History - Archaeology Events - Museums

The Nye Museum will host a very special history talk and whiskey tasting on April 25 at 4PM in the Grange Hall about colonial distilling practices. This is a 21+ event. See detailed description below. Recent attention toward the reconstruction of George Washington’s disti ..

The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation will be visiting St. Augustine for a long weekend of events focusing on St. Augustine's Spanish Colonial Heritage. This is a free event as our way to thank St. Augustine for hosting us! We will welcome our Insider Tourists and gues ..

Learn about the discovery and excavation of Japanese camps and settlements that existed in the Seymour Valley on Vancouver's North Shore from 1900 to 1950. Capilano University archaeology instructor, Bob Muckle will reveal what he and his students discovered during 13 season ..

Experience Strawberry Hill House as never before with an exclusive House tour during the magical hour of twilight. Join a Twilight tour and be guided through Horace Walpole’s theatrical masterpiece, his little gothic castle of Strawberry Hill. Start off your visit in styl ..

Experience Strawberry Hill House as never before with an exclusive House tour during the magical hour of twilight. Join a Twilight tour and be guided through Horace Walpole’s theatrical masterpiece, his little gothic castle of Strawberry Hill. Start off your visit in styl ..

Experience Strawberry Hill House as never before with an exclusive House tour during the magical hour of twilight. Join a Twilight tour and be guided through Horace Walpole’s theatrical masterpiece, his little gothic castle of Strawberry Hill. Start off your visit in styl ..

Experience Strawberry Hill House as never before with an exclusive House tour during the magical hour of twilight. Join a Twilight tour and be guided through Horace Walpole’s theatrical masterpiece, his little gothic castle of Strawberry Hill. Start off your visit in styl ..

The UK has long been at the forefront of Antarctic exploration, from Captain Cook to Scott and Shackleton, and recently the Weddell Sea Expedition. Join us for the evening to learn more about Antarctica's unique geopolitical situation, current research being conducted, as ..

This July, the huge Antique and Collectors Fair will return to the Norfolk Showground for another magnificent event stocked with timeless trinkets. Whether you are a professional dealer, an avid collector looking to complete a cherished collection, or an enthusiast searc ..

There are many kinds of leaders, from visionaries who push the boundaries of their artistic fields and scientists uncovering the secrets of medicine, to protestors advocating for the advancements of civil rights and CEOs building successful businesses. West Laurel Hill’s ..

In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia's most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative overview of Laurel Hill's long and colorful history, which includes many of the ..

Laurel Hill Cemetery marks Women’s History Month and the Centennial of the 19th Amendment with a program honoring some of our most fascinating ladies. Activists, influencers, and philanthropists; movers, shakers, and more than one Titanic survivor; each found her final resti ..

In Victorian America, formal bereavement was an accepted cultural institution. Mourning was observed through many non-spoken rituals to commemorate the dead, dictate social behavior and demonstrate the relationship to the deceased by a complicated system of rules to abide by ..

Whether you are researching early colonial families involved in the West Indies, enslaved Africans or more recent arrivals to America, Caribbean Ancestors will start you on an exciting journey into your past. This workshop, led by genealogist Sandra Taitt-Eaddy, highlight ..

History Camp is a casual for adults designed to bring together history lovers from all walks of life for dozens of sessions, tables from authors and history organizations and historical re-enactors. It's a place where ideas can be exchanged, and connections made. If you're a ..

Saturday, March 7th, 2020 1:00pm - 5:00pm - Historical Vignettes 7:00 pm - Boston Massacre Reenactments Old State House, 206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109, USA Join us as tensions between the citizens of the Town of Boston and the British soldiers stationed in town ..

Trade Days in Ponchatoula have been an ongoing event since 2006 and has become bigger and even more popular with each passing year. But with Trade Days being such a well know Ponchatoula event, it might be rather surprising to find that the beginning of Trade Days had a rock ..

What stories do our imprints-both physical and digital-tell? Through scientific and technological leaps, the trails we leave behind have the power to reveal unexpected details about us. Hear from archivists using traces of DNA to reconstruct characteristics of lost societies ..

Every February, Americans commemorate and pay tribute to the achievements and central role of African Americans in shaping our history. This February, West Laurel Hill Cemetery will pay tribute to some of those black Americans who overcame discrimination and adversity to mak ..

British composer, journalist and lecturer Robert Hugill returns to Conway Hall for a free pre-concert talk exploring the history of the cello sonata. Growing out of the continuo sonata, the history of the cello sonata is one of the liberation of the cello. In early sonata ..