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).
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Making War Part II: "He has plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our Towns, and destroyed the Lives of our People"
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Making War Part I: The Knox Diary and Seizing Ticonderoga's Cannons
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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The "King of Terrors": Smallpox in the American Revolution
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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The Spark: How Boston Ignited the American Revolution
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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"How Far We've Come": A Tour of the Russell Museum
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Revisiting Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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A Walk Through the Back Bay
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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An Oasis in the City: Visiting the Fenway Victory Gardens
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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"The Rock of Offense": Visiting the Liberator's Imposing Stone at the Museum of African American History in Boston
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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From Fatal Fashions to Securing Sanctuaries
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May 15, 2025 |
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Archives in the Landscape: Visiting Isabella Stewart Gardner
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Unlocking Winthrop's Tomb
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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"Neither Shall There Be Any More Pain"
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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"In the belfry arch Of the North Church tower"
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Welcome To Historians & Their Histories!
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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1154 Boylston Street
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Inside Andersonville
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Eben Horsford's Nordic Nostalgia
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Mortal & Everlasting Life of Frederic Augustus James: Enduring Life Behind the Deadline of a Civil War POW Camp
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Events That Did Not Happen
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May 15, 2024 |
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Relics, Part 2: One of a Kind
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Relics, Part 1: Corporeal Remains
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Egyptomania and the Art of Egyptian Revival
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Branded Hand
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Gouverneur Morris and the History of Disability
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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"Holding the Atlantic World In His Mouth": George Washington, an MHS Portrait, and the Culture of Teeth in the 18th Century
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The Roots of Liberty?: An MHS Mystery
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Illuminating Illuminated Manuscripts
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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To Live Like John Quincy Adams
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May 15, 2023 |
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Stories Told in Wax
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Small Objects
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Furnishing Foreign Relations: Benjamin Joy's Sea Chest
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Thunderbolt: A World War II Bomber Pilot's Canine Companion
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Who Were the Bucks of America?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Daniel Webster's New England, Daniel Webster's Union
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Treasures Within: The Recovered Letters of Margaret Fuller
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Letters of Phillis Wheatley
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May 15, 2022 |
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The Many Lives of the Lusitania Medal
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Ledger Art of Ft. Marion
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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The Casket of Hair
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Bonus: The Witch's Bureau
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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A Petition for Rebecca Nurse
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the "Lowly Hotdog"
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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A Miniature Portrait of Elizabeth Freeman
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The Relics of Nora Saltonstall
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The Lost Sword of the MA 54th
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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A Letter from Paul Revere
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Welcome to The Object of History!
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Sep 03, 2021 |