by DHS | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Wish You Were Here: Souvenirs of Dedham Why do we collect souvenirs when we travel? What do the things we bring home tell about ourselves and the places that we visit? How have our ideas changed about what is okay to take from a historic site? Wish You Were Here:...
by DHS | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! “The Dedham Historical Society & Museum will join the festivities of the Dedham Square Holiday Stroll with a toy train layout. George Dunn, owner of the trains, will be on hand to share his hobby. The trains will be on view only during the...
by DHS | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanksgiving is a time to be with family and friends. Therefore, we will be closed Wednesday, November 25th through Monday, November 30th for the holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, December 1st at 9am. The Board and Staff wish everyone a safe and happy...
by DHS | Oct 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Dedham Historical Society & Museum 2015-16 lecture series kicks off on Thursday, September 24 with Robert Cheney presenting a lecture on “Willard Eight-Day Clocks & the Mysterious English Connection.” For over 100 years, Simon Willard and his family of...
by DHS | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
The DHSM will be OPEN the following days/hours during the week of the 4th of July, 2015. Office: Tuesday, June 30 through Friday, July 3; 9am – 4pm Museum: Tuesday, June 30 through Friday, July 3; 12 nooon – 4pm Library and Archives: Tuesday, June 30 and...
by DHS | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
On May 31 celebrate Dedham’s rich architectural history with a self-guided walking tour of wonderful homes in one of Dedham’s historic neighborhoods. This year’s tour includes five great houses plus the Fairbanks House, the oldest timber-frame house in New England....
by DHS | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM ADDS “TIME TRAVELERS” AS MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT The Society is always looking for ways to improve benefits to our membership program. This year we are adding a program known as “Time Travelers,” a reciprocal network for...
by DHS | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
DHS Lecture Series Concludes April 23 with Scholar & Author Brock Jobe Concluding this year’s lecture series on April 23, Winterthur Museum scholar and author Brock Jobe will discuss 400 Years of Massachusetts Furniture. Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts...
by DHS | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
“TOMMY GUN WINTER” Jewish gangsters, a preacher’s daughter and the trial in Dedham that shocked 1930s Boston! Sunday, April 19 @ 2:00pm DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM Veteran journalist, Nathan Gornestein tracks down a family secret and rediscovers the story...
by DHS | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Join us for author and lecturer David Kruh as he traces the origins of the late 1920s, when the Massachusetts Department of Public Works cobbled together a makeshift network of existing roads through Boston’s suburbs. The lecture begins at 7:30 pm in the Society’s...
