Sherborn Historical Society
Welcome
Clark’s store in the 1880’s. Located near the junction of routes 16 and 27, it served as the town’s store, post o ffice, and information center from 1809 to c.1905
Yes, the Sherborn Historical Society, which was founded in 1911 and incorporated in 1913, has been preserving the town’s history and artifacts for over a century. Our extraordinary collection includes documents from the 17th century onward, a coffee cup used by George Washington, an extensive archive of Sherborn’s industries, as well as examples of 19th century clothing, furniture, tools and toys. Our research collection includes local histories, genealogy, architectural history and more than a thousand historic photographs.
Our exhibits, located throughout the Town Offices, provide a fascinating glimpse of some of the items in the museum collection, currently in storage, and act as a reminder of their value to the town and the need to find a permanent home for them.
We continue to work on inventory and preservation of the collection archives, particularly the books, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and historic clippings files, in preparation for our next home.
Please help us continue to preserve Sherborn’s heritage by becoming a member.
George F. Fiske, Jr.
President
In the late 18th and early 19th century Sherborn was a farm town characterized by cottage industries such as leather dressing, gun-making, cider-making and willow basketry.
News and Events
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Part of our ongoing program of fascinating in-depth looks at our local history. Please join us on April 3rd1
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Tuesday March 26th from 4-6pm, in the Local History Room of the Sherborn Library, Curator Martha Mahard will be available to help with research questions, and share her interest in historic documents. Drop in and say hello!
From the Curator
What’s Been Happening? While much of the collection remains in storage we have not been idle. For the past year members of the board of directors have been working on the extensive subject files which document town history, buildings, historic houses, industries, families and genealogy. Accumulated over more than 100 years the files have benefited from weeding, new folders, and in many cases rearrangement. Books from the original collection of 1913 as well as those accumulated since then have been inventoried, assessed for condition and labeled with accession numbers for future retrieval. Original documents including letters, accounts, and journals, have been gathered into one set of files arranged by name and re-foldered or marked for additional conservation needs. While the majority of the collection, particularly the historic objects, and display cases, remains in storage, we have plenty to work on for now and appreciate the opportunity to make use of this big pause.
Martha Mahard
Curator
Our Move
In order for the Sherborn Town Office building to re-open and resume operations, the Town Administration has had to reconfigure the various office spacing to comply with new social distancing measures. As a result, the Sherborn Historical Society has had to move the Museum out of our current quarters and into storage until space is available in another Town Building.
Members
You can be engaged with Sherborn's preservation of history in many ways; including donations, volunteering and education. If you're interested in membership, click the ``Become a Member`` button below. Then print, fill out and mail the form back to us.
