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With generous support from the Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, Inc., the National Park Service proudly announces the completion of a suite of museum collection conservation projects in the Longfellow House study. This historic room is the heart of the Longfellow House; it served as General George Washington's meeting/dining room in the early days of the American Revolution and later as poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s creative workspace, where he penned many of his best-known works.

A new National Park Service report shows that 67.4 thousand visitors to Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in 2023 spent $4.5 million in communities near the park.

History Cambridge, the Somerville Museum, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, the Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, Boston 1775, and the Cambridge Public Library will present three free events marking the 250th anniversary of the 1774 Powder Alarm and the start of Massachusetts’ political independence from Britain.

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is pleased to announce free summer activities for families and children, along with a captivating new museum exhibit that explores the Longfellow children’s lives.

The third annual Juneteenth Gathering at Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will include poetry and music, and feature remarks from descendants of those who fought for their freedom on the eve of the American Revolution.

The National Park Service announces the 2024 public season at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, a free destination for groundbreaking history, contemporary poetry and music, and family activities.

The Paterson Fellowship from Friends of Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters supports researchers using the site's collections. The 2024 call for entries is open through April 15, 2024.

Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site is among twenty National Park Service units that broke visitation records in 2023. Visitation to the Longfellow House increased to a record high of 67,376 visits in 2023, nearly 7,000 more visits than the site’s previous record set in 2022.

Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site and our neighbors invite the community to the free annual Holiday Open House. This year, guests of all ages are invited to celebrate children’s joy around the holidays and to embrace the playful spirit of the season amid the decked historic halls of the Longfellow House.

The National Park Service announces plans to replace the roofing and enhance the water-shedding systems on both the Longfellow house and Longfellow carriage house. Work is scheduled to begin in fall 2023 and extend into summer 2024.