Vintage post cards of Marion, MA. Coins & ephemera from the Sippican Historical Society archives.

Annual Meeting

June 11, 2025 6:30pm at the Marion Music Hall

Members, join us to approve the next slate of Board Members, thank outgoing Directors, and help set course for the next two years. Renew your membership now, or do so at the meeting.

H.H. Richardson, painted by Hubert Van Herkomer in 1886 from the National Gallery of Art

The H.H. Richardson Lecture Series at the Marion Music Hall

June 11, 2025 7pm Jay Wickersham, Chris Milford and Hope Mayo
H.H. Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library Harvard University

June 17, 2025 6:30pm Mark Wright
H.H.Richardson’s House for Reverend Browne, Rediscovered

June 24, 2025 6:30pm Bryan McSweeney
A Photographic Journey of H.H. Richardson’s Architecture in New England

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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.

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