Events are funded in part through generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, the Lowell Institute, and the Revere Hotel.

 

Ben Mezrich Book Signing: The Mistress and the Key

The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA

Locally based, best-selling author Ben Mezrich returns to the Paul Revere House on October, 10, 2024 for a special book-signing event in honor of the publication of his latest thriller, The Mistress and the Key. The sequel to The Midnight Ride promises to be just as exciting for fans of history AND mystery as the […]

Lace Making Demonstration

The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA

Throughout the 18th century, Ipswich Massachusetts was the largest commercial producer of lace on the North American continent. Continental production became even more important during the years leading up to the American Revolution when provincial citizens began boycotting imported English goods. Lace of all types from simple tapes to lavish and expensive silk trims were made […]

Paper Marbling

The Paul Revere House 19 N Square, Boston, MA

See how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.  

“The Governor, the Sheriff, and the Sawyer: a New Hampshire Perspective on the Coming of the Revolution”

The Commons, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University 120 Tremont Street, Bsoton, MA, United States

Online and in-person Kimberly Alexander, Director of Museum Studies & Senior Lecturer History Department, University of New Hampshire, and Peter Flood, author of the 2014 Revere House Gazette article, "A Week in December – Paul Revere’s Secret Mission to New Hampshire." Livestream link Paul Revere made multiple rides to New Hampshire to pass messages between […]