The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is an organization of women that actively promotes and conserves our national heritage. Our activities are focused on historic preservation, patriotic service and educational projects.
The NSCDA-MA strives to preserve, learn about, and pass on to future generations an understanding of our Colonial heritage as part of the many diverse contributions that make up the richness of America’s culture.
The Massachusetts Colonial Dames is organized as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We own or operate three historic houses in Massachusetts, The William Hickling Prescott House in Boston, Quincy Homestead in Quincy, and Martin House Farm in Swansea. Our properties are open to the public from May to November and at other times by special arrangement.
We also maintain an important costume collection (antique women’s clothing collection). We regularly display selected items from our costume collection in our houses, and offer special exhibits from time to time. Our costume collection is open to people doing research in the field, and appropriate items can be loaned to other organizations for special events.
We sponsor or host projects related to patriotic service by supporting those who have served our country with financial support of a veterans’ homeless shelter in Boston and several national programs, including Wreaths Across America and America’s VetDogs. Also, through our national organization, we support various scholarship programs that relate to American history and the three national historic houses. We participate in the Smithsonian Institution’s national portrait survey and the NSCDA’s historic sampler survey, each of which adds to our understanding our past.
55 Beacon Street
Boston, MA, 02108
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