December 2023
Lunch and Learn- Two Brothers
SOLD OUT!!!! George and Robert Morison were two brothers who could not have been more different from one another but both left their marks on Peterborough. Descendants of one of Peterborough’s founding families, the brothers were raised and educated in Cambridge, MA. George pursued a career in business and engineering while Robert followed a more contemplative journey as a clergyman, librarian and photographer. Hear the fascinating stories of their lives illustrated with Robert’s lyrical photographs at this Lunch & Learn…
Find out more »Nora Unwin Exhibition Gallery Talk
Join us for a curator-led gallery talk exploring the artwork of artist, engraver, illustrator and teacher Nora S. Unwin (1907-1982). The talk will take visitors through two galleries displaying Unwin’s work from her days as an art student in London to the abstract compositions of her late career. The retrospective exhibition features more than 80 works from the Nora S. Unwin Collection. Admission is free, donations encouraged. Accessibility Note: The Nora Unwin Exhibition is located on the first floor…
Find out more »Hearth Cooking: Christmas Fare
Christmas Fare is on the menu for our December Phoenix Mill House hearth cooking day. Visit the house to sample traditional Christmas dishes prepared over the open hearth and learn about Christmas history in New England. The day's menu includes Winter Soup, Pork & Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, White Pot, Caraway Cakes, and Brown Soda Bread. The Phoenix Mill House was an overseer's house for the textile mill that once stood at the corner of Main and Grove Streets. Our…
Find out more »January 2024
Ring in the New Year- Candlelight Open House
Join us on the First Friday of the new year for a candlelight open house evening in the Phoenix Mill House. Learn how the Prescott family welcomed the new year and experience their candlelit home as it would have been on a cold January evening in the 1830s. Hot mulled cider will be served. Our costumed interpreters will share the traditions and folklore surrounding the new year and discuss the ways the Prescott family stayed warm and lighted their home…
Find out more »Nora Unwin Exhibition Gallery Talk
Join us for a curator-led gallery talk exploring the artwork of artist, engraver, illustrator and teacher Nora S. Unwin (1907-1982). The talk will take visitors through two galleries displaying Unwin’s work from her days as an art student in London to the abstract compositions of her late career. The retrospective exhibition features more than 80 works from the Nora S. Unwin Collection. Admission is free, donations encouraged. Accessibility Note: The Nora Unwin Exhibition is located on the first floor…
Find out more »Lunch and Learn- Monadnock Quilts
Monadnock quilts are the cozy subject of our January Lunch & Learn program. Join us for a delicious lunch and an illustrated talk about historic quilts from the Monadnock Region. Both practical and expressive, quilts were made by women from all walk of life. The designs and materials used shed light on the history of textile production and consumption but also speak to the ways quilts were part of the social fabric of our communities. Lunch & Learn programs begin…
Find out more »Nora Unwin Exhibition Gallery Talk
Join exhibition us for a curator-led gallery talk exploring the artwork of artist, engraver, illustrator and teacher Nora S. Unwin (1907-1982). The talk will take visitors through two galleries displaying Unwin's work from her days as an art student in London to the abstract compositions of her late career. The retrospective exhibition features more than 80 works from the Nora S. Unwin Collection. Nora S. Unwin was an important wood engraver in the 20th century with works held by the…
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