Founded in 1870, the Natick Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation of the history and artifacts that contribute to an understanding of our local heritage.
Programs:
Lectures and family activities. See website for schedule and description.
Accessiblility:
Wheelchair accessible
Collections:
Artifacts of Archaic, Woodland and Christian Indian cultures of Natick. Among the collections is the Indian Bible of the 17th century missionary, John Eliot, founder of the Natick Indian Community.
Memorabilia of many of Natick's distinguished citizens including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger, Jr., and Henry Wilson, 20th Vice-President of the United States.
Early maps, photographs, furnishing, tools and costumes are displayed to illustrate the community's daily life in earlier periods. The Society also holds an outstanding collection of birds of the Americas.
The archive contains material relating to Natick and surrounding towns, local authors, genealogy, and natural history. |
