Past Exhibits

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Past Exhibits

The Art of Coupling

View three centuries of Marblehead couples through images, ceramics, paintings and silhouettes. Learn the stories of Marblehead's husbands and wives. Compare clothing, portraiture and styles through the centuries -- from the 1700s to the mid-20th century.

Gingerbread Festival 2007

Throughout Christmas Walk weekend, the first floor of the Lee Mansion was decked out with unique displays of Gingerbread Houses, available for bid via a “penny raffle”. This event was a benefit for the Marblehead Family Fund and the Museum. Tour the houses in the web photo gallery.

Celebrating 75 Years
of the Marblehead (M50/800) Class
Model Yachts

Organized by the Marblehead Model Yacht Club (MMYC), the exhibit features models, artifacts, posters and pictures documenting the history of the M-Class model yacht. Tour (requires FlashPlayer )

Off the Wall:
Wallpapers from the Lee Mansion

The Lee Mansion’s magnificent scenic wallpapers are famous as the only hand-painted 18th-century English mural papers still in place, and one of only two sets surviving in the world.

Marblehead Summer Whites

Summer is a state of mind, as well as a season. The exhibit
presented paintings, clothing, furniture and decorative arts that are icons of summer. Tour (requires FlashPlayer )

Treasures from the Marblehead Museum Collection

This magnificent exhibit featured a choice selection of 18th and 19th century items – many from Boston’s North Shore. Tour (requires FlashPlayer )

Burgess of Marblehead: People, Places and Planes

The exhibit explored the pioneering aviation work of Starling Burgess, whose Marblehead airplane factory produced some of the most innovative airplanes and sea-planes of the early 20th-century.
Video Clip (requires FlashPlayer )

Marblehead Pottery: A Centennial Celebration

The exhibition featured more than 100 pieces of the hand-crafted pottery, which are among the most prized examples of the Arts and Crafts design movement in America in the early 1900s.

Browse the Marblehead Pottery Web Gallery (requires FlashPlayer )

From Marblehead with Love

An exhibit of Valentines featuring cards, jewelry and other romantic-themed decorative objects, spanning two centuries -- from the late 19th century to today.

Other Exhibits (2001/2002)

Past exhibits from the Marblehead Historical Society, including "Magic & Memories: Childhood in Marblehead", "Through the Artist's Eye: Views of Marblehead from the Carlson Collection", "Dory Fishing in Old Marblehead", and "Wish You Were Here: Marblehead Souvenirs & Postcards".

Browse the Exhibit Web Galleries (requires FlashPlayer )

Rev & Mrs. Lawrence

Marblehead View