Come and learn how to braid a rug out your textile and wool scraps with this classic simple craft!

Ann Foster was an Andover woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. This one woman play, written and performed by Lori Prescott Hansen, a direct descendant of Ann Foster, tells her story through visions and memories Ann is experiencing during her last days in the Salem jail.

The movie of Ann Foster, featuring multiple screenings (1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm), presents an expanded story with talk-back after each presentation with the author and producer, Lori Prescott Hansen.

This program is co-sponsored by the North Andover Historical Society and the Friends of the 1836 Meeting House.

Join us in our full-sized and state-of-the-art Worden Theater for a showing of the Halloween family classic, Hocus-Pocus.

The Sanderson Sisters are back in the modern-day Salem and out for revenge on the town that hung them back in 1692. Can some local kids and a talking cat defeat the witches before it's too late?

The NAHS is proud to bring a movie that has become a yearly tradition for many back to the big screen.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

• Non-Member Children - $5

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It's a safe bet that most people in the region have heard of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. They may not realize that they were named as such because Salem is where the court was located and those who were found guilty were executed. However, the trials affected most of the towns north of Boston.

Andover had 45 accusations of witchcraft, which was more than any other community. The town had a population of 600 people; about half of them were involved, either as accusers or an accused.

Witchcraft trials expert Richard Hite, author of In The Shadow of Salem, and Carol Majahad, former director/educator of the North Andover Historical Society, will host a tour of North Andover locations that were involved in the witchcraft trials. Attendees will see and learn about the Parson Barnard House, the Old Burial Ground, Rev. Francis Dane and his home, and the location of the meeting house.

The vibrant community of the Merrimack Valley is set to come alive with the launch of a new monthly theatre event at the state-of-the-art Worden Theatre at NAHS’s community hub, the Stevens Center. Proudly presented by the North Andover Historical Society, this exciting program promises to captivate audiences with a series of thought-provoking and hilarious stories. Penned and directed by lifelong North Andover resident Robert E Kellan MD, eye surgeon, novelist, and playwright; the play readings will be staged in collaboration with the Acting Out Theatre Company of Lawrence, whose mission is to reward local talent with the opportunity to be part of the theatre experience.

Join us in our state-of-the-art Worden Theater for a showing of the critically acclaimed horror film, The VVItch.

Robert Eggers directs this enchanting and haunting horror film that shows a very accurate portrayal of life in 1600s New England...until the witch shows up.

• NAHS Members get in FREE with your discount code.

• Non-Members Adult - $10

TICKET RESERVATIONS HERE

Johnson was accused of witchcraft in 1692 along with more than 200 other women and men in Salem. Of those convicted, 19 were hanged and four others died in prison – Johnson was set to be executed, too, but was later spared.

And yet, during Johnson’s lifetime and over the centuries that followed, her name was never actually cleared. It wasn’t until Carrie LaPierre, an eighth-grade civics teacher at North Andover Middle School, came across her story and involved her students in her case that Massachusetts legislators took notice.

This talk by Todd Warfield will share Indigenous values, practices and priorities around nature and ecology. The presentation is in partnership with Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center.

Massachuset Chairman of Tribal History Preservation, Tom Green will highlight the interactions between the indigenous people of the Massachuset Nation and European traders. He will describe what was happening within the hierarchy of the bloodline Sac’hemship just prior to English colonization, up to and including The Great Dying, when nearly 90% of the Massachuset Nation was decimated by smallpox.

This presentation is sponsored by All Points North Foundation.

 A comedy/coming of age drama written, directed, and starring a Native American cast, one of the first in Hollywood's history. Filmed almost entirely on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho, it was added to the Library of Congress collection in 2018 due to its cultural significance. 

The first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S. investigates the impact of Maine's child welfare practices on Native American communities.

Following the fight in Minnesota against the expansion of pipelines carrying tar sands oil through Native lands and essential waterways. Indigenous leaders and white allies use direct action to protect the sacred and demand justice.

This true story of real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her community from a spree of murders fueled by oil and greed.

The Lakota people fight to reclaim their sacred land and protect it from government and corporate interests.

The vibrant community of the Merrimack Valley is set to come alive with the launch of a new monthly theatre event at the state-of-the-art Worden Theatre at NAHS’s community hub, the Stevens Center. Proudly presented by the North Andover Historical Society, this exciting program promises to captivate audiences with a series of thought-provoking and hilarious stories. Penned and directed by lifelong North Andover resident Robert E Kellan MD, eye surgeon, novelist, and playwright; the play readings will be staged in collaboration with the Acting Out Theatre Company of Lawrence, whose mission is to reward local talent with the opportunity to be part of the theatre experience.