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OCHM Annual Meeting: Exhibit Opening & Dr. Hanna’s Stories from the Archives

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Join the OCHM Board of Directors for our annual business meeting celebrating our 2024 success and debuting of our dynamic 2025-2028 Strategic Plan. We invite OCHM Members to learn about the past year and, more importantly, our thrilling path forward as the premier institution of Southeastern Massachusetts history. Members will be the first to hear [...]

April Vacation @ the OCHM!

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Join us for hands-on, historic crafts, kid-friendly scavenger hunts, and, of course, a tour through our exhibits at noon this school vacation week. Don't miss out on this fun and educational experience for the whole family--and kids 12 and under are free! We're open Tuesday-Saturday from 10-4 and can't wait to see you!

Beer with Bronson: Glass

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Join Curator of Collections Bronson Michaud for a pint (or root beer) and some fun history! For one night only, Bronson selects a group of 12-18 objects from our collection that you would otherwise not see on exhibit. When displayed together, the stories that emerge from these objects are highly entertaining and educational! Tickets are [...]

Free – $10

Free Family Day!

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Join us for a fun and free day once a month at the Old Colony History Museum, where everyone is welcome to explore Southeastern Massachusetts’ rich history! A 30-minute complimentary guided highlight tour of the museum is offered at noon, and an interactive family activity takes place at 2pm. No registration required. Admission and activities [...]

Robert Treat Paine Tribute & Taunton’s Revolutionary War Walking Tour

Join the Old Colony History Museum (OCHM) and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) as we pay tribute to Taunton’s signer of the Declaration of Independence, Robert Treat Paine. May marks the 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress convening in Philadelphia to unite the thirteen colonies in support of [...]

Free – $10

Echoes from the Wetu: Remembering 1675

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Bring your family and step inside the Old Colony History Museum’s wetu replica! Discover how the Wampanoag People lived in the 1600s and learn about the events that led to King Philip’s War. This year marks the 350th anniversary of the deadliest war in New England, fought between the Wampanoag People, and surrounding tribes, and [...]

Free – $5

Revolutionary War Wife: Sally Cobb Paine and the Taunton Home Front, 1770-1781

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

"I hope I Shall See you with your head on your Shoulders once more but my Stout heart begins to quiver for fear of blood Shed." So wrote Sally Cobb Paine to her husband, only ten days before the battles at Lexington and Concord ignited the American Revolution. While Robert Treat Paine served the cause [...]

 Armed Forces Day

The Old Colony History Museum is proud to be a 2025 Blue Star Museum! Blue Star Museums is a free admission program for active military and their families from Armed Forces Day (May 17, 2025) through Labor Day (September 1, 2025)

Free Family Day!

Old Colony History Museum 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA

Join us for a fun and free day once a month at the Old Colony History Museum, where everyone is welcome to explore Southeastern Massachusetts’ rich history! A 30-minute complimentary guided highlight tour of the museum is offered at noon, and an interactive family activity takes place at 2pm. No registration required. Admission and activities [...]

66 Church Green
Taunton, Massachusetts 02780
Open Tuesday – Saturday
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
info@oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org
508-822-1622
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