Lawson Tower Chimer Lena Badger will be playing Not So Scary Creepy Music for all to enjoy! Classic tunes and family favorites! Enjoy the lights and sounds from your car or bring a blanket and listen from the tower lawn. Email GAR Hall Events for more information.
The Scituate Historical Society invites you to Bluegrass Night Featuring the WSU Bluegrass Band The WSU (“Whoever Shows Up”) Bluegrass Band is a group of friends/musicians that gather to jam together and enjoy sharing good times and a love for acoustic music. Join us at the GAR Hall in Scituate. Tickets for this event are: […]
The Scituate Historical Society will offer “Trips To The Top” on select full moon evenings. Climb the 121 stairs to the belfry where you will look out over Scituate and take in the starry sky and bright full moon. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower […]
Presentation and Book Signing by Historian Anthony Sammarco Inferno: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a devastating fire that destroyed sixty-five acres of land in Boston, from Washington Street, between Summer Street and Milk Street, fanning eastward towards the wharves projecting into Boston Harbor. The fire was […]
The Scituate Historical Society will offer “Trips To The Top” on select full moon evenings. Climb the 121 stairs to the belfry where you will look out over Scituate and take in the starry sky and bright full moon. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower […]
Meet Bob Gallagher, Scituate Lighthouse Keeper and Jill West, Bates House resident caretaker. These present-day caretakers share their stories of living in these unique historical homes and you’ll learn about past residents, like Rebecca and Abigail Bates, who called both places home! Admission: Non-members: $5 Members, Veterans and Under 16: Free
Meet Bob Gallagher, Scituate Lighthouse Keeper and Jill West, Bates House resident caretaker. These present-day caretakers share their stories of living in these unique historical homes and you’ll learn about past residents, like Rebecca and Abigail Bates, who called both places home! Admission: Non-members: $5 Members, Veterans and Under 16: Free
Join us on the 45th Anniversary of the Blizzard of '78 to recall this momentous event and its impact on Scituate. There have been many storms which have brought feet of snow to New England but there have been few to bring the type of coastal devastation we saw during the Blizzard of ’78. The […]
The Scituate Historical Society will offer “Trips To The Top” on select full moon evenings. Climb the 121 stairs to the belfry where you will look out over Scituate and take in the starry sky and bright full moon. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower […]
Come join us on the lawn of Lawson Tower as Society Chimer Lenae Badger entertains us throughout the year with Bell Concerts of celebration, inspiration and remembrance. Lenae will play a vast selection of favorites for all ages. Bring a blanket, a snack, lunch or dinner and enjoy these free concerts with family and friends! […]
A presentation by Scituate Historical Society President Robert Chessia Mr. Chessia will discuss the plight of the Irish, touching on Irish Mossing, Dreamwold, Waves of Irish, Boston Bussing, the Etrusco and more. Tickets for this event are: $10.00 per person for Society members $15.00 per person for non-members Tickets may also be purchased at the […]
In March of 1956, a shipwreck would turn Scituate on its head for a summer and well into the fall; 67 years later the stories have swelled to bursting. On Sunday, March 26, the Scituate Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum at 301 Driftway, will feature docents who have gathered up many of those tales. Come […]