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All of us here at Longyear are grateful to you, our members and friends, for your support of our mission to advance the understanding of the life and work of Mary Baker Eddy. Please enjoy this article — and a very happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!

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The Advancing Century

This year Longyear Museum is celebrating 100 years of historic preservation! In 1920, Mary Beecher Longyear made her first purchase of a home that once sheltered Mary Baker Eddy. Now, Longyear Museum enters its second century of stewardship. Enjoy our featured article "A Most Valuable Day" from our most recent Report to Members.

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We can't do this work without you! Your ongoing support is vital in helping Longyear continue to preserve the history of Mary Baker Eddy's life and work.

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Parlor Chats

We are now offering virtual Parlor Chats at two of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses – in Concord, New Hampshire, and Swampscott, Massachusetts. We'd love to have you join us online for these informal and informative 45-minute “chats."

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Longyear’s collections team discovers an artifact under wraps

October 29, 2020

To understand how much care goes into every object in Longyear Museum’s collection – and the joy of finding surprises there – look no further than this summer’s unwrapping of a large ironing board dating back to Mary Baker Eddy’s time at 400 Beacon Street in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Collections manager Leslie Vollnogle documented each…

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Longyear’s recent members-only virtual event draws an international audience of all ages

October 28, 2020

Children and adults from across North America and as far away as the UK, Switzerland, and Japan tuned in this past weekend to participate in Longyear’s members-only virtual event, The Bakers of Bow. Over the course of two days, attendees enjoyed both live and on-demand offerings that introduced Mary Baker Eddy and her family and…

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Chatting with the author of “A Woman of Sound Education” – Mary Baker Eddy’s School Years

August 31, 2020

For back-to-school season, I asked my colleague Heather Vogel Frederick about her new Longyear Museum Press publication, “A Woman of Sound Education” – Mary Baker Eddy’s School Years. Replete with photos and original research that help lend context to the subject and place the reader into early 19th-century schoolrooms, this book is available at our…

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A special Church Manual comes to Longyear

August 10, 2020

On May 11, 1924 – Mother’s Day – Abigail Dyer Thompson signed a small leather copy of the Manual of The Mother Church, written by her teacher, Mary Baker Eddy. By that time, Miss Thompson had been practicing and teaching Christian Science in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for more than a quarter-century. And she would continue to…

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A successful first-ever virtual event for Longyear

July 28, 2020

The last weekend in July marked a new venture for Longyear – our first-ever virtual celebration of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses! The event was a resounding success, with hundreds of attendees joining in from across North America and the UK on Zoom to participate in a variety of live and pre-recorded “on-demand” offerings.…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The Advancing Century

Annual Appeal Underway

Parlor Chats

Longyear’s collections team discovers an artifact under wraps

October 29, 2020

Longyear’s recent members-only virtual event draws an international audience of all ages

October 28, 2020

Chatting with the author of “A Woman of Sound Education” – Mary Baker Eddy’s School Years

August 31, 2020

A special Church Manual comes to Longyear

August 10, 2020

A successful first-ever virtual event for Longyear

July 28, 2020

Take a virtual tour, stream a documentary, or watch a Longyear short

Browse our archive of research articles about Mary Baker Eddy and the early Christian Science movement

Ira Knapp: An Obedient Disciple

Herbert Beck: California Practitioner

Edward Kimball: Normal Class Teacher (1899)

Laura and Albert Conant

The Christian Science Monitor (1908)

Mary and Capt. Joseph Eastaman

Household at Pleasant View (1892-1908)

Albert Baker’s Essays on Philosophy (1836)

Gifts to Her Students

Tour the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses

Visit the Museum in Chestnut Hill

Follow @LongyearMuseum on Instagram

Support Longyear with a membership