Chris Woods will give a talk on:
“Do it Yourself
Genealogy”.
Location: To be announced, please check back here for
more details.
Refreshments at 1:30PM
Talk at 2:00PM
Welcome to the
Marshfield Historical Society.
“Click here” to see photos
and a You Tube video on the
Grand opening of the
Marcia Thomas Museum,
The first museum of the
Town of Marshfield
Our Goals
To educateand inform the public about the
History of Marshfield and its surroundings by:
Operating a local historical museum at
the Marcia Thomas House
Offering schoolchildren access to the
1857 Winslow Schoolhouse as a Living
History experience
Operating an historical research center
and archival storage facility
Encouraging our membership to learn to
be amateur historians by providing Programs
where their work can be shared with others
To collect, preserve and display artifacts, documents and photographs related to the Town of Marshfield and its surroundings.
To provide access to our collection by amateur and professional historical researchers alike. To preserve and utilize the historical buildings
in our possession.
The Marshfield Historical Society (MHS) is the oldest historical organization in the town and was founded in 1913?
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The MHS has been collecting Marshfield-related artifacts since then and continues to add to the collection?
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Our collection of artifacts are kept in “state-of-the-art” storage facilities that include a controlled environment (e.g. constant temperature, humidly 24/7 and 98% UV filtration?
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That over 3000 artifacts stored in these conditions have been professionally cataloged, cleaned and stored in acid-free materials?
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That grants from the Commonwealth and the CommunityPreservation Act (CPA) and from a small endowment have funded our recent developments?
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Our curator, Dorothy MacMullen oversees our museum and research center and that she needs your help?
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Our membership dues are the lowest among all of Marshfield’s historical organizations?
