Lectures & Workshops

Programs at Felton-Smith Historic Site, Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA                                                                                                                  Handicap accessible. Information 978.531.0805

Members free | Non-members $5.00                                                                                                                                                                           

We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health’s WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier. The Museum will provide free admission to our annual lecture program (February, March, April, September, October, and November). Special events are excluded from this discount. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts. Cardholders should present their cards when they check-in for lectures in order to receive the Card to Culture discount.

Author Andrew Noone presents “Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy”

When: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 2pm

Where:  Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA 01960

What possessed a woman from the elite of eighteenth-century New England society to conspire with American and British soldiers to murder her husband at the midpoint of the American Revolution? The story of Bathsheba Spooner has alternately fascinated and baffled residents of Worcester County for centuries. Beyond central Massachusetts, the tale is largely unknown. Many, when first hearing of the scandal, assume it to be the stuff of legend. It was, in fact, the most sensational “true crime” tragedy of the American 1700’s.

Exhibits

All galleries are open only by appointment at this time. Please call 978-531-0805 if you would like to visit. We look forward to seeing you. 

Gideon Foster House, 35 Washington Street:  Revolutionary and Civil War History

Osborn-Salata House, 33 Washington Street: World War II History and “Until the Cows Come Home: Farming in Peabody” 

Tours & Walks

No tours and walks currently scheduled.