VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
Museum From Home
Bring local history right into your living room. Explore virtual tours, coloring pages, online exhibits, videos, walking tour guides, and more — all from the comfort of home.
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Explore the Museum
VIRTUAL TOUR
Buttonwoods Museum Virtual Tour
Visit the museum from the comfort of home. Learn about the history of Haverhill and view pictures and videos of the museum’s permanent exhibits and three historic buildings.
ACTIVITY · ALL AGES
Houses & Grounds Coloring Pages
Fun for all ages! Download coloring pages of the museum’s historic buildings and grounds. Share your finished pages with us on social media.
Explore Haverhill
ACTIVITY · SELF-GUIDED
Architectural Scavenger Hunt of Washington Street Shoe District
Picture and text clues guide you through an exploration of the historic Washington Street area. You’ll be an expert in industrial-style Queen Anne architecture by the end.
ACTIVITY · OUTDOOR
Here Lies Haverhill Activity Packet
Explore the Pentucket Burial Ground with family or a small group. Sparks discussions about changing historical views on death, mortality, and religious belief.
SELF-GUIDED TOUR
Historic Walking & Driving Tours
First settled in 1640, Haverhill’s landscape is layered with history. These tours guide you to historic buildings, cemeteries, markers, and monuments around the city.
NATURE · ALL AGES
The Natural World of Haverhill
Activities and resources to help you tune into the nature just beyond your door — yard, neighborhood, riverside trails, and woodland hikes.
Videos
VIDEO SERIES
Buttonwoods Video Mini Tours
Welcome to our mini video tours. We have one tour ready to go and we will be adding more in the weeks to come.
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VIDEO SERIES
Buttonwoods History Moments on HC Media
The Buttonwoods Museum has been featured on HC Media’s Haverhill Journal program many times over the years. Below, you will find clips featuring past exhibits and events at the Museum, as well as the Buttonwoods Historical Moment program spot.
PROGRAM RECORDING
2020 Luce Archaeology Open House
For our annual celebration of Massachusetts Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day, volunteer Nancy Lebar brings rarely seen items from the Frederick A. Luce Collection out of storage and shares them with you in this Zoom program recording
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