Explorers Fall


Explorers, Experience Essex Heritage...

This winter, Explorers will discover this region's historic links to Japan and China and how these connections continue to shape the places we call home. Be sure to check below for details on upcoming events...

Join today, the Heritage Explorers program provides opportunities to go behind-the-scenes at many of the ENHA's historic, cultural and natural resource sites. Explorers attend exclusive events free-of-charge, receive a quarterly newsletter, The Explorers Guide, filled with information about unique heritage destinations throughout the ENHA, gain new perspectives on some of the Area's most popular points of interest.
Space is limited, so please RSVP or by telephone: 978-740-0444.

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Winter 2008 Events, Join us...

Masconomet burial site markerThursday, January 22, 2009 5:30-7:00 PM
Art and Asia in Ipswich
Ipswich Historical Society's Heard House Museum
54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA 01938

Discover the China trade behind the walls of the Ipswich Historical Society’s Heard House Museum. These reflect a unique time in our nation's history when the United States was pursuing relationships with nations of Asia to establish independence in politics and trade. The resulting connections and excursions to the Far East, brought home exquisite examples of art and china from around the world.

In this special evening, Explorers will also get acquainted with the work of artist and Ipswich native, Arthur Wesley Dow. Experience how Asian influence penetrates the artistic sensibilities of this artist whose timeless contributions to the teaching and understanding of art continue to influence artists today, most notably through his book Composition, first published in 1899. The Dow collection of the Ipswich Historical Society is an important piece of American art history. Dow’s work reflects distinctively American landscapes and places using traditional Japanese printing techniques. Explorers FREE, non-Explorers $15.
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2008 Fall Events included...

Masconomet burial site markerA presentation by historian Emerson Baker on
Witchcraft, Warfare and Native Americans in Essex County at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01910

Explorers heard Emerson Baker, author of the recently published book The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England and professor of History at Salem State College, make the connection between these dynamic topics.

The year was 1692. Massachusetts was losing a war to the Native Americans of New England and their French allies, and frontier settlements in Essex County were in a state of panic. Many participants in the witchcraft outbreak had been involved in the war as captives, war refugees, or soldiers, and their suffering is reflected in the infamous Salem witchcraft outbreak.

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