16th Annual Parade of Trees
Date TBA Donate for your chance to win a beautiful display by visiting in-person or on-line here. Rally-Up begins and will close at 1pm, Sunday , to ensure all online purchases are accounted for so make your purchases early! The Danvers Historical Society invites you to usher in…
Dynamic Dames of Danvers
Saturday, Sept. 21st 10am to noon. Discover four women of Danvers who accomplished amazing things in their lives. A poet/abolitionist, an author/historian, an educator/ suffragist, and an entrepreneur businesswoman. 1-1/2 mile walking tour to explore the lives of these 4 dynamic women in Danvers history, 1760s through 1960s. Historian Sheila…
Dynamic Dames of Danvers
Tuesday, Sept. 17th 10am to noon. Discover four women of Danvers who accomplished amazing things in their lives. A poet/abolitionist, an author/historian, an educator/ suffragist, and an entrepreneur businesswoman. 1-1/2 mile walking tour to explore the lives of these 4 dynamic women in Danvers history, 1760s through 1960s. Historian Sheila…
Lunch Time History Films
September 16, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: Sept 16, Revere Beach, We Remember our Experiences there. Come share yours. Oct 14, Ghost Stories of New England-more tales…
Salem Village Witch-Hunt Walking Tour
10am. Book your tickets online.
Daniel A. Gagnon, a life-long Danvers resident, historian, and author, will lead the tour that will give you a greater understanding of what occurred during the 16-month hysteria.
Lunch Time History Films
August 19, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: Aug 19, The Story of Howard Blackburn of Gloucester who survived an ill-fated fishing expedition off Newfoundland. Sept 16, Revere…
Porch Swing Open Mic
Friday, August 16, 11:30am Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…
Porch Swing Open Mic
July 19, Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing every 3rd Friday, 11:30am Bring your lunch. Rain or shine: 3rd Friday of each month. Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. We’ll move next door, into air…
Lunch Time History Films
REV 250 July 8, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: July 8, A History of Pioneer Village in Salem, for years a major historical attraction for those wishing…
Mrs. Day’s Ideal Baby Shoe Company
Back by popular demand, beginning Monday June 24th for the summer Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 10am to noon at Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street Did you wear Ideal Baby Shoes? Did you know someone who worked for Ideal? Did you live in Danvers before 1998 and remember the big…
Porch Swing Open Mic
June 21, Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing every 3rd Friday, 11:30am Bring your lunch. Rain or shine: 3rd Friday of each month. Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. We’ll move next door, into air…
Summer Beer Garden Music Series Begin
Tuesday, June 18th, sponsored by Winchester Savings Bank. Kick off the 2024 Summer Beer Garden Music Series with an Open Mic Night MC’d by Ron Sarro, ronsarro59@gmail.com, president of Lynnfield Historical Society. Join the fun and bring your talents to the veranda at historic Glen Magna Farms. Reach out to…
Spring Back, Spring Forward – a concert
Sunday, June 16, 2:00pm The Essex Harmony, a local choral group that began in 2006, will be performing their annual Summer concert in the Social Hall of the Maple Street Congregational Church in Danvers. “Spring Back, Spring Forward” will share song selections from our early roots in the New England…
Lunch Time History Films
June 10, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: Jun 10, The History and Local Events presented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A featured attraction at Topsfield fair…
Mass. Archaeology Speaker Series
Tuesday, May 16st, 7pm. Mass Archaeology Society Lecture Series welcomes: TBA Northeast Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeology Society presents monthly topics. The Danvers Historical Society acknowledges that their properties are within, and this event is upon, the ancestral homeland of the Naumkeag band of the Massachusett/Pawtucket…
Porch Swing Open Mic
Friday, May 17, 11:30am Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…
Spinning Wheels and Textile Tools 1750 to 1820
Wednesday, May 15th we welcome Florence Feldman-Wood exploring Spinning Wheels and Textile Tools. Using descriptions from the period we will look at the tools and processes involved in creating garments and household textiles from wool and flax. The tools needed to prepare the fibers and then the types of spinning…
Lunch Time History Films
May 13, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: May 13, Local Folklore Tales and their significance to our heritage in Essex County. Jun 10, The History and Local…
Annual Plant Sale
Mother’s Day weekend. Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days! Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th, from 9am to 1pm in the Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms to that special mother…
Annual Plant Sale
Mother’s Day weekend. Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th, from 9am to 1pm, Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days! Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms to that special mother in your…
National Historic Marker Day
Friday, April 26th beginning at 11am. Join The Danvers Historical Society at the Jeremiah Page House, 11 Page street, as we participate with other communities across the nation for a day of service and history. Help to beautify your community by giving back and cleaning local historical markers. After cleaning…
Porch Swing Open Mic
Friday, April 19, 11:30am Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…
Helen Keller’s connection to, and the history of, N.E. Homes for the Deaf
Danvers is home to the New England Homes for the Deaf. Tom Boudrow, Director of Outreach, Communications and Business Development, will be presenting NEHD’s history and the impact Helen Keller’s visit had on the organization. New England Homes for the Deaf (NEHD), founded in 1901, is a life plan community…
Mass. Archaeology Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm. Mass Archaeology Society Lecture Series welcomes: David McKenna David McKenna, President of the Danvers Historical Society will share his knowledge of Indigenous stone tools in the area. Northeast Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeology Society presents monthly topics. This presentation will encompass the many locations around…