Institutional Biographies for Informational Interviews

The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, established in 1825, serves as the state historical society of Connecticut. The museum's collection includes over 4 million manuscripts and artifacts that are housed on-site at the museum and other…

The Hingham Historical Society was founded in 1914 to preserve the history and heritage of Hingham, Massachusetts. The historical society preserves and maintains the Old Ordinary, a 1686 house museum, the 1818 Hingham Heritage Museum, and the…

Historic New England was originally founded as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in 1910 by William Sumner Appleton. Today, Historic New England is comprised of nearly 40 house museums across New England, with over 125,000…

Old North Illuminated is the secular nonprofit organization that preserves and interprets the history of Boston's Old North Church. Established as the Old North Foundation in 1991, Old North Illuminated seeks to highlight the history of the American…

Old Sturbridge Village is largest living history museum in the Northeastern United States, with over 40 buildings and 40,000 collections items. The Village, located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, depicts rural life from 1790-1830 on 200 acres of land,…

The Springfield Museums, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, originated in 1857 when the Springfield Institute and the Young Men's Literary Association merged to create the City Library Association. The City Library Association collections were…

The West End Museum, located in Boston's West End neighborhood, shares the history and culture of the West End through the collection and preservation of artifacts and stories. The West End Museum is dedicated to telling the stories of the…