Peabody Historical Society & Museum

07/01/2025

Did you know that between 1845 and 1865, abolitionists Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, among other, frequently gave speeches in Peabody? Prominent lecture locations included:
- South Danvers' town hall (where the court house now stands);
- First Unitarian Church on park street; and the
- Sutton Hall (Peabody Institute Library).

Learn more about Peabody residents and organizations that advocated for the abolition of slavery, including the Essex County Anti-Slavery Society and the Bowditch Club.

https://peabodyhistorical.org/2025/07/from-july-4th-to-juneteenth-anti-slavery-in-peabody-1830-1865/

05/13/2025

May at the Peabody’s Historical Society! We are proud to announce that we are the non-profit of the month, thanks to the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce!

04/22/2025

Do you like Amigo's and history? On Tuesday, May 6th, request that your dine-in and take-out meal support the PHS!

Amigo's Restaurant
210 Andover St. Northshore Mall
Peabody, MA 01906
978-532-0008
https://conta.cc/3YaNfXw

Email from Peabody Historical Society & Museum May 6, 2025 at Amigo's Restaurant   "Dining for a Cause Night" to benefit Peabody Historical Society! Do you like Amigo's and Peabody's history? As the "

03/31/2025

Join us for our last Spring time lecture!

03/15/2025

You've probably heard of the "Battle of Lexington and Concord" in the context of the Revolutionary War.

Come listen to the history of a lesser known continuation of the battle that primarily involved residents of Peabody and Danvers.

02/19/2025

UPDATE! We are disappointed too, but we’ll see you next time!

02/13/2025

Hope to see you there!

02/06/2025

Did you know that Black residents of Peabody played an important role in the American Revolutionary War?

At the threshold of the American Revolution, American colonists were concerned that the British were encroaching on their liberties and rights. Black residents of Massachusetts were among them.

Read our latest post about the experiences of Black revolutionary Patriots in Peabody and Massachusetts and their fight for freedom.

At the threshold of the American Revolution, American colonists were concerned that the British were being tyrannical and encroaching on their liberties and rights. Who’s rights and who’s liberties? What kind of future was being imagined and what kinds of changes were on the horizon? To people o...

01/16/2025

The Leather City left its mark on President Jimmy Carter’s Inauguration Day, January 20, 1977.

A week after the burial of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, and a week before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, we invite you to consider how one piece of Peabody history opens the door to a much bigger story that has shaped the politics of our time.

https://peabodyhistorical.org/2025/01/leather-citys-place-in-president-jimmy-carters-inauguration-day/

Thank you to Joseph Silva for sharing your insight on this event and to the George Peabody House Museum for providing some of these wonderful photographs from your archival collection.

01/07/2025

Calling Peabody college students!

Easy, no essay application available here: www.peabodyhistorical.org/scholarship-opportunities/

11/13/2024

So glad to see everyone at "Soft Protests" last Wednesday! It was a thought provoking presentation on quilts and the stories they tell. This was our last lecture for 2024, but certainly not our last event of the year! Thanks to Deb Eskenazi for capturing this program.

10/31/2024

Great October lecture by Epoch Preservation and their wonderful work in Peabody's historic cemeteries! We hope you'll join us this Wednesday for our quilting talk - 11/6 at 1pm at the Smith Barn ! Special thanks to Deb Eskenazi for capturing these moments.