What Educational and Media Resources Does the Paul Revere House Offer?

The Paul Revere House website (paulreverehouse.org) offers several free educational and media resources you can use without visiting Boston: a learning resource on Paul Revere's life, the Revere House Radio podcast, the Revere Express blog, and recorded lectures and poetry. The main limitation is that some content, such as the Lowell Lecture Series, is tied to scheduled events—so what's available online depends on what has already taken place and been posted.

Paul Revere's Life: Learning Resource

The site hosts a dedicated learning resource on Paul Revere's life, aimed at anyone who wants background before a visit or a classroom-style overview. It sits alongside the site's other educational material rather than replacing a visit to the house itself.

This is the place to start if your goal is to understand who Revere was before engaging with the podcast or blog, which assume more context.

Revere House Radio (Podcast)

Revere House Radio is the site's podcast. New episodes are highlighted on the homepage, and the site links out to listen. If you prefer audio to reading, this is the most direct way to follow the house's research and stories.

Because episodes are released over time, the homepage shows only the latest—expect to browse for older ones.

Revere Express (Blog)

Revere Express is the blog, described on the site as keeping readers "up to date with all things Revere related." Posts cover the Revere family and life in colonial Boston, and the site maintains an archive you can browse.

Use the blog when you want short, specific stories rather than a structured overview. The archive is the entry point for anything older than the current posts.

Lowell Lecture Series and Other Recorded Programs

The 2026 Lowell Lecture Series is the site's main public lecture program. Two sessions are listed:

The October 5 lecture is explicitly free to the public and can be watched online or attended in person. The site does not state a fee for the October 26 lecture, so treat its cost as unconfirmed rather than assuming it is free.

The site also posts recorded material after events. One example: for a November 13, 2025 concert program, Inaugural Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson wrote a poem, "Dear Paul Revere or Forge, Shape, Shine!," and the site now shares a recording and transcript.

Poetry and the Longfellow Connection

The site addresses how Revere became famous—through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Paul Revere's Ride—and extends that into contemporary poetry through Gibson's commissioned work. If you're teaching the poem, the recording and transcript give you a primary source to pair with it.

Award-Winning Publication

The Paul Revere Memorial Association/Paul Revere House received a 2026 Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for its 250th-anniversary publication, Paul Revere's Ride: An Illustrated History. The book was researched and illustrated by artist Cortney Skinner and contains 13 historical illustrations of key moments of the Midnight Ride, narrated with Revere's own words. The site links to a gift shop for purchasing it.

How to Choose

• Want a structured overview: start with the Paul Revere's Life learning resource.
• Prefer audio: use Revere House Radio.
• Want short, specific stories: browse the Revere Express archive.
• Want live or recorded talks: check the Lowell Lecture Series listings, and note that online attendance is confirmed free for the October 5 session.
• Teaching Longfellow: use the Gibson poem recording and transcript alongside the poem.

One practical note: the site's current hours are listed as open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:15 PM, with groups requiring advance reservations and other visitors buying self-guided tour tickets at the admissions booth on arrival. That applies to visiting in person—the educational and media resources above are separate from ticketing.