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History Cambridge Embarks on an Exciting New Chapter: Expanding Citywide Community Programs
Read the Press Release History Cambridge is pleased to announce a bold and transformative step forward. We’re selling our long-time headquarters at 159 Brattle Street, also known as the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, to significantly expand our innovative programming and enhance our presence across the entire city of Cambridge. This strategic move marks a new era for…
Read MoreA Decade of Dedication: Celebrating Marieke’s 10-Year Anniversary
June 2025 marks a truly special occasion as we celebrate a decade of leadership from Marieke Van Damme as the Executive Director of History Cambridge. Since June 2015, Marieke has steered our organization with vision, dedication, and a deep commitment to preserving and sharing Cambridge’s rich history. We had a wonderful time celebrating this significant…
Read MoreStories for Our Times: A Toolkit for Community Storytelling
In Fall 2023, History Cambridge received funding from the National Endowment of Humanities for Phase 1, conceptual development and interpretive planning of a new multi-year community storytelling initiative. During 2024 we engaged Rainey Tisdale and Diana Lempel as Phase One consultants. With Rainey’s expertise in urban public history and interpretive planning, and Diana’s expertise in…
Read MoreSelected images from the 1970 Gay liberation demonstration at Cambridge Common: Courtesy of the Jeff Albertson Photograph Collection
All copyright retained by Jeff Albertson’s estate. Contact the UMass Amherst Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center for more information and for permission to publish or reproduce images.
Read MoreCall To Artists: Tory Row’s Hidden Black History Project
About the Project History Cambridge intends to install temporary public art on the front lawn of Hooper-Lee-Nichols House (HLN) in the Spring of 2022 to raise awareness of Black history in West Cambridge. All Massachusetts artists are encouraged to apply. Massachusetts was a center of slave trading in New England as early as 1688 when…
Read MoreFriends We Lost in 2021
Remembering Renny Littleby Marieke Van Damme Last month, Renny Little, a very special friend of History Cambridge, passed away in Cambridge. He was 88 years old. Renny served as Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Society from 1987 until he retired in 1998. As mentioned in the book A City’s Life and Times: Cambridge in…
Read MoreWe’re looking for a Research Intern (paid)
December 2021 About History Cambridge History Cambridge engages with our city to explore how the past influences the present in order to shape a better future. Just as every person in Cambridge has knowledge about its history, every person in Cambridge is a steward of Cambridge history. We inspire people to be caretakers of the…
Read MoreYear-End Gratitude
2021 was not without it’s challenges, but we still managed to make history with you. We’re so thankful for the time we spent together, both in-person and online. We recorded a little video message to send off 2021, you can watch below: Did you miss an event in 2021? If there’s one great thing about…
Read MoreWe’re looking for a part-time Communications Manager
December 2021 About the Role We’re looking for a part-time professional to contribute to and execute our communications strategy, with a goal of increasing engagement with our current friends and reaching new ones. This position can be remote. About History Cambridge We engage with our city to explore how the past influences the present in…
Read MoreHistory Cambridge Continues Anti-Racism Work With Two New Grants from Mass Humanities
Mass Humanities has awarded two grants to History Cambridge that will help us continue our anti-racism work that we began in earnest in 2020 with our new Strategic Plan. The first is a Black History grant in the amount of $11,726 that will help us bring Untold Stories of Black Cambridge to the community in…
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