by Westborough Center | Dec 17, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
First Christmas Eve – A Vision of the Future, from Puck magazine, 1896 (Library of Congress) The Importance of Ritual We are deep into the holiday season, and as we continue to plan our parties and family gatherings, purchase gifts to exchange with loved ones, and...
by Westborough Center | Nov 19, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
Material Memories In a devastating scene in John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, after losing their farm to a bank during the Great Depression, must make decisions about what they can fit into the truck that will take them from their home in...
by Arlington Historical Society | Nov 15, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
Walk by the Jason Russell House and you’ll find that drilling for our geothermal heating and cooling system has begun! The rig shown will be drilling a series of wells about 400 feet deep. This is a depth that is a constant temperature of about 55 degrees for cooling...
by Westborough Center | Oct 15, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
A squirrel and my dog playing, “How close can I get?” Squirrels We liken our backyard deck to a treehouse, because it sits atop a walk-out basement and overlooks a wooded hill in such a way that the deck is positioned right at the canopy level of the trees. From this...
by Arlington Historical Society | Oct 13, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
We are so pleased to announce that we have been awarded $39,236 from the Institute of Museum & Library Services “Inspire! Grants for Small Museums” to digitize and rehouse 1,352 objects in our collection. This project includes complete removal, inventory,...
by Westborough Center | Sep 17, 2021 | Museums, The Kiosk
Community, Memory, Stories Workers from the J. R. Cooper Co., a leather works, in front of the factory on Beach St., ca. 1880-1899. Hanging Out around the Rotary, by Brandin Tumeinski, 2018 “When a community loses its memory, its members no longer know one another....
