Longyear Museum recently received a wonderful gift – a copy of Science and Health inscribed by Mary Baker Eddy to Adam Dickey in 1909. Thanks to the generous donor, this gift has spurred a new display in the museum’s lobby.  The mini exhibit highlights a man who proved himself nearly indispensable to Mrs. Eddy and…

Over the past few months, as preparations for the restoration work at Mary Baker Eddy’s final home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, have gotten underway, some fun surprises have come to light. Over time, the original wallpaper in many of the rooms had naturally faded due to exposure to light. Other rooms had been redecorated in…

Every autumn, Longyear Museum plans and leads two four-day tours of Mary Baker Eddy’s New England. Fall Tour season is always a highlight at Longyear, and this year was no exception as we welcomed guests from across the country and abroad, all eager to wind their way through New Hampshire and Massachusetts learning about Mrs.…

Thanks to the generosity of a private collector, there’s a new display in the main exhibit at Longyear Museum. “Mary Baker Eddy: A Spiritual Journey,” located in Longyear’s Mott Gallery, draws from the Museum’s collection of photographs, documents, and artifacts to trace the life of the Discoverer, Founder, and Leader of Christian Science from her…

Longyear Museum has touched thousands of visitors, readers, and viewers this year, even as we’ve been preserving and recording history for future generations. We’ve worked on a host of restoration projects, produced two new audiobooks (Life at 400 Beacon Street: Working in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household and Paths of Pioneer Christian Scientists), developed a new…