Hingham Historical Society

06/11/2026

📬Keep an eye on your mailbox, Hingham!

This week, every household in town should receive the new Hingham Celebrates America’s 250th Summer 2026 Calendar of Events. This brochure is your guide to a once-in-a-generation summer of commemoration, community, and celebration.

As a proud partner in how Hingham commemorates America’s 250th anniversary, we are thrilled to see so many events included in this townwide calendar. From harbor festivities and concerts to historic tours, readings and Hingham’s famous July 4th parade, there is something for everyone.

Many events are free, so mark your calendars, invite your friends and neighbors, and join us as we celebrate Hingham’s remarkable role in the American story.

America turns 250. Hingham is celebrating. Join us.

06/10/2026

⚽ Welcome FIFA World Cup 2026 visitors! Looking for an authentic American experience beyond Boston? Discover Hingham, Massachusetts! We are a picturesque coastal New England town just a 30 minute ferry or train ride from Boston!

Take the MBTA Ferry from Boston Harbor to Hingham or ride the MBTA Greenbush Line from South Station to West Hingham. Visiting Tuesday–Saturday between 10 AM and 4 PM? Call us and we’ll arrange a pickup from the station to our historic town square or you can uber to 34 Main St.

Tour historic landmarks, shop local boutiques, enjoy a mix of dining and experience a town that played an outsized role in the American Revolution.

We can’t wait to welcome you as you combine your FIFA World Cup and Americas 250th experience!

05/27/2026

Earlier this month, supporters gathered at the Hingham Heritage Museum for Red, White & Bubbly 🇺🇸🥂 to kick off America’s 250th summer.

Guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner by Kate’s Table, music from the Hingham Singers, and a lively auction — all supporting the Hingham Historical Society’s America’s 250th programming. Thank you to everyone who made the evening so special.

Interested in future events and programs? Become a member through the link in our bio. Memberships start at $50/year.

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05/26/2026

The Hingham High School Class of 2026 graduates this Saturday. 🎓

Take a look back at Hingham High’s Class of 1894 — 132 years ago. Just 27 students graduated in a ceremony filled with essay readings, dramatic performances, music, and spirited debate.

Topics included equal pay for women and whether towns should take on public debt. Some things never change.

Check out those essay titles and imagine the conversations happening in Hingham more than a century ago.

From the Collection of the Society

05/25/2026

11AM Monday at Town Hall

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we remember Hingham’s veterans and the lives they built after serving our country.

This carousel highlights Civil War veteran Loring H. Cushing (1840–1927), who served at age 22 in Company K of the 43rd Massachusetts Volunteers from Hingham. Returning home to South Hingham in 1863, Cushing became a skilled toy and doll furniture maker and an active member of Hingham’s Arts & Crafts movement.

Images include Cushing’s tintype portrait with painted cheeks, his coat, cap, and hymnal, along with examples of his beautifully crafted miniature doll furniture, including ladder-back chairs with woven rush seats and his original maker’s label - all in the Collection of the Hingham Historical Society.

05/24/2026

Come learn more about Samuel Sprague in our exhibit Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution

Samuel Sprague, only 19 at the time, was among the protesters who boarded the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver and dumped 342 chests of British tea (equivalent to $2.3 million today) into Boston Harbor.
Sprague served during the American Revolutionary War and spent much of his life working as a laborer and craftsman.
By the mid 19th century, he had become something of a historical curiosity because he personally remembered major Revolutionary era events that by then already seemed very distant to most Americans.
He lived into his 90s and passed away in 1843. In his later years, newspapers and historians often interviewed him as one of the last surviving participants of the Boston Tea Party, making him a direct living connection to the founding generation of the United States.

05/24/2026

From HINGHAM- come visit us and learn more about Samuel in our new exhibit Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution 1760-1781 - we’re open Tuesday- Saturday 10-4

Samuel Sprague, only 19 at the time, was among the protesters who boarded the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver and dumped 342 chests of British tea (equivalent to $2.3 million today) into Boston Harbor.
Sprague served during the American Revolutionary War and spent much of his life working as a laborer and craftsman.
By the mid 19th century, he had become something of a historical curiosity because he personally remembered major Revolutionary era events that by then already seemed very distant to most Americans.
He lived into his 90s and passed away in 1843. In his later years, newspapers and historians often interviewed him as one of the last surviving participants of the Boston Tea Party, making him a direct living connection to the founding generation of the United States.

05/23/2026

Gifts for Grads, Vets & Readers
Hingham Heritage Museum Shop
Open 10-4 | Tuesday - Saturday
34 Main St.