History - Archaeology Events - Museums

In a world that's wired, how much data is being collected, and how much of that data is useful? In light of California's recently enacted, groundbreaking law around data and privacy, pause to consider the implications of both the law and all the data we produce. Big Data has ..

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 ..

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 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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

In the first of three Sailors' Series presentations this year, Captain James Geil and his Tabor Academy student crew will recount the thrill of racing aboard the 100-year-old schooner "SSV Tabor Boy" on the 645-mile Marion to Bermuda race, and the challenge of celestial navi ..

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 ..

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 ..

Experience the delight of illusion in this new work by artist and inventor Tristan Duke. Created during his two-year artist residency at the Exploratorium, Aperture Lucida is an artwork and optical device that challenges and astounds our perception in novel ways. Upon first ..

Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience. This week, le ..

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 ..

Sex involves the transfer of genetic information that has resulted in evolution and specialization-and one of the hottest evenings in town, scientifically speaking. Discover some surprising ways that sperm and eggs come together. And, on this eve of Valentine's Day, taste th ..

As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the s ..

Experience Strawberry Hill House with our updated opening hours and special event, Thursday Lates: Gothic Romance. Throughout February and March, tour the house and explore the ‘passion’ of Horace Walpole’s ‘little gothic castle’, part of our new Thursday late opening. Jo ..

What Your Ancestor's Music Say About Them? Mitch Hemann, Jacksonville Historical Society Archivist by profession and musician/singer/songwriter by avocation, will present a musical program on the origins and evolution of the blues in Northeast Florida. This musical journey ..