Event Reminder: Join us tomorrow, December 14, for a virtual Christmas tea party! You’ll hear about Mary Baker Eddy’s love for animals, learn how to make a lamb ornament, and enjoy a storytime reading of “Christmas in the Manger.” This Zoom event is recommended for children ages 2 to 6, but all are invited to attend. Click here for registration and event information: https://www.longyear.org/visit/events/a-christmas-tea-for-little-lambs-2/
A nearly 2,000-year-old piece of biblical history is now housed at Longyear Museum. This delicate jar is reconstructed from sherds found in the caves that housed the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, first discovered in 1947. Longyear is grateful to longtime supporters of the Endowment for Biblical Research (also established by Museum founder Mary Beecher Longyear), for their purchase and subsequent gift of this artifact.
Learn more about this piece of history at the following link: https://www.longyear.org/a-gift-to-longyear/
We recently had a winged visitor drop in during lunch—to enjoy a quick splash in the newly refurbished courtyard fountain at Longyear Museum. Are you able to help us identify what type of bird it might be? (Some of us think it’s a red-tailed hawk.)
Once again, a gracious fountain is flowing and burbling in the Museum courtyard! As a sign of gratitude and commitment to Longyear, our staff contributed to refurbishing this decades-old gift. We’re delighted to have it back up and running—and hope visitors will take a few minutes to enjoy it, too!
Click on the link to learn more.
https://www.longyear.org/a-fountain-flows-again/
We’ve had a spring full of baby animals here at Longyear! First, there was a robin’s nest on a ledge in one of the upstairs office windows at the Museum. Shortly after the robins took off from their nest, we discovered another one—this time full of baby bunnies!—right outside the staff entrance to the Museum. We promptly installed a BunnyCam in a window, and staff has enjoyed watching Mommy Bunny feed and care for her young ones. Protecting the nest with orange cones when lawn crews were here was a top priority. Enjoy watching this short video of the little ones out and about.
A bird’s nest! In early May, a sharp-eyed staff member noticed Mama Bird settled into the corner of an upstairs window at the Museum, and a camera was quietly installed. We have enjoyed watching a pair of robins feeding and caring for their baby bird. Although they didn’t have a RobinCam, early workers in Mary Baker Eddy’s household also enjoyed bird watching. Our collection includes secretary William Rathvon’s detailed records of the different bird species he spotted at Mrs. Eddy’s Chestnut Hill home, including downy woodpecker, scarlet tanager, and long-billed marsh wren, among others.
A spring walk through Longyear Museum grounds.
Winding through the outdoor exhibits at Longyear Museum is a walkway of engraved bricks—“Living Stones” that bear the names of individuals whose lives have been enriched by the practice of Christian Science. Some are Christian Science practitioners, teachers, or nurses. There are also Sunday school teachers, fellow church members, and beloved family members. If you’d like to help further Longyear’s mission and at the same time honor a special friend or loved one, the Museum is accepting orders for the spring 2022 installation through April 15. Click the link below to design your Living Stone today!
https://store.longyear.org/product/DON-100-102/livingstones.php
As January 1908 began, Mary Baker Eddy was preparing for a major move. She was leaving Pleasant View, her beloved New Hampshire home, to return to Massachusetts. She had been contemplating this move for some time, waiting on God, and now the way was clear. Please enjoy a video clip from the Longyear documentary “‘Follow and Rejoice’—Mary Baker Eddy: The Chestnut Hill Years” to learn about what may have motivated this important step.
Enjoy this video about the newly restored Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Amesbury, Mass. (The furniture has just been moved back in.) And thank you for considering a year-end gift to Longyear’s Annual Appeal. Click the link below to give through our website.
https://store.longyear.org/product/DON-100-101/annual-appeal
We feel such gratitude that Mary Baker Eddy’s home in Lynn, Massachusetts, was designated a National Historic Landmark this year. Please enjoy this brief film exploring Mrs. Eddy’s thoughts about home—and about the foundational work she did while living at 8 Broad Street—with our love and best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving.
Dedicated to advancing the understanding of the life and work of Mary Baker Eddy
