Every other week, the Museum of Old Newbury puts out an e-newsletter featuring historical stories, puzzles, and recipes. Just click on the date to read that week’s issue.
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November 22, 2024 George T. Garrison in the Union Army, Old Fashioned Molasses Gingerbread Cake and Puzzle
November 9, 2024 Travels with Captain Moses Brown, Lentil Soup and Puzzle
October 25, 2024 Samuel Gerrish, Cowardly Colonel of Bunker Hill Part II, Weird, Wild, Wonderful, Kitchen Sink Cookies, and Puzzle
October 12, 2024 The Misfortunes of Samuel Gerrish, Cowardly Colonel of Bunker Hill, Courage, Cowardice, China, and Cushing, Spicy Corn Chowder, and Puzzle
September 27, 2024 The Complicated Life of Henry M. Brewster, Annual Meeting Recap, Violette Punch and Puzzle
September 15, 2024 Breaking News: Newburyport's Road to Revolution; Animal Magnetism Part III, Violette Punch, and Puzzle
August 30, 2024 Adventures with Interns, Animal Magnetism Part II, Ratatouille, and Puzzle
August 16, 2024 Romancing Ruth Part II: A Tale of Two Rogers, The Magnetic Mr. Poyen, The Maven Muddle, and Puzzle
August 2, 2024 Romancing Ruth: A Guide to Courting in the Early 20th Century, Racing Beds, Chocolate Pound Cake, and Puzzle
April 29, 2022 A New Look for the Museum, Garden Tour June 11 & 12, Castle Hill Garden Program, and Community Events
April 15, 2022 Garden Tour Tickets on Sale, The Tracy and Prince Collections, the 1950 Census, and Puzzle Me This.
April 1, 2022 Black Barbers of Newburyport, Chasing Duncan, The Romance of Linen, Puzzle Me This, and What’s Cooking?
March 18, 2022 The French Connection, Museum Musings, Remembering a Civil War Soldier, The Romance of Linen, and Puzzle Me This
March 4, 2022 Edward Hale Perry and the Battlefield Banknote; Let's hear it for the Aunts (and Uncles); Puzzle Me This and What's Cooking?
February 17, 2022 The Story of Alden Merrell and The Cheesecake Company; Edwin Lunt, a Newburyport Confectioner; Puzzle Me This and What's Cooking?
February 4, 2022 Joshua Hale Picks Up Shipwreck Survivors; The Wild World of Thomsonian Medicine in Newburyport; Puzzle Me This and What's Cooking?
January 21, 2022 Caleb Cushing’s Cigar, In Memory of Dick Johnson, Upcoming Program on History of Coeducation at Governor’s Academy, and Puzzle Me This.
January 7, 2022 Angel Gabriel Weathervane Comes Home; Woman on the MOON...a blog by Bethany Groff Dorau; One More Week to Play December's "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Now; and Puzzle Me This.
December 31, 2021 Once Upon a Time by Jack Santos; The Perfect (Gin and) Tonic for 2022...blog & recipe by Bethany Groff Dorau; Play December's "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Now; and Puzzle Me This.
December 23, 2021 A Tale of Piracy on the Barbary Coast; Stollen Moments...blog & recipe by Kristen Fehlhaber; Last Minute Gifts: Order Online, Pick Up at Museum; New "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Quiz; and Puzzle Me This
December 17, 2021 Behind the Images: The Greely Disaster; Say "Cheese!"...blog & recipe by Colleen Turner Secino; Limited 2022 "It Could be Worse!" Calendars Available; and Puzzle Me This.
December 10, 2021 MOON Shines at Holiday Open House; Across the Miles...blog & recipe by Susan C.S. Edwards; Limited 2022 "It Could be Worse!" Calendars Available; and Puzzle Me This.
December 3, 2021 Stereoscope View Mystery Solved; Betty, Shelley & Veggie Chili: A Love Story...blog & recipe by Bethany Groff Dorau; Watching the MOON: "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Extended Until Dec. 10; and Puzzle Me This.
November 26, 2021 2022 Museum of Old Newbury Calendar: Behind the Images; A Berry Happy Thanksgiving...guest blog & recipe by Susan C.S. Edwards; Watching the MOON: "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Play Before Dec. 1; and Puzzle Me This.
November 19, 2021 2022 Museum of Old Newbury Calendar: Behind the Images; Newbury Newbie..guest blog & recipe by Kristen Fehlhaber; Watching the MOON: "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Play Now; and Puzzle Me This.
November 12, 2021 A Hammer Wielding Woman; A Princess in the Pantry...guest blog & recipe by Colleen Turner Secino; Watching the MOON: It's Back! "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Play Now; and Puzzle Me This.
November 5, 2021 We Will Remember Them: Early Newburyport Casualties in World War I; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 29, 2021 Her Fruitful Vine Being Thus Disjoined; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" Returns Friday, Nov. 5; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 22, 2021 Capt. Edmund Bartlet: Seventh Generation of the Old Newbury Family; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 15, 2021 The Enemies of Their Own Species Part II: William Lloyd Garrison vs. Newburyport; Newbury Newbie...Guest Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 8, 2021 The Enemies of Their Own Species: Francis Todd v. William Lloyd Garrison; Holding Court(yard): New Life for the Landscape; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 1, 2021 The Zealy Daguerreotypes: Research, Writing and Collaboration; Guest Blog: Newbury Newbie; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; Watts' Scene; and What's Cooking?
September 24, 2021 The Ambiguous End of Slavery in Massachusetts; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
September 17, 2021 Register Now for October's Race & Slavery in New England Symposium; Part II: Livingston Meets Delin in Amsterdam; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
September 10, 2021 The Enigmatic Captain Alexander Livingston; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
September 3, 2021 Part 4: “Liverpool, Amsterdam and Cholera” The 1877 Memoir of Captain Joshua Hale (1812-1894); Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
August 27, 2021 Insults Fly in the Newbury Meetinghouse; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
August 20, 2021 An Old Newbury Treasure Enhances the MOON's Collection; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
August 13, 2021 Home at Last: The Abigail Chase Stone Installation; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
August 6, 2021 Part 3: “The Sailing Life for Me” from The 1877 Memoir of Captain Joshua Hale; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Garden Tour Gallery Part 7; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
July 30, 2021 Chase Stone Unveiling Changed to Fri., Aug. 6; Newburyport: The Smallest Little City with the Biggest Global Impact; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Garden Tour Gallery Part 6; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
July 23, 2021 Plum Island Photo Essay; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
July 16, 2021 Eben Bradbury Returns to His (Second) Bride; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Garden Tour Gallery - Part 4; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
July 9, 2021 Part 2: To My Dear Grandchildren; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Garden Tour Gallery - Part 3; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
July 2, 2021 A Voice from the Newburyport Jail; Woman on the MOON...Bethany's Blog; Garden Tour Gallery - Part 2; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
June 25, 2021 The Abigail Stone; About Frederick Douglass; Garden Tour Gallery; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
June 18, 2021 “To My Dear Grandchildren” - The 1877 memoir of Captain Joshua Hale Part 1; Passing of the Torch; Garden Tour Simply Bee-autiful!; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
June 11, 2021 The Sun is Shining & the Garden Tour Takes Place Tomorrow & Sunday; Portraits of Flowers; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
June 4, 2021 It Began with a Pear Tree; Everything's Coming Up Garden Tour; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
May 28, 2021 The Wheelwrights of Newburyport; June is Join the MOON Month; Meet the Dream Clean Team; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
May 21, 2021 Stories Behind the Faces; Paint Me Like One of Your French Gardens; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
May 14, 2021 The Cushing House Garden: A Closer Look; Cemetery Tour Informative and Inspiring; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
May 7, 2021 PART II: Grumpy Joshua Coffin: The Abolitionist; Call for Garden Tour Volunteers; Puzzle Me This; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
April 30, 2021 Meet Dorothy Farnham Smith; Puzzle Me This & Mother's Day Gift Idea; Watching the MOON; and What's Cooking?
April 23, 2021 Ahl in the Family; Henderson, the Seed King; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
April 16, 2021 Come Fly with Us; Join the Museum...Bring a Friend to the Garden Tour for Free; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
April 9, 2021 The Antiquarian Adventures of Grumpy Josh; 2021 Garden Tour Tickets Now On Sale; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
April 2, 2021 The Awful Calamities of December 1839; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
March 26, 2021 Part 2: Vigor in Arduis; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
March 19, 2021 Part 1: Vigor in Arduis; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
March 12, 2021 The Legacy of William Graves Perry; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
March 5, 2021 The Day it Rained Shoes; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
February 26, 2021 Decoys...Raised to an Artform; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
February 19, 2021 John S. Blunt: Marine Artist; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking
February 12, 2021 Elbow Alley: A Fresh Look; Behind the Scenes: History Happenings; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
February 5, 2021 The Rap Sheet of John Emery, Carpenter; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
January 29, 2021 You were the lucky one, Capt. Bligh; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
January 22, 2021 Wallace Nutting and his Colonial Chain of Pictures Houses; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
January 15, 2021 The Amazing Life of Wm. Wheelright; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
January 8, 2021 Reverend Parker Defends Young Love; Museum Programs to Stay Virtual for Near Future; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
January 1, 2021 Puzzle Me This: May your year be merry & bright; Merman Auction Closes at Noon; Watching the MOON and What’s Cooking?
December 24, 2020 Holiday Greetings from the MOON; Puzzle Me This; Merman Auction Continues; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
December 18, 2020 The Celebratory Punch Bowl; Photos from Our Fans; "A Colonial Christmas" Now Available; Puzzle Me This; 2021 Calendar Still Available; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
December 11, 2020 Florence Evans Bushee; Merman Auction; Holiday Program Added; Puzzle Me This; Good Day to Order your 2021 Calendar; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
December 4, 2020 A Cow Named Tiger; Merman Auction; Holiday Program Added; Puzzle Me This; Still Time to get 2021 Calendar; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
November 27, 2020 Whittier on Thanksgiving; Preserving the Landscape; Merman Auction; Puzzle Me This; Order your 2021 Calendar Now; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
November 20, 2020 A Bridge Too Far; Puzzle Me This; Order your 2021 Calendar Now; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
November 13, 2020 A Newburyport Scrimshander; Puzzle Me This; Order your 2021 Calendar Now; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
November 6, 2020 Murder at Meeting House Pond; For our Veterans...Puzzle Me This; 2021 Calendar Ships Next Week; Watching the MOON and What's Cooking?
October 30, 2020 Things that go Bump; Boo! "Yeat Yeat, Don't Tell Me!" 13th Episode Airs Today; A Peek inside the 2021 Calendar; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
October 23, 2020 All That Glitters is Not Gold; 2021 Calendar Coming, Pre-Order Now!; Puzzle Me This; What’s Cooking? And More!
October 16, 2020 It’ll Brickett Your Heart; Virtual Event: A Newburyport Travelogue; A Dahlia for Your Thoughts; Watching the Moon; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
October 9, 2020 The Enigmatic Watts; Many Thanks; Watching the Moon; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
October 2, 2020 Great Buckets of Fire; Online Auction a Success; Watching the Moon; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
September 25, 2020 On the Waterfront: Part II, Clivia Need Home; Watching the Moon; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
September 18, 2020 On the Waterfront: Part 1; Watching the Moon; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
September 11, 2020 Year in Review; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
September 4, 2020 Of Societies & Certificates; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
August 28, 2020 Aprons: The Ties that Bind; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; What's Cooking? and More
August 21, 2020 Hot Fun in the Summertime; You’re Invited: 143rd Annual Meeting goes Virtual; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
August 14, 2020 Yo Ho Ho & A Bottle of Rum; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
August 7, 2020 The Poor Tavern of Newbury Neck; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
July 31, 2020 2020 Museum of Old Newbury Virtual Garden Tour: Backyard Retreats, Pt. 1; Colour Me Impressed; Book Signing: If History is Your Thing, then Your Ship has Come In; Newburyport Rocks; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
July 24, 2020 Glass “Show Globe” a Showstopper; Museum “Moved” by Volunteering Board Members; Puzzle Me This; What's Cooking? and More
July 17, 2020 Currier and I’ve-Been-Working-in-the-Shipyard; Puzzle Me This; Mike’s Meeting House: Katie’s Trunk; Watching the MOON & What's Cooking?
July 10, 2020 Combing Through Our Collection; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; Museum Mail &
July 3, 2020 From Our Collection; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; Museum Mail & What's Cooking?
June 26, 2020 Caleb’s Trunk; Mass Humanities CARES; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; What's Cooking?; Margie’s MOON & More
June 19, 2020 Reading Frederick Douglass; Clipper Heritage Trail - Vol. 1; NewburyHistory.org Boasts New Look; Bethay Groff Dorau Elevates “Yeat Yeat, Don’t Tell Me!” to New Heights; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
June 12, 2020 Sailing for Gold: Davis journal does not put a shine on 17,000-mile journey; A Garden Tour by any other Name is Just as Sweet; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This & What's Cooking?
June 5, 2020 Merrimac Humane Society: You’re a Life Saver; Take 5 on June 5; Watching the MOON; Puzzle Me This; and What's Cooking?
May 29, 2020 Renaissance Man…Ben: Perley Poore; Watching the MOON; What's Cooking?; Puzzle Me This; Watts’ Scene & More
May 22, 2020 A Patriot Remembered for Memorial Day; Watch “Yeat Yeat, Don’t Tell Me!” Premier; What's Cooking?; Puzzle Me This; and Watts’ Scene
May 15, 2020 The Voyages of the Swashbuckling Captain Caleb Cushing; Virtual Garden Tour: Coming to a Desktop Near You; A Message from the Board; What's Cooking?; and Premier Episode of “Yeat Yeat, Don’t Tell Me!"
May 8, 2020 “The Mint” - A Newburyport Treasure; Museum Mail; What's Cooking?; Puzzle Me This; and Watts’ Scene
May 1, 2020 Our May Day Basket to You; It’s Electric; What's Cooking?; Puzzle Me This & More
April 24, 2020 Kitchen Gardens of Yesteryear; What's Cooking?; Puzzle Me This; and Picture This!
April 17, 2020 A Tale of Two Women; A pre-“Sampler” from Our Collection; Puzzle Me This; and Picture This!
April 10, 2020 Mary Adams Rolfe: Festooned & Fabulous; Of Postcards and Poems: Meet Harriett Prescott Spofford; Museum Mail; Puzzle Me This; and Picture This!
April 3, 2020 Please, Mr. Postman, Look and See; Letter from the Executive Director; Spring has Sprung; and Puzzle Me This
March 27, 2020 Puzzle Me This Launches; Turkeys in the Garden; Programs through April 30, 2020, Postponed; and Looking for Something?
March 13, 2020 March Events Postponed; Call for Docents; 2020 Programs & Events Schedule Released
February 28, 2020 Museum Membership has its Privileges; Sure Signs of Spring; Call for Volunteers & More
February 14, 2020 Sepia Sundays Taking Off; Museum welcomes Secino & Vlass; Register: The Evolution of the Beehive Oven
