The House of the Seven Gables

Join us for an insightful Lunch and Learn at The House of Seven Gables! 🌟 In collaboration with Attorney Losmin Jimenez Gregory of Access to Justice Consulting, we present "ICE Enforcement & Non-profits: Protecting Yourself & Your Clients." 🏛️ 📅 Date: May 9, 2025 ⏰ Time: 12 PM - 1 PM 📍 Location: The House of Seven Gables A/V Room Gain crucial insights into the Executive Orders, Immigration Enforcement, Public vs. Private Spaces, and more! This 40-minute training, followed by a 20-minute Q&A, is tailored for nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving our community. Note: Bring your lunch; refreshments will not be provided. Please register at 7Gables.org/events. Don't miss this opportunity to empower your organization with essential knowledge! 📷 Naturalization Ceremony at The House of the Seven Gables. Photo by Paige Besse. #LunchAndLearn #LegalTraining #Nonprofits #HouseOfSevenGables #AccessToJustice #CommunityEmpowerment

New spring hours! 💐🌷🌼 The House of the Seven Gables is open daily 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. for Mansion Tours, Grounds Passes, and Museum Store access. Did we mention that the tulips are officially in bloom? 👀 Visit 7Gables.org to plan your visit!

TONIGHT at 7 P.M., join our friends at the Marblehead League of Women Voters for The Changing Landscape of Immigration at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead. Questions are swirling around the issues of legal and undocumented immigration. Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker and immigration attorney and Gables Board Member Diann Slavit Baylis will discuss the changing landscape of immigration, lead a discussion, and answer questions. The event is free and open to the public. The event will be held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead 28 Mugford Street, Marblehead at 7 P.M. with an online option available on Zoom → https://bit.ly/44hRZ1m Co-sponsored by Marblehead League of Women Voters, Marblehead Racial Justice Team, Marblehead Alliance for Democracy, and Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead.

April showers bring May flowers! 🌷💐🪻 On Saturday, May 3, Gables members are invited to enjoy a lovely spring day at The House of the Seven Gables. All day during museum hours, members will receive 25% off all items at the Museum Store. Not only is it a perfect time to buy Mother’s Day, Wedding, or Graduation gifts, but the gardens will be in full bloom. Come celebrate spring with Gables staff – we’ll even be there to take your photo in the gardens! Regular tours are scheduled if you want to make the most out of your time on site! Perhaps even bring a spring picnic to enjoy under the wisteria arbor… 📷 Ernie, one of our Douglas Toys Inchworms, making his way from the garden to his home in the Museum Store!

There are 3 specialty tours of The House of the Seven Gables coming up this week! TONIGHT at 5:00 P.M., join us for the Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Novel Tour. Previously, this tour has only been offered to Gables members. Tonight is the first offering of the tour to the general public! There are only a few tickets left; grab yours while you still can! This Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27 at 1:15 P.M., join us for Women’s History Tours of The Gables! This April, we are celebrating the birthday of our founder, Caroline Emmerton, by honoring the stories we can tell thanks to her preservation and social justice work. To learn more and purchase tickets, visit 7Gables.org/events

Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌱 Today we celebrate this beautiful planet we call home. Here in New England, we get to experience each season to the fullest. While the drastic changes in weather can be a challenge for preserving our campus and historic homes, it also gives us the opportunity to watch our garden grow and change throughout the seasons! Scroll through each photo to see our Colonial Revival garden in the spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Good evening everyone and welcome back for another #SettlementSunday! This week we would like to highlight our new peer-mentoring program! This is a free, 8-week English-language program where students get paired up with a native English speaker. It is designed to help students develop their English skills and proficiency while serving as an opportunity to practice in a one-on-one setting. Students from all different languages and backgrounds have signed up. This past Wednesday, April 16, expecting students met their peer-mentors in a small orientation at our location of 27 Congress St, Building One, #1109, Salem, MA. Pictured is the Spanish version of the flyer, which is available in multiple other languages. We are so excited to see how this program goes. Stay tuned!

Gables members! Save the dates for our upcoming member events. 💐 BLOOM & BROWSE 💐 April showers bring May flowers! On Saturday, May 3, enjoy a lovely spring day at The House of the Seven Gables. All day, members will receive 25% off all items at the Museum Store. Not only is it a perfect time to buy Mother’s Day, Wedding, or Graduation gifts, but the gardens will be in full bloom. Come celebrate spring with Gables staff – we’ll even be there to take your photo in the gardens! Free to all Gables members. 🏠 TOUR OF THE BALCH HOUSE 🏠 On May 10, join your fellow Gables members for a tour of Historic Beverly’s Balch House. One of the oldest wood-frame houses in the country, the Balch House is evocative of early colonial life. The tour (exterior and interior) is on May 10th at 10:30 A.M. The Balch House is opening especially for Gables members so we will have exclusive access. Gables members only. No guests. Registration is required. 7Gables.org/events

The House of the Seven Gables’ Board President, Elizabeth McKeigue, has been announced as the staff inductee for Salem Sate’s 2025 Civic Engagement Hall of Fame! We wish you the biggest congratulations, Elizabeth! 🎉 Repost from @salemstatecce Elizabeth McKeigue is Dean of the Library at Salem State University, where she directs the Frederick E. Berry Library and oversees the Salem State University Archives. She has served on the Board of Trustees for The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association for 6 years and is currently President of the Board. Before moving to the North Shore, she was the Associate University Librarian for Public Services at Santa Clara University, near San Francisco. She began her career as a librarian at Harvard University’s Widener Library, where she held increasingly responsible leadership positions. During that time, she also volunteered with Harvard’s Memorial Church, assisting their program that distributed grant funding to Boston-area non-profit social service organizations. Before Harvard, she worked in the library at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. While living in D.C., she volunteered as a teacher of English in a program that served new immigrants, as well as the families of foreign service officers. 🧡 Elizabeth McKeigue will be making her honorary donation to The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association. The House of the Seven Gables, founded as a settlement house in 1908, has served as a place of remembrance for immigrant communities, especially those immigrating from Poland, Ireland, and Italy, and has worked to help their immigrant neighbors in building community across generations and cultures.