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Lawson Tower September Sunset Soiree

Gather your family and friends, grab a picnic lunch, snacks or whatever munchies you would like and join us at the top of the tower.

Once you climb the 123 stairs to the top, you will be greeted by Scituate Historical Society Trustees who will discuss the history of Thomas Lawson and the tower as we watch the sunset.

Each table seats 4 but space is limited.

$10

Full Moon Tower Tour – Hunter Moon

What's better than a full moon over Scituate? Watching the moon rise from the top of Lawson Tower! Join us for the Hunter Moon on October 20th and see it from a different vantage point. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower and to answer any […]

$5

The Haunting Tower & Harbor Haunts Tour / Friday

$5 per person / $20 per family The tower will be lit up for Halloween again this year. Take a not so scary trip up to the top of Lawson Tower with family and friends. Before you venture up the 123 stairs to the top you will meet a few characters and hear stories made […]

$5

The Haunting Tower & Harbor Haunts Tour / Saturday

$5 per person / $20 per family The tower will be lit up for Halloween again this year. Take a not so scary trip up to the top of Lawson Tower with family and friends. Before you venture up the 123 stairs to the top you will meet a few characters and hear stories made […]

$5

Full Moon Tower Tour – Beaver Moon

What's better than a full moon over Scituate? Watching the moon rise from the top of Lawson Tower! Join us for the Beaver Moon on November 19th and see it from a different vantage point. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower and to answer any […]

$5

Full Moon Tower Tour – Cold Moon

What's better than a full moon over Scituate? Watching the moon rise from the top of Lawson Tower! Join us for the Cold Moon on December 19th and see it from a different vantage point. Scituate Historical Society Trustees will be on hand to give a brief history of the tower and to answer any […]

$5

The Blizzard of ’78 and Its Impact on Scituate

GAR Hall, 353 Country Way, Scituate

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 […]

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Full Moon Tower Tour – Worm Moon

Lawson Tower, Behind 330 First Parish Road, Scituate

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 […]

$5

The Irish in Scituate: Pre-Revolutionary War to Present

GAR Hall, 353 Country Way, Scituate

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 […]

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The Grounding of the Etrusco

Scituate Maritime & Irish Mossing Museum 301 Driftway, Scituate, MA

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 […]

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