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Hingham’s Revolutionary Weekend

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States +3 more

Keep the revolutionary spirit alive with the Hingham Historical Society! Join us for Hingham’s Revolutionary Weekend May 17-18, 2025, celebrating ordinary people who did extraordinary things and unwittingly became authors of American History. To commemorate this incredible milestone, the Hingham Historical Society, Discover Hingham, the Town of Hingham, and the Hingham Militia have partnered to […]

Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

How has the Revolution changed the lives of ordinary Americans, articulated ideals that have defined our history, and continues to shape our world? Jack Warren is a historian of the American Revolution and American public life. He is the author, most recently, of Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution (2023). He served on […]

Event Series Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution

Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

As the Nation marks 250 years of independence, Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution explores how one New England town experienced the ideas, contradictions, and upheavals of the American Revolution. Through the lives of Hingham’s residents– white and Black, free and enslaved– this immersive new exhibit traces the ups & downs forging of a […]

$10 – $20

99th Historic House Tour

The 2025 Historic House Tour will feature seven private homes and six iconic public buildings. Each year, guests enjoy the meticulously planned tour through historic Hingham, featuring unique and fascinating house histories at each property. This year’s ticketholders will also enjoy access to the new exhibition, Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution and an accompanying tea room […]

Concord Museum Forum: The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Uncover the overlooked role of patriot artists—women, Black men enslaved and free, and people of mixed race—who shaped the Revolution through art, espionage, and activism across America, London, and Paris. Their work helped inspire rebellion and forge a new political culture, almost always armed with wax, paint, and wit rather than a musket or bayonet. […]

Tasting History

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Who first thought of putting molasses in baked beans? Discover New England food culture’s Revolutionary roots and explore how it shaped ideas about regional identity, who belongs here, and whose stories get told. Meg Muckenhoupt is a freelance writer and author of The Truth About Baked Beans and Cabbage: A Global History, among others. Her […]

From Hingham to the Americas: New Perspectives on the 18th Century at the MFA

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of American Independence, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is reimagining its 18th-century galleries of the Art of the Americas Wing for the first time since 2010. This major reinstallation brings together works from across the Americas, highlighting the interconnected histories of the continent and examining how artists have contributed […]

Lincoln Day 2026

Old Ship Church Main Street 90, Hingham, MA, United States

The Hingham Historical Society invites history lovers everywhere to participate in Hingham’s 49th annual Lincoln Day on Saturday, February 7, 2026. Each year, Lincoln Day celebrates civic engagement and reflects on the lives and legacies of General Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) and President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865). Born more than 70 years and 1,000 miles […]

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Hingham’s Black Revolutionaries

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

How did Hingham’s free and enslaved Black population experience the American Revolution? Join local historian Paula Bagger as she unpacks previously untold stories of service both on the battlefield and the home front. Paula Bagger is a premier historian of Hingham history. In 2024, she was honored with the Judith Kimball Award in recognition of […]

History in Harmony

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

How does music bring the past to life? Join film composer and pianist David Cieri for a discussion about his experience working with award-winning documentary filmmakers, creating musical soundtracks that engage our emotions to support the historic narrative playing out on screen. David will also perform excerpts from his most recent score for Ken Burns’s […]

Hingham in the Revolution

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Discover the diverse and fascinating roles Hingham and its people played in the national struggle for independence, from Major General Benjamin Lincoln’s collaborative friendship with Commander in Chief George Washington, to Hingham’s wartime production of tens of thousands of wooden canteens, to its “fighting minister" at Lexington and Concord, its artillerymen devastated at Brandywine, its […]

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