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Caring for Paper, Including Books and Historic Documents
Posted on May 14, 2012
In recognition of May as National Preservation Month, we thought it would be helpful to share with you some tips on how to…
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Video - Inside the Mary Baker Eddy House in Swampscott
Posted on May 11, 2012
Join us for a look inside the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
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A Falling Apple - Discovery at North Groton
Posted on May 7, 2012
NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE: On a sunny spring day in 2011, a chartered bus carrying forty eleventh-graders wound its …
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Upcoming Events
Annual Meeting Weekend Historic House Tours
Jun 3, 2012
The Lynn, Chestnut Hill, and Swampscott houses will offer tours on Sunday, June 3. continued
Longyear's 2012 Fall Tour
Sep 27 – 30, 2012
Longyear’s four-day bus tour includes many of the historic New England sites where Mrs. Eddy lived, discovered Christian Science, and founded her church. continued
Historic Houses
North Groton, New Hampshire
1855 to 1860
In the late 1840s in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, the widowed Mary Baker Glover was in chronic ill health and often unable to care for her young son, George. A family acquaintance often looked after the boy....
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Longyear Museum is an independent historical museum dedicated to advancing the understanding of the life and work of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer, Founder, and Leader of Christian Science.
