MARBLEHEAD (Podcast – Photos) The Marblehead Museum is a growing resource for all history about Marblehead. In a podcast interview Executive Director Lauren McCormack provides the large overview of the Museum as well as outlining details on many of the specific exhibits and properties that comprise the Marblehead Museum. The Museum website (links are below) providing information on exhibits, properties, visiting information, research, as well as special programs and events.
Lauren McCormack – Marblehead Museum Executive Director with Bill Newell
Links: Museum Webpage Museum Properties Marblehead Memories Youtube
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Mission Statement
Marblehead Museum is here to preserve, protect, and promote Marblehead’s past as a means of enriching the present. Marblehead Museum welcomes people of all ages to discover what makes Marblehead extraordinary through innovative learning opportunities. The Museum’s three properties and its preeminent collection serve as the catalysts for programming that connects individuals to the past and present, broadening their perspectives and understanding of Marblehead and the wider world.
Lee Mansion tours are closed for the season
“Why are you removing bricks above the windows?” To install lintels that will support the weight of the building. The old lintels were inadequate, causing cracks. The historic bricks will be put back when the new lintels are installed. At Jeremiah Lee’s Kitchen & Slave Quarters
Civil War Museum – The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) was a post-Civil War veteran’s organization founded to provide support for soldiers and their families. The Marblehead Post #82 Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Room met on the second floor of the Old Town House from 1888 until the last veteran passed away. The room is an artifact in itself, existing exactly as it did when it was last used by the Marblehead G.A.R.
J.O.J. Frost Gallery & Carolyn Lynch Education Center
A permanent gallery dedicated to J.O.J. Frost’s artwork and sculpture, as well as an education and lecture space.
170 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
Admission by donation.
“Growing Up in the Shipyard” Exhibit is OPEN, Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm at 170 Washington Street, through December, 24 2022.
May 1-December 24, 10am-4pm Tuesday through Saturday
December 28-April 30, 10am-4pm Monday through Friday
January closed
Unfortunately, the Museum is not currently wheelchair accessible.
Research and Archives by appointment only.
J.O.J. Frost (1852-1928)
John Orne Johnson Frost’s post-Civil War boyhood memories of Marblehead and experiences aboard fishing schooners on the Grand Banks are the focus of his work. J.O.J. Frost began painting at age 70, untrained but driven by a sense of history that he expressed visually. He considered himself a historian rather than an artist. Frost used materials he had on hand, house paint, wall board, and odds and ends of wood scraps, to create his works. He had no understanding of perspective, no knowledge of anatomy, and no particular skill at drawing. What might be considered artistic failings, though, make his paintings unique. His art is more than charming and quaint as it details the daily life of Marbleheaders at home and at sea. Frost’s work is recognized as a significant part of American folk art, and is represented in major folk art collections.
