Nahs EVENTS CALENDAR
Members of the North Andover Historical Society enjoy free access to our programs as a benefit of membership. If you are not a member, please consider joining the Society. For the price of three programs, an individual membership will enable you to enjoy our programs for a full twelve months! A $10 registration fee will be charged for non-members for many of our programs which enables us to continue to enhance the quality of our events and expand our offerings.
As a nonprofit organization, we rely on the support of our members, which enables us to continue important mission-focused activities and help save and share North Andover and our region's history for future generations.
We participate in the Mass. Cultural Council's Card to Culture program and provide free access to most programs. Please contact NAHS for more information.
Speaker Christina Harris: Women's History Month
North Andover’s Christina Harris talks about some of the women who have been instrumental in changing our world, yet whose names have been left out of the history books.
"Heads of Families and Men of Substance" The Rise of the Merrimack Valley Minute Men
In October 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress instructed towns throughout the colony to prepare for imminent conflict with England. In response, the Merrimack Valley, in particular, shifted into a wartime stance…
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
North Andover Revolutionaries in the First and Second Burials Grounds
Join us as we approach the 250th anniversary of the The American Revolution by learning about our local revolutionary heros buried in North Andover's First and Second Burial Ground.
Reconstructing the Voice of James Stevens: A North Andover Revolutionary
Join linguist and NAHS facilities manager, Antoine Trombino-Ponte as he explains his process for the reconstruction the 1775 voice of James Stevens.
The Osgoods - 250 Years Ago They Started A Revolution
Based on shared research about their families, cousins Rich Pitra and Kathleen Osgood will bring their ANCESTRY CLUB research to North Andover on the eve of the 250th anniversary of our town’s involvement in the early days of the American Revolution.
REV250 Bus Tour of North Andover & Andover
Join us on April 19th for the Revolutionary History Tour Shuttle, a special collaboration between the North Andover Historical Society and the Andover Center for History and Culture!
Embark on an adventure through our shared heritage as we bring our two towns, once united during the American Revolution, back together for a day of family-friendly learning and fun.
ATWAS: Veils
True love, even heavily veiled, can survive and grow with enviable beauty during one of the ugliest periods in human history.
"Old Andover" and the American Revolution
This talk shows how Andover helped plant the seeds of the American Revolution. We will see old Andover’s role in the fight for Independence and our legacy in shaping the birth of the nation.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
ATWAS: Tenement Echoes
1920s textile mill towns attracted immigrant families' grateful for minimal wages that provided for a difficult but definitely improved quality of life.
Spring Soirée
On Friday, June 6th from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, we will be hosting our second annual Spring Soiree at the Society: An evening to support the North Andover Historical Society’s programs and activities.
Guests will experience an elegant evening of exploring the Stevens Center and its exhibits while enjoying delectable hors d’oeuvres from Diane’s Cafe on the Commons, specialty cocktails and live, contemporary electric violin music by Violin Viiv, and participating in raffles and socializing with friends, old and new.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
First Saturday at the Parson Barnard House
Join us at the historic 1715 Parson Barnard House historic house museum and experience the house as it was during four different time periods from 1715 to 1830.
ATWAS: Curtain Calls at The Encore Rest Home
The Encore is a rest home for retired theatrical professionals. Some of the residents might be loosing their memories of the past while other residents hold memories that are painfully vivid.
Show Her The Money: Documentary Screening: Women’s History Month
SHOW HER THE MONEY addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.
Rug Braiding: March Session
We are moving our Rug Braiding to Wednesdays!
Learn how to make a coaster, trivet, mat, or rug from old cloth with this simple but deep folk craft.
Suggested donation of $10 for materials and instructor time.
Representative Tram Nguyen at The North Andover Historical Society: Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, meet Representative Tram Nguyen and hear her inspiring journey—from refugee to State Representative —and how it drives her work championing policies that expand opportunity, promote equity, and strengthen the Merrimack Valley and our Commonwealth.