The Object of History

By Massachusetts Historical Society

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The extraordinary collections of the MHS tell the story of America through millions of rare and unique documents, artifacts, and irreplaceable national treasures. Each episode of the podcast takes you on a behind the scenes tour of that vast collection. If you are someone who loves to learn about history through material objects and manuscripts, then this podcast is for you. This show uses materials by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk).

Episode Date
A Walk Through the Back Bay
Aug 15, 2025
An Oasis in the City: Visiting the Fenway Victory Gardens
Jul 15, 2025
"The Rock of Offense": Visiting the Liberator’s Imposing Stone at the Museum of African American History in Boston
Jun 15, 2025
From Fatal Fashions to Securing Sanctuaries
May 15, 2025
Archives in the Landscape: Visiting Isabella Stewart Gardner
Apr 15, 2025
Unlocking Winthrop's Tomb
Mar 15, 2025
"Neither Shall There Be Any More Pain"
Feb 15, 2025
"In the belfry arch Of the North Church tower"
Jan 15, 2025
Welcome To Historians & Their Histories!
Dec 22, 2024
1154 Boylston Street
Dec 15, 2024
Inside Andersonville
Aug 15, 2024
Eben Horsford's Nordic Nostalgia
Jul 15, 2024
The Mortal & Everlasting Life of Frederic Augustus James: Enduring Life Behind the Deadline of a Civil War POW Camp
Jun 15, 2024
Events That Did Not Happen
May 15, 2024
Relics, Part 2: One of a Kind
Apr 15, 2024
Relics, Part 1: Corporeal Remains
Mar 15, 2024
Egyptomania and the Art of Egyptian Revival
Feb 15, 2024
The Branded Hand
Jan 15, 2024
Gouverneur Morris and the History of Disability
Dec 15, 2023
“Holding the Atlantic World In His Mouth”: George Washington, an MHS Portrait, and the Culture of Teeth in the 18th Century
Nov 15, 2023
The Roots of Liberty?: An MHS Mystery
Jul 15, 2023
Illuminating Illuminated Manuscripts
Jun 15, 2023
To Live Like John Quincy Adams
May 15, 2023
Stories Told in Wax
Apr 15, 2023
Small Objects
Mar 15, 2023
Furnishing Foreign Relations: Benjamin Joy’s Sea Chest
Feb 15, 2023
Thunderbolt: A World War II Bomber Pilot’s Canine Companion
Jan 15, 2023
Who Were the Bucks of America?
Dec 15, 2022
Daniel Webster's New England, Daniel Webster's Union
Nov 15, 2022
Treasures Within: The Recovered Letters of Margaret Fuller
Jun 15, 2022
The Letters of Phillis Wheatley
May 15, 2022
The Many Lives of the Lusitania Medal
Apr 15, 2022
The Ledger Art of Ft. Marion
Mar 15, 2022
The Casket of Hair
Feb 15, 2022
Bonus: The Witch’s Bureau
Jan 25, 2022
A Petition for Rebecca Nurse
Jan 15, 2022
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the "Lowly Hotdog"
Oct 04, 2021
A Miniature Portrait of Elizabeth Freeman
Oct 04, 2021
The Relics of Nora Saltonstall
Oct 04, 2021
The Lost Sword of the MA 54th
Oct 04, 2021
A Letter from Paul Revere
Oct 04, 2021
Welcome to The Object of History!
Sep 03, 2021