On Saturday, June 6, Quincy Homestead is hosting a presentation on printmaking in Paul Revere’s time. Andy Volpe is a printer and “living historian”. He studies and replicates the printing and drawing techniques of the Old Masters, engravings of Paul Revere and creates commemorative work for periods of American history. Mr. Volpe will show samples...
This year’s parade will step off at 7 p.m. at the corner of Hancock Street and Hannon Parkway in Quincy Center and head north along Hancock Street, turning onto Merrymount Parkway and wrap-up at Vietnam Veterans Drive and Adams Field. To learn more about Flag Day please click here. Tour of Quincy Homestead will take...
The Homestead will host a Teddy Bear Picnic on Saturday, June 20th 11:00am -3:00pm. Children, families, and teddy bears are encouraged to visit the Homestead to enjoy the lovely grounds for a picnic that will include children's lawn games, self-directed, outdoor "Bear Hunt" photo scavenger hunt, and story time at 12:15. The event will be...
On Saturday, June 27th, join the NSCDA-MA for a guided tour through the parterre and herb gardens of the Homestead by Rebecca Dinsmore. Dinsmore is a Master Gardener who has been caring for the Homestead's gardens for 25 years. The NSCDA-MA shares its deepest thanks to Rebecca for her continued service at the Dorothy Quincy...
On Saturday, July 11th, join the NSCDA-MA for a program People of the Dawnland with the Plimoth Patuxet Museum. The program will discuss Wampanoag People's relationship to the land, respect for all living beings, and seasonal ways of life. Guided tours of the Homestead are conducted every 30 minutes, on the hour and half hour....
Step back in time to experience the life of a soldier in the American Revolution at a military encampment and living history on Saturday, July 25th, 2026 from 11 AM to 3 PM. The reenactment is part of Rev 250 and the celebration of Quincy 400, community-wide celebration of Quincy’s rich cultural and educational heritage....
Please join the NSCDA-MA for Colonial Blacksmithing & Embroidery at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Dean Rantz has been a "Practicing Blacksmith" since 1982. He operates, Rock Village Forge in Middleborough, Mass. Using traditional tools and techniques. He creates and recreates Hand forged-Iron work. Laura Rantz will be demonstrating colonial embroidery. Guided tours of the...
Please join the NSCDA-MA for Art of Colonial Chocolate Making at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Immerse yourself back in the 18th-century witnessing chocolate-making with Robert Lecce of Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolates. You will be invited to sample chocolate and hot chocolate. Like what you sampled? Chocolate bars, and other items made by Robert Lecce will...
The Dorothy Quincy Homestead on August 22, 2026 welcomes back Zoe Lawson. The art of spinning is best learned by the young, and Zoe Lawson has been practicing the craft of spinning by drop spindle and on a wheel since childhood. She shares her techniques while in 18th century garb while illuminating the various methods...