Welcome to the Press Room

Here you will find news releases, story ideas, and photography guidelines.

Historic New England is pleased to host members of the media at our historic house museums and landscapes, or provide information about the collections, educational programs, and preservation services. With knowledge of the focus of your story, we are able to arrange tours, interviews, or photo shoots to ensure you are as productive as possible. Members of the press are invited to register for our media list by sending an email to news@HistoricNewEngland.org

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Sample Story Ideas:

The following are samples of the many story ideas that Historic New England offers for interesting feature articles.

  • The Folk Art Collection at Cogswell's Grant
  • Introduction to Victorian Furniture
  • Roseland Cottage: Henry C. Bowen's Gothic Revival Summer Home
  • A Tour of Gropius House, Home of the Founder of the Bauhaus
  • The Evolution of a Holiday: Christmas from the Seventeenth Century to 1900
  • Colonial Times School Program
  • Protecting Private Properties with Preservation Easements
  • Seventeenth Century Architecture – A Journey Through New England’s First Period
  • Historic Paint Colors for Your House
  • Boston's First Big Dig, the Subway Collection

Other story ideas:


Photography and Image Rights

Commercial photography is permitted with advance arrangement, written permission, and insurance documentation. Historic New England staff supervision is required. Fees are charged for commercial shoots.

Editorial photography is permitted with advance arrangement, written permission, and insurance documentation. Historic New England staff supervision is required. Historic New England also has many images of its historic sites and collection available to the press to illustrate editorial coverage.

Certain restriction may apply to photo shoots in museum spaces.

For additional information on photo shoots or digital photography, please contact Public Relations at news@HistoricNewEngland.org


Media Links:

Our Mission
To serve the public by preserving and presenting New England heritage. Fact Sheet

Press Releases:

- HNE Centennial Release
- Centennial Gala
- Winter Antiques Show
- Preservation Grant
- Drawing Toward Home
- New Museum Shop Items
- Southwoods Furniture at High Point
- Benjamin Lincoln House


What's Happening Newsletters:

- Nov/Dev 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009


e-newsletters:

- Archives




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