The Rebecca Nurse Homestead

We’re inviting everyone to mail us postcards from your hometown, or a birthday card, (feel free to be creative!) To honor Rebecca’s 400th Birthday. It could include a birthday message to Rebecca with how she has impacted you all these centuries later.

We will display them at the museum in a temporary exhibit this year and share some here for our followers. All of them will be scanned and archived for future generations.

Please consider sending a donation along with your card to help preserve this wonderful site, we are hoping to raise enough money to match a grant we received this year to re-roof the front of the Nurse Homestead and do some much needed restoration work to our barn as well.

If you would like to donate right now you can CLICK HERE

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We will finally be opening to the public starting August 1st (Please note that our open hours will be limited and are subject to change, we will post on our Facebook and website with any last minute changes to our schedule). Due to the new Massachusetts regulations on visiting historic structures we will be instituting some new rules and guidelines (see below). If you are traveling from outside of Massachusetts please read the new COVID-19 Travel Order. MA Travel Advisory.

We will only be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm. (last admission tickets sold at 2:30pm so please plan accordingly) We may open for more hours in October, please check back for updated hours closer to October.

VISITATION GUIDELINES 

1. In adherence with state law and to protect the safety of visitors and staff, face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are required at all times while on site, the only exceptions include children under the age of 2 and those unable to wear a mask or face covering due to a medical condition. (A face covering can include anything that covers BOTH your nose and mouth; homemade cloth masks, neck gaiters, and bandanas. According to Massachusetts regulations plastic face shields (without a mask), or masks with vents/valves are NOT acceptable face coverings.
2. Each visitor/family will be asked to sign a waiver with their name and phone number or email address as a safety measure. Should an outbreak occur and we can notify those who were here on that day. (This information will not be sold or shared publicly)
3. Due to the limited space and capacity (which prohibit social distancing) we will not be conducting guided tours of the buildings. Instead we will have the historic buildings open for a self-guided walk-thru. Our knowledgeable staff will still be available to talk with visitors about the history of the site and answer any questions.  Educational materials will be available.
4. We will be limiting the capacity of each building as follows:
   •  The Nurse House will be allowing 1 visitor to walk through at a time. (If you are from the same household you will be able to walk through together)
   • The replica Meetinghouse will be allowed up to 20 visitors at a time as long as social distancing rules (6ft. spacing between groups) are being followed.
   • The Endicott Barn/ Gift Shop will be allowed 2 visitors at a time. 

UPDATE: Due to the phased opening plan laid out by Governor Baker we will not be allowed to open until PHASE 3, which means we will remain closed to the public through June 2020. We are working on a plan of re-opening that will keep our volunteers, and our visitors as safe as possible. Thank you for your patience, and support during these uncertain times.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced at the end of April that the state’s stay-at-home advisory had been extended through Monday, May 18. This means that we will not be able to open on weekends in May like we previously planned and that our May 16th reenactment is cancelled. We will remain closed to the public through May and will wait to make a decision about June until more information becomes available to us.

We also want to remind locals, and those who have been showing up to walk around, that we do not allow people to visit ANY part of our site when we are closed, this includes people who have previously used our site as a cut through to the Danvers Rail Trail or Collins Street. Thank you for understanding, and we hope that everyone is staying healthy and safe during this uncertain time. We hope to be open as soon as it is safe to do so.

We had planned to send out our Spring/Summer Newsletter a couple weeks ago but due to the shutdown of non essential businesses regarding COVID-19, we have decided to upload the Newsletter here, instead of mailing it out to our membership. If you are not a member please consider joining, as one of the membership perks is our newsletter, along with free admission to the Museum, and all of our special events. Click here to join!

Please note that since we are unsure of the length of time that Massachusetts will be on advisory, we are still planning on going forward with all planned events until further notice. Please follow us on Facebook as well to keep up to date on all of our upcoming events, and any changes the the schedule.

This #GivingTuesday we are raising money for Danvers Alarm List Company Inc the owners and operators of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. And on GivingTuesday Dec 3, Facebook will match a total of $7 million in donations first come, first served. Thank you for your support!

The Rebecca Nurse Homestead is a private non-profit house museum owned by the Danvers Alarm List Coy. It is an entirely volunteer group of 18th century living history reenactors that portray the militia, minute and alarm companies of Danvers and surrounding communities, as they existed in the 1774-1775 timeframe. The Alarm List Coy. presents its impression to the public through demonstrations, exhibitions, parades, living history encampments and battle reenactments.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO OUR GIVING TUESDAY CAMPAIGN