Visit Us!
Thursday 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Saturday 11:00am – 2:00pm
Other days/times by appointment
Upcoming Events
It’s the Marion Art Center’s Halloween Parade and the SHS welcomes costumed and clothed visitors. Whether you’re walking in the parade or just strolling about the Village, welcome.
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Ilyon Woo tells the amazing history of William and Ellen Craft like a dramatic novel.
Woo’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for biography, “Master, Slave, Husband, Wife” will be the first for the semi-annual book club. Purchase your copy at the SHS shop or find it elsewhere, but join us!
RSVP to info@sippicanhistoricalsociety.org
SHS won’t miss the fun! Join us for the Annual Marion Holiday Stroll.
Dr. Caroline Bruzelius brings us stories of the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris’ restoration and re-opening. Since the April 15, 2019 fire, not only has the cathedral been fully repaired, it is now cleaner than it has been in almost 800 years. The restoration permitted historians of architecture and specialists in materials science to examine the building “up close.” As a result, they discovered more about this magnificent building and Gothic Cathedrals in general. Come celebrate the beauty of its local limestone and the design and construction.
RSVP for this Speaker Series event, which is open to both SHS members and the general public. Donations to support our programming are always appreciated.
Dr. Bruzelius first worked on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame during the protracted cleaning of the interior of the cathedral in the early 1980’s. The close up study of the wall surfaces and molding profiles brings better understanding to the process of constructing the biggest building of its time. A leader in Digital Art/Architectural History, Dr. Bruzelius is a founding member of the “Wired!” group at Duke University and founded Visualizing Venice.
SHS is lucky enough to welcome back Dr. Caroline Bruzelius, who writes extensively on religious architecture of the Middle Ages in France and Italy. She authored books and articles on French Gothic architecture (Notre-Dame in Paris, St.-Denis, for example) and on the late medieval buildings of Naples. Her 2014 book, Preaching, Building and Burying, explores the connections between religious practices and the impact on urban spaces and church design.
Sippican Historical Society Museum Blog
“I Spy” Explore Marion Village
More 20th Century Marion Women
Marion Girls Friendly Circle
The Sippican Historical Society was founded in 1963 to foster interest in the history of Marion, encourage historical research and writing, and establish a museum to preserve and display artifacts, documents, and artwork pertaining to the town. The museum and society are housed in the historic Walton Nye Ellis house at the corner of Main and Front Streets in Marion.
