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Author: Alison Drasner

Community Curators: Info Session

Posted onOctober 19, 2020November 13, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

The Somerville Museum is pleased to announce the third annual competition for Community Curators, two of whom will be selected to install their proposed exhibit in the Museum’s gallery spaces at 1 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA. The applicants selected will Continue Reading

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Lecture Series: Voices from Somerville’s Haitian Community

Posted onOctober 5, 2020October 19, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

Join us on Wednesday, 10/14 at 6:30pm for a virtual lecture featuring Judelande Antoine (Artist and Founder, Somerville Haitians United), Ruben Pierre (Sunrise Cuisine restaurant), and Pastor Guy Thomas (Missionary Church of the Haitian Community). Also featuring Dan Breen (Historian, Continue Reading

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Summer in Somerville: Call for Artwork

Posted onAugust 21, 2020October 13, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

Are you out of school for the Summer and looking for a fun activity? In collaboration with our next exhibit, “The Art of Observation,” we’re putting out a call for your artwork. Check out this video for more information.

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The Basement Project: Curator Panel

Posted onAugust 21, 2020October 3, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

Join us for this zoom event on Thursday, August 27th at 6:30pm. Earlier this year, students from the Somerville High School Local History Club, with guidance from their teacher Adda Maria Santos and the Somerville Museum, curated an exhibition, “The Continue Reading

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Reading Frederick Douglass Together

Posted onJuly 24, 2020October 3, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

The video from this event is now live. You can view it here. This event was a huge success and was featured on CBS Sunday News with Jane Pauley, the Harvard Gazette and the Somerville Times! A special thank you Continue Reading

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Virtual Lecture: So the 1918 Flu Hit Your Family Too?

Posted onJune 14, 2020January 15, 2021AuthorAlison Drasner

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | 6:30 pm View the event recording above. The 1918 flu pandemic killed up to 100 million people worldwide in less than a year, disproportionately taking healthy young adults. The personal impact was devastating and wide-ranging, Continue Reading

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Masks of Boston: Virtual Exhibit

Posted onMay 29, 2020October 3, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

During the months of June, July and August, we will be featuring work by Katherine Taylor, a Boston based photographer who covers news and human interest stories.  Her most recent project, “Masks of Boston,” features many Somerville residents and is Continue Reading

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Boston, Somerville and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Posted onMay 12, 2020May 29, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

Join us for another zoom lecture on Wednesday, 5/13 at 6:30pm with historian, Dan Breen. More Information can be found on our Facebook page.

CategoriesEvents + Exhibitions

Civil Liberties and Pandemics: The Case of Henning Jacobson

Posted onApril 27, 2020May 29, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

The Somerville Museum is collaborating with historian, Dan Breen, to bring you a virtual lecture on “Civil Liberties and Pandemics: The Case of Henning Jacobson.” Please join us for this virtual lecture via Zoom conference call. To learn more, click Continue Reading

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COVID-19 Emergency Fund

Posted onApril 21, 2020October 3, 2020AuthorAlison Drasner

The Somerville Museum misses you. We’ve created a fundraising page to help offset costs while we’re closed. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all, donate today to help your local Museum. As part of GoFundMe’s #GivingTuesdayNow program we may be Continue Reading

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