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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!
What we doFor 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. |