Longyear Museum

10/22/2026

Good times ahead! This Sunday only, we’re hosting a special Family Day event at the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Chestnut Hill, Mass. From 12 to 4 P.M., go for a ride in a horse-drawn carriage, tour the beautifully restored house, make your own butter, collect early worker cards, play 19th-century games, enjoy free food from a food truck, and more!

Join the fun and sign up here: https://www.longyear.org/events/family-day-2026-at-400-beacon-street/

10/20/2026

Bring Victorian charm into your home with the Mottoes from the Longyear Museum Collection 2027 Calendar. Each phrase depicted in this calendar represents a motto on display in one of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses!

Get yours: https://store.longyear.org/product/STA-100-326/mottoes-from-the-longyear-museum-collection-2027-calendar

10/15/2026

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, from 12 to 4 P.M., Longyear is hosting Family Day at the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Chestnut Hill! Join the fun and take a 30-minute kid-friendly house tour, ride in a horse-drawn carriage, explore our recently restored carriage house, listen to "A Home for Spike" while making a craft, play period games on the front lawn, make butter, and more! We're also providing lunch from a grilled cheese food truck!

All are welcome to this day of family fun! Register here:

Join us for Family Day on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 from 12 to 4 P.M. at 400 Beacon Street, Mary Baker Eddy’s final residence in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Recommended for ages 4 through 15…

10/13/2026

Nearly 140 years ago in Oconto, Wisconsin, the first purpose-built Christian Science church had its inaugural service. How did Christian Science make its way from New England to this town out west? Longyear’s research team shares the story.
https://www.longyear.org/learn/research-archive/first-branch-church-was-in-wisconsin-1886/

10/08/2026

Calling Longyear Museum members! From Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, enjoy a unique talk by Heather Vogel Frederick about two women who helped sow the seeds of Christian Science nursing—Daisette McKenzie and Elizabeth Kelly. This 30-minute virtual program is available only to Longyear members. Join today so you don't miss out.

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This talk by Heather Vogel Frederick will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn about the beginnings of Christian Science nursing. Expanding on a chapter from Life at 400 Beacon Street: Working in…

10/06/2026

Caring for Longyear’s eight Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses requires constant care, planning, and significant resources. Thanks to the generosity of donors, this year we've been able to focus on significant projects at the houses in Concord, New Hampshire, and Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Caring for a home is a constant demand, and maintaining historic buildings is no different. For Longyear Museum, 2026 was a year focused on significant projects at the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses…

10/01/2026

Last week, four floors up from the ground, a colony of 30,000 bees was busy making 400 Beacon Street its home! Or should we call it 400 BEE-con Street?

Bad puns aside, a beekeeper humanely removed the hive from the wall of one of the mechanical rooms in the house. The hole in the wall has been plugged and insulated, the colony was relocated to a farm, and the honey was harvested and taken to a local farmers' market. Staff who tried the honey said it had a unique floral taste!

09/29/2026

Longyear for Kids: What school supplies did you need for your first day of class? Can you imagine having to make your own? That’s what Mary Baker Eddy would have done when she was in school. Students and their families would have sharpened goose feathers to make pens and would have made their own ink from boiled tree bark!

Step into the life of a student in the early 1800s:

Are you getting ready to go back to school? Have you made your ink? That’s what you’d be doing in the 1800s, when Mary Baker Eddy was in school! They made it by soaking swamp maple bark…

09/24/2026

Yesterday marked the first day of autumn, and though summer has wrapped up, you can still enjoy a tour of one of our Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses! Now through the end of October, book your tour online at the following locations:

- Amesbury, Mass.
- Chestnut Hill, Mass.
- Lynn, Mass.
- Swampscott, Mass.

Tours of the Concord, N.H., Stoughton, Mass., Rumney and North Groton, N.H., houses are also available by calling 617.278.9000 ext. 100 at least 72 hours in advance. Book your tour: https://www.longyear.org/visit/historic-houses/

09/22/2026

🐝 Bee-fore you forget, 🐝 make sure to sign up for our upcoming Longyear for Kids event about the Busy Bees! During this interactive 30-minute online event, you’ll explore the history of this industrious group of youngsters.

Register: https://www.longyear.org/events/longyear-for-kids-busy-bees-event-2026/