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. […]