Longyear Museum is happy to announce a matching grant to support the interior restoration of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Amesbury, Massachusetts! With the exterior restoration wrapping up, we are now turning our attention to the interior – a good project for the late fall and winter months. The Amesbury interior was last…

On a warm late-summer morning earlier this week, half a dozen vintage carriages rolled out of the carriage house at Mary Baker Eddy’s former home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. In anticipation of the restoration work that will take place on the property later this year, it was decided to move the carriages (and two sleighs)…

Every summer, the Longyear Museum staff takes a field trip. These outings provide an opportunity to enrich and broaden our collective knowledge and perspectives on historic preservation, as well as to connect with other professionals in similar fields of work. The destination for this year’s trip was the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, a beautiful National Historic Landmark…

Just last month, Longyear completed the installation of a new exhibit at Arden Wood, the Christian Science care and residential facility in San Francisco. The exhibit is a mini-version of the current exhibit in the Longyear Portrait Gallery: “‘Love, loyalty, and good works’ – The Pleasant View Years.” It features reproduction photographs and portraits of Mary…

This year, in addition to offering those visiting Boston for the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church the opportunity to tour the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses in Swampscott and Lynn, Massachusetts, Longyear also offered a tour of Mrs. Eddy’s homes in New Hampshire. On a bright and sunny morning in early June, the group…