Coming in June:
Party at Fitch Tavern, the biggest and best Bedford bash in years!
Details
here.
Coming in March: Genealogy Night.
Our speakers will include Bedford Historical Society members who have traced
their ancestry back to the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower, to the Massachusetts Bay
Colony settlers who arrived on the Arbella and other ships, or to
other early immigrants. Details
here
Welcome to the web site of
the Bedford Historical
Society!
We are a private, nonprofit organization devoted to the
preservation of Bedford’s history. We offer a variety of ways for the public
to learn, enjoy, and become involved. Come join us!
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We've received a new shipment of Bedford Flag stamps,
genuine U.S. postage. Click here.
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See our
photos on
Flickr. See our virtual face on
Facebook. Hear us tweet on
Twitter!
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Would you
like to receive email notices about upcoming events? Send us a message
at
info@bedfordmahistory.org and we will put you on our email list.
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Check out
the new line of KID
STUFF in our store – traditional wooden toys, books on
early American life and crafts, and more!
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See us
on Bedford TV. You can see some of our meetings and tours on Bedford TV. Click
here for the current
schedule. Watch for our upcoming events on the Community Bulletin
Board (Comcast Channel 9, Verizon Channel 39).
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Speaker's bureau.
We love to talk Bedford
history! Would you like us to give a talk to your club or company, or as
part of an event? We're happy to do it. Contact us
for details.
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Interested in becoming an
Archives volunteer? Click
here to learn more.
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Our new phone number:
We now have a direct-dial number, 781-275-7276.
What we do
For more than 100 years the Bedford Historical Society,
with the aid of its hard-working volunteers and the benefit of many generous
charitable donations, has been very active in the community.
We collect and preserve all things Bedford. We
own an extensive array of letters, photographs, family Bibles, maps,
official documents, household belongings, postcards, records of social
organizations, newspaper clippings, souvenirs of important events, family
collections of letters and pictures, business records, children’s toys and
books, and much, much more.
We offer a wide selection of books on Bedford
history and other Bedford-related merchandise at our sales booth
on the Fourth of July, Bedford Day, and other occasions.
We offer 6 meetings a year featuring lectures by
experts on a variety of local history topics.
We conduct tours of historic Bedford.
We participate in the Historic Bedford program
for the town’s schoolchildren.
We answer research requests from the public.
We publish an informative newsletter.
We open our collections to the public on Bedford
Day and by appointment throughout the year. Just give us a call!
We are proud to be a member of the
Bedford Chamber of Commerce.
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