Historic New England to Open Haverhill Center with ‘Shoe Stories’

Historic New England to Open Haverhill Center with ‘Shoe Stories’

June 16, 2026 · 11 min

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Historic New England is set to open a new preservation and collections center in Haverhill with an exhibit titled 'Shoe Stories'.

Historic New England plans to open its long-awaited preservation and collections center a week from Saturday with “Shoe Stories: Part, Present, Future” as its opening exhibit along with a day of free activities for the public. The nonprofit, which operates 38 museums across the region, began housing its collections in 1988 within a former shoe manufacturing building in Haverhill. It went on to buy the building and its twin, spurring plans in 2023 for a history center. Vin Cipolla, president a...

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