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Our Underground Railroad exhibit is temporarily closed to make way for our
improved and expanded new exhibition,
Confronting our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North.
Please join us on February 16th at 5:30pm for an opening celebration!

For Carl M. Cohen, a member of Historic Newton's Board, the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds is more than a historic property that he's working with others to save. Carl lives literally next door, so he's witnessing first-hand the work builders, historians, landscapers, and archaeologists are doing week by week to save the home. Follow Carl's blog, The DKH Diary, here.

ANNE LARNER EDUCATION FUND
Historic Newton is proud to be the recipient of a $100,000 Matching Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help endow a museum educator for our new education program. The program, named in honor of our Board President, Anne Larner, will be taught at the newly restored 1735 Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds when it opens in the spring of 2013. NEH will match a dollar for every three dollars donated to the Anne Larner Education Fund making the impact of your gift that much more meaningful. Click here to make your donation today.

Archeologists explore 18-century life through
finds at Durant-Kenrick

Archeology is often imagined as an exotic enterprise where it’s not typically expected is amid the clamor and din of urban life. But a recent dig at an 18th-century house in Newton is a reminder that archeology is relevant everywhere - and that our own backyards can be rich with artifacts and history.Read the full Boston Globe article here

The Jackson Homestead is a documented Underground Railroad site -- learn more.
The museum is included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
and Cycling Boston's tour of related Underground Railroad sites.

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