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...
by DHS | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Dedham Historical Society & Museum will close on Wednesday, December 24 at 12 noon. The office, museum, library, and archives will reopen on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 9am. For further information please call 781-326-1385.
by DHS | Jul 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
The 2014 Dedham Pottery collector’s plate brings back the lobster design from more than a century ago. This New England-themed design, with its asymmetrical placement of the lobster, reflects the influence of Japanese art which swept the Western art world at the turn...
by DHS | Jul 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Museum has expanded its 2014 summer hours. From July 1 – August 31 the museum will be open from 10am – 4pm Tuesday through Friday and 12pm – 4pm on even dated Saturdays. Office hours will remain the same: Tuesday – Friday 9am – 4pm and the Archives Tuesday and...
