church St. Bradford, MA 01835

Price · Free

Explore Bradford Center on foot! Join us for a 2-hour guided walking tour through the neighborhood’s rich history. Along the way, discover the stories behind the area’s remarkable historic houses. A perfect outing for history lovers and curious explorers alike. Drop in and walk with us!

Trails and Sails website: HERE