Welcome to the
Marshfield (Massachusetts) Historical Society Website

You can reach us by leaving a message at 781-834-0100 or send an  e-mail:  marshfieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or mail us at P.O. Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050 

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Check the Coming Events Tab Above to See What’s Coming Up for 2025

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Open hours of the Marcia Thomas House Museum are available on every Thursday 1 pm to 4 pm and the first Sunday of the month 1 pm to 4 pm (March 2nd,April 6, May 4, June, 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December , 2025.)

If you would like to make an appointment please contact Dottie Melcher via email dottie.melcher@gmail.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To view videos of previous Pro-Am Historical Highlights lectures, click on the “Pro-Am” tab above.

Please consider a Donation to help compensate for lost revenue from live in-person events like these lectures. For example, please consider donating $10 for each event you viewed either simulcast or on our website in 2020 and 2021. Click the “Donate” tab above.

                                         

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Membership  This is a good time to renew your 2025 membership. Please see the membership tab in the store. 

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Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers for typing to update our Past Perfect artifact catalog.  If you can type, and are not terrified of computers, please volunteer to help Dottie Melcher enter data into Past Perfect our cataloging software, in the climate-controlled comfort of the Marcia Thomas House.  The cataloging text is already handwritten and just needs to be entered into our collections database. You do not need to already know how to use the software.  It takes 15 minutes to learn.  But a few typing skills will be valuable. 

This volunteer assignment may occupy your time for one or two days a week for perhaps 3-4 hours per day.  You can set the schedule starting now through the summertime.   If you are a teenager, or an octogenarian, or at any point in between, you qualify.  What a great way to help your Marshfield Historical Society carry out its mission!

Contact Dottie Melcher, Curator of the Marshfield Historical Society. Email her at dottie.melcher@gmail.com .

 

The Board cannot do it all themselves.

                                                                

Hat in Hand  Please consider donating to the Marshfield Historical Society, PO Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050 to help pay the endless monthly bills for telephone, internet, security, insurance, pest control, electricity, gas, and water.  More substantial financial help is also needed by the Society in securing Marshfield-related artifacts as they become available. We are delighted that some Friends of the Society recognize our financial needs and have begun to donate by credit card on our new website. Click the “Donate” tab above. Alternatively, make out your check to “Marshfield Historical Society – Operating Costs” and mail it to PO Box 1244, Marshfield, MA 02050. A written receipt for tax-deductible donations of $25 or more will be mailed to you by our Board.  Thank you.

                                                       

The 2024-2025 Board of the Marshfield Historical Society

Steven Height, President                 

Dottie Melcher, First VP and Curator

Allen Uhler , Second VP

Cindy Castro, Treasurer

                        Secretary

Board Members:  Pat Overstreet, David Welch, Tina Gagne, Jane and Tim Davidson (New Board Members are also needed at this time)

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