Programs & Exhibits
Lectures & Workshops
Programs at Felton-Smith Historic Site, Felton Street, Peabody, MA
Members free | Non-members $5.00
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“Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy” presented by author Skip Finley.
When: Sunday, February 27, 2022, 2pm
Where: Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA
Free for students.
Special thanks to the Peabody Cultural Council for funding this program.
Whaling was the first American industry to exhibit any diversity, and the proportion of men of color people who participated was amazingly high. A man got to be captain not because he was white or well connected, but because he knew how to kill a whale. Along the way he would also learn navigation and how to read and write. Whaling presented a tantalizing alternative to mainland life. Working with archival records at whaling museums, in libraries, from private archives and studying hundreds of books and thesis, Finley culls the best stories from the lives of over 50 Whaling Captains of Color to share the story of America’s First Meritocracy.
“The Photo Angel Project” presented by founder and educator, Kate Kelley.
When: Sunday, March 13th, 2022, 2pm
Where: Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA
Kate Kelley is a special-education teacher and founder of the Photo Angel Project. She has been traveling to antique stores and flea markets across the region and purchasing batches of decades-old images that have been cast aside and forgotten. In her spare time, she then scours genealogy sites in search of relatives or descendants of the people in the pictures, hoping she can reunite them with the photographs of their extended family. Her presentation will discuss her research process and the joys of being the “Photo Angel.”
“Danvers at Menotomy: April 19, 1775” is presented by historian, Don Perry.
When: Sunday, April 10, 2022, 2pm
Where: Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA
Learn more about Peabody’s participation in the events of April 19th, 1775, the start of the American Revolutionary War.
Exhibits
Exhibit hours: Monday – Thursday 10 am to 3 pm. Free to the public.
CURRENT EXHIBIT
“250 Years of Service: Peabody’s Veterans”
The Peabody Historical Society and Museum gratefully acknowledges funding from the Veterans Heritage Grant, provided by the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board, for use in this exhibit.
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Tours & Walks
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