Marblehead Museum

10/12/2026

It’s that time of year to register your pumpkin for the 18th annual Marblehead Family Fund & Marblehead Museum's Pumpkin Illumination!

Pumpkin Illumination 2026 will take place on Thursday, October 29th from 4pm-6pm at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion on 161 Washington Street. Make sure to register your pumpkin creation by then using the link in the comments!

10/12/2026

The Marblehead Museum recognizes that the land the museum is built on was home to the Naumkeag band of the Massachusett/Pawtucket Tribes.

For centuries this community moved through and lived upon this land. They followed the seasons, hunted, fished, raised families, grieved for their dead, nourished their living, shared the stories of their ancestors and considered themselves the caretakers of this area.

Marblehead Museum also acknowledges that it was founded upon exclusions and erasures of many Indigenous peoples, including those on whose land this institution is located.

10/11/2026

October is National Dessert Month! Ratafia cakes are light and sweet almond-flavored meringue cookies that were popular in the 18th century. Follow this recipe to create some of your own!

Recipe from Colonial Williamsburg. Check out their website for more!

10/09/2026

Happy ! In this photograph from 1900, Ed Fleet stands in the doorway of his general store at 56 Lee Street which sold everything from brooms to bananas. The clapboards are covered with advertisements for bread, ci**rs, ci******es, and chewing to***co.

10/09/2026

On in 1920, the Marblehead Equal Suffrage League held its final meeting. A month earlier, the 19th Amendment passed granting women the right to vote nationwide. The law was the culmination of 33 years of advocacy in Marblehead that started when the Equal Suffrage League formed in 1887. The league's banner is seen here.

When the Suffrage League dissolved, it became part of the first ever Essex County League of Women Voters.

10/08/2026

While tickets for our Old Burial Hill Tours are sold out, you can join the waitlist by calling 781-631-1768!

The Old Burial Hill Tours will be led by museum director Dan Marshall on Friday, October 9 and Friday, October 16 at 4pm. Explore Marblehead’s most famous cemetery and learn about the 350-year-old history of the people laid to rest, funeral practices, and stone symbolism.

10/07/2026

Check out this video of last week’s seventh annual Fall Fair! Thank you to James Maroney of Marblehead TV for this great video.

Marblehead's Seventh Annual Fall Fair 2026. Presented by Discover Marblehead, discovermhd.com and Marblehead Museum, marbleheadmuseum.org. ©2026 Marblehead Community Access and Media. All Rights Reserved.

10/07/2026

The Marblehead Municipal Light Department at 80 Commercial Street will be holding a public open house today, with remaining tours at Noon and 3pm. In this image from 1910, Robert Carey sits behind the wheel of a Marblehead Light Department vehicle outside the Eastern Yacht Club.

10/05/2026

On this , we celebrate the teachers who open the doors to learning for all of Marblehead's students.

Mrs. Beede was busy doing just that the day this photograph was taken in 1899 at an unidentified Marblehead school.

The blackboard has arithmetic problems waiting to be solved, while an etching of President William McKinley hangs above another blackboard.

10/03/2026

Fall Fair is here. Artisans are here in the Lee Mansion Gardens from 10am-3pm. You can also pick up Pumpkin Decoration Kits, with proceeds donated to the Marblehead Food Bank.