Welcome to the
Marshfield (Massachusetts) Historical Society Website

You can reach us by leaving a message at 781-834-0100 or send an  e-mail:  marshfieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or mail us at P.O. Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050

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Check the Coming Events Tab Above to See What’s Coming Up for 2022-2023

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  Guided Tours of our New Museum – Sunday Afternoons

Private docent-led one-hour Guided Tours of the Marcia Thomas House Museum are available on the first and second Sundays of the month (e.g. December 4th and 11th (2022), January 8th (2023), February 5th and 12th and March 5th and 12th etc. 

Just call Tim Davidson (781) 801-8267 or email him at tdavidson02050@gmail.com to make reservations for 1pm, 2pm, or 3pm guided tours. Please call him by the Friday before the planned guided tour.  The suggested donation is $15 per person.

Five (5) first-floor rooms of the Marcia Thomas House at 65 Webster Street were repurposed, repainted, doorways changed, and lecture/display space created.  These changes permit public access to lectures without climbing stairs and provide expanded public museum space. 

See Curator Dottie Melcher’s new Villages-inspired room displays inspired by Marshfield: A Town of Villages (a local history classic by Cynthia Krusell, and Betty Bates) each room with new picture rails and professional display cases full of relevant artifacts.  Most of the displays in the older 1835 house museum rooms have been renewed as well. 

Working on Museum Displays in Newly Repurposed Rooms. Newly Created Curator Space on Second Floor.  Click on pictures to enlarge.

Tim Davidson,  781- 801- 8267

 

To view videos of previous Pro-Am Historical Highlights lectures, click on the “Pro-Am” tab above.

Please consider a Donation to help compensate for lost revenue from live in-person events like these lectures. For example, please consider donating $10 for each event you viewed either simulcast or on our website in 2020 and 2021. Click the “Donate” tab above.

                                         

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Our First Published Book – To buy a copy of The Life of Peregrine White: The First Englishman Born in New England, an attractive and well-reviewed 140-page book on Marshfield’s famous Colonial son, send a check for $25 plus $5 for postage and handling to: “Marshfield Historical Society – Books”, 79 Parker Street, Marshfield, MA 02050. Or to pay by credit card, go to our online store by clicking the “Store” tab above.

This publication was funded, in part, by a grant from the Marshfield Cultural Council. We thank them for their support.

 

 

Also, check out Robin Mitchell’s wonderful book  Yesterday’s Marshfield, a pictorial journey as viewed through the photographer’s lens. Just click the “Store” tab above.

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Membership  This is a good time to renew your membership or become a member of the Marshfield Historical Society. Dues paid after July 2022 will be paid up through December 2023. Click the “Membership Application” tab above.

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Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers for typing to update our Past Perfect artifact catalog.  If you can type, and are not terrified of computers, please volunteer to help Dottie Melcher enter data into Past Perfect our cataloging software, in the climate-controlled comfort of the Marcia Thomas House.  The cataloging text is already handwritten and just needs to be entered into our collections database. You do not need to already know how to use the software.  It takes 15 minutes to learn.  But a few typing skills will be valuable. 

This volunteer assignment may occupy your time for one or two days a week for perhaps 3-4 hours per day.  You can set the schedule starting now through the summertime.   If you are a teenager, or an octogenarian, or at any point in between, you qualify.  What a great way to help your Marshfield Historical Society carry out its mission!

Contact Dottie Melcher, Curator of the Marshfield Historical Society at 508-873-6315 or email her at dottie.melcher@gmail.com .

How about some gardening, field maintenance, simple house repairs, painting, or help with our 8-sided gazebo?  Please volunteer for one-time or for longer-term projects.

The Board cannot do it all themselves.

Please contact Tim Davidson at tdavidson02050@gmail.com or 781-801-8267 for more information.                                                               

Hat in Hand  Please consider donating to the Marshfield Historical Society, PO Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050 to help pay the endless monthly bills for telephone, internet, security, insurance, pest control, electricity, gas, and water.    We miss the income from the in-person event line-up that we normally offer.  We are delighted that some Friends of the Society recognize our financial needs and have begun to donate by credit card on our new website. Click the “Donate” tab above. Alternatively, make out your check to “Marshfield Historical Society – Operating Costs” and mail it to PO Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050. A written receipt for tax-deductible donations of $25 or more will be mailed to you by our Board.  Thank you.

                                                      
More substantial financial help is also needed by the Society in securing Marshfield-related artifacts as they become available. Please read about our Collections Acquisitions Fund under “Collections” tab above.

The 2022-2023 Board of the Marshfield Historical Society

David Welch, President                 

Dottie Melcher, First VP and Curator

Allen Uhler , Second VP

Cindy Castro, Treasurer

Eva Gilarde,  Secretary

Board Members: Charlie Bradford, Steve Height, Pat Overstreet, Glen McDonald, Jane and Tim Davidson

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