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Our Brocklebank
Museum is normally open on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 2-5 p.m. during
July
through Columbus
Day Weekend in October.
Special tours may
be arranged by emailing us
e-mail <--(click here) or by regular mail at: Georgetown
Historical Society. PO Box 376, Georgetown, MA., 01833
When The Museum
is open, Admission is $5.00 (Seniors and Students $3.00)
UPCOMING
PROGRAMS
"Civil War Sesquicentennial Anniversary"
For the nest few years, our country will be
observing
the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War. The
Georgetown Historical Society has a special
historical exhibit at the Brocklebank Museum to honor those from our
town who
served, and
to better understand the lives of those who remained here at home.
We are looking for the public’s help in
gathering
items pertaining to Georgetown and surrounding areas during the Civil
War. Of particular interest are:
- Letters to and from
Civil War Soldiers
- Diaries of soldiers or
Georgetown residents during the War
- Photos of Civil War
soldiers
- Civil War artifacts
If you have any items that
you are willing to loan
or donate, or if you would like to help in any way, please contact us
at info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.com.
Any letters or diaries chosen for the display will be photographed or
scanned
and transcribed for you, free of charge in
exchange for
allowing us to use and share the images and transcriptions in our
Digital
Archives Program. If you have
historically significant items that you do not wish to loan or donate
but would
be willing to have photographed or scanned for our Digital Archives
Program,
please contact us.
See Georgetown
Record article HERE:
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
October 2011
"HALLOWEEN CEMETERY TOURS"
Georgetown
Historical Society presents “Tragedies
and Tombstones,” a look at the macabre side of Georgetown’s history. Learn about
witches, ghosts and ghastly deaths
while touring Georgetown’s
oldest cemetery with local historian Chris Comiskey.
The
tours
will take place at Union Cemetery on East Main Street
in Georgetown
on October 22 & 23 and October
29 & 30 at 11:00 a.m. Cost of
admission is $10.00, with all proceeds going to Georgetown Historical
Society. For more information, contact info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.com.
September 2011
Georgetown
Historical Society to Participate in Trails
& Sails 2011
The
Georgetown Historical Society will be hosting an
Open House at the Brocklebank
Museum
September 17 & 18 and September 24 & 25 from 12 – 5 PM as
part of Trails & Sails 2011 and
Georgetown
Days
Historical Cemetery Tours
Local historian Chris Comiskey will be
conducting
tours of Georgetown’s Harmony Cemetery, located on Central
Street, on Saturday,
September 24 and Sunday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m. as part of Georgetown Days.
Learn about entrepreneurs, philanthropists,
abolitionists, sinners and tragic events of Georgetown in the 1800s. These tours proved to be very popular last
year, so don’t miss out!
Contact us by email by clicking on >> info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.com
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