Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.

Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.

Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.

Concert: Pete Smith

Pete Smith is a New York City-based guitarist (and H.W. Longfellow descendant) who performs in a wide range of musical settings.  As a founding member of Grupo los Santos (Santos4tet) a vanguard Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-style quartet he has played New York’s Town Hall a......More

Pete Smith is a New York City-based guitarist (and H.W. Longfellow descendant) who performs in a wide range of musical settings.  As a founding member of Grupo los Santos (Santos4tet) a vanguard Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-style quartet he has played New York’s Town Hall and concerts throughout the U.S. Cuba & Austria. He has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival as well as concerts in thirty countries throughout Europe Eastern Europe Africa and Asia. He has worked with Norah Jones trumpeter Donald Byrd Cuban trombone master Juan Pablo Torres Andrew Hill Kat Edmonson Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks the Moonlighters Madeline Peyroux Natalie Merchant and Huun-Huur-Tu and is a member of Michael Feinstein’s Carnegie Hall Big Band. In 2023 he traveled to Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) as a member of the band Opius Bliss—as cultural ambassadors for the US Embassy—to perform for and teach play and dialogue with local musicians in Kinshasa and Kisangani. 2023 also saw the release of Santos4tet's 4th album "Santos 4".  In 2024 Santos4tet was the recipient of a JazzRoad Touring Grant from SouthArts funded by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation which supported their 5-city tour of the Sountheast.  Pete will be recording a new album with bassist Sean Smith (The Smith Duo) in 2025.

Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.

Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.

Hourly Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow ......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.What does this house reveal about our shared past? Here, history was made, and history was written. Highlighting the house and its remarkable collections (original to the Longfellow period), this conversational tour will explore links between colonial-era slavery and freedom, Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic legacy, and the Longfellow family’s legacy of historic preservation.

Express Tour

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.Short on time? Tour the first-floor collections on this informal exploration of American history, culture, and identity.

250th Deep Dive Tour: Headquarters of a Revolution

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour exp......More

Entrance to the historic house is by guided tour only, and all tours are free of charge.General George Washington’s Cambridge headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our nation. This conversational tour explores Cambridge Headquarters as a hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, and soldiers shaped history - and how later generations would shape its memory.