History & Culture

Minute Man National Historical Park holds a wealth of historical, cultural and literary resources spanning over 200 years of the Park's history. We continue to work with historians, archaeologists and many others to uncover and share new elements of the Park's story.

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne

People

Access groundbreaking scholarship on Patriots of Color, and explore the stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Abigail Alcott, Harriet Lothrop and Margaret Lothrop.

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Places

Minute Man National Historical Park preserves the sites, structures and landscapes associated with the openning battle of the American Revolution, fought on the "ever memorable" 19th of April, 1775. Learn about some of the special places preserved within the park!

 

Collections

Minute Man National Historical Park's museum collections include archaeological artifacts, both pre-contact and historic, and drawings for the Margaret Sidney books, including ones done by Childe Hassam, the American Impressionist. Also included are items that the Lothrop Family used while living in The Wayside.

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Captain William Smith House, circa 1692, Lincoln MA

Historic Structure Reports

Minute Man National Historical Park is home to a great wealth of historic sites, structures, and landscapes associated with the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.