Virtual Programs

For more than a century, the Somerville Museum has shared the history, art, and culture of our city. Here you can find some of our previous events, lectures, and exhibits highlighting the excellent work of valuable members of the Somerville community.

  • Sanctuary City: Artist Roundtable

    An informal conversation with featured artists from the Community Curator exhibition, Sanctuary City.

    November 19, 2022

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  • Sweet City: A History of Candy Manufacturing in the Somerville Area

    This event is part of our Bittersweet exhibition's Chocolate Stories Salon series with Jeremy Spindler of Spindler Confections.

    February 17, 2022

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  • The Most Glorious Fourth: ‘President Taft Comes to Somerville, July Fourth 1910’

    A Penny Chronicles event with Dan Breen and Curator, David Guss.

    November 17, 2021

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  • The Roundhouse and the Architecture of Hope

    Heaven’s Hardware: The Roundhouse and the Architecture of Hope, a talk by E. R. Butler.

    November 4, 2021

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  • Voices from Somerville (Video)

    These events are part of a Somerville Museum Virtual Series called Voices from Somerville: Culture, Community, and History.

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  • Home is Where the Art is (Virtual Exhibition)

    This virtual exhibit showcasing the drawings of Jessica Howard’s Somerville High School’s portfolio class as part of our Art of Observation exhibit.

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  • Reading Frederick Douglass Together (Virtual Program)

    A collaboration with Mass Humanities and the Somerville Media Center

    July 2, 2020

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  • Masks of Boston (Virtual Exhibit)

    Virtual exhibit by Photographer, Katherine Taylor

    Summer 2020

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  • Boston, Somerville and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (Virtual Event)

    Virtual Talk with Dan Breen

    May 13, 2020

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  • The Spiritual Music of Henry Hadley (Video)

    Event with Dan Breen and Mina Cho

    January 16, 2020

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