by Westborough Center | May 17, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
An ad from an 1877 Westborough Directory for blacksmith services. Westborough’s Blacksmiths As a child, when my parents would take our family to craft fairs to sell their creations, I was given the freedom to wander among the various vendors on my own. Inevitably, I...
by Westborough Center | Apr 19, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
House Raising by William P. Chappel, 1870s (Metropolitan Art Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10453) Raising Parties in Colonial Westborough Craft is a social act. We first learn a craft from people who are proficient at it, and as time goes on...
by Westborough Center | Mar 15, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
National Straw Works – Sewing Hall, ca. 1885 Let’s Consider Craft in Westborough I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,...
by Westborough Center | Feb 21, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
On Monday, MARCH 4, 2024 at 7:30pm at The Willows Auditorium, One Lyman Street, The Westborough Historical Society will present “Classical Ballet and Music from Southern India” performed by Guru Sridevi Ajai Thirumalai, Artistic Director of the Natyamani School...
by Westborough Center | Feb 16, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
(Wikimedia) This essay is part of a new Westborough History Connections series called, “A Meeting of Two Cultures: Native Americans and Early European Settlers in Westborough.” Click here to start at the beginning of the series. The Hassanamisco Band of Nipmucs Today...
by Old Colony History Museum | Jan 31, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
TAUNTON, MA—The Old Colony History Museum, a leading cultural institution dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the Old Colony region of Massachusetts, is delighted to announce the appointment of two new staff members who will contribute to the...
