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Sunday, Nov 8, 2:oo pm – Don’t miss this Wayland Historical Society talk by Wayland’s own Jane Sciacca! The woman in the jaunty hat is Marie Levitre, a shoe worker. During Jane’s presentation, you’ll learn about her as well as other Wayland women who...

Video of this program Thurs, Nov 12, 7:30 pm – The 1764 bill of sale for Phebey, an enslaved 2 year-old girl, is one of the most challenging and emotionally evocative objects in the Framingham History Center’s collection. How do we grapple with the...

Mon, Oct 19 – The Commonwealth Catalog is back! Can’t find what you need within the Minuteman Library Network? Shocking, but sometimes it happens…  Once again you can turn to ComCat and extend your search to the millions of titles held by participating libraries...

Video of this program Mon, 10/19, 7pm – “Everything to Gain and Nothing to Lose: African American Women in Boston’s Suffrage Movement” will explore the history of African Americans’ involvement in the Boston suffrage movement. Sign up to receive the Zoom link via email!...

Video of this program Weds, Oct 14, 7 pm – Native Americans have lived in southern New England for 10,000 years or more.  This lecture will discuss how archaeologists learn about ancient peoples from several lines of evidence, including stone tools, ceramics, and the...

Sat, Sept 26, 7 PM – Do you enjoy useless knowledge? Join us for Trivia Night! We’ll meet using Zoom and answer using either Google Forms or pen, paper, and the good ol’ honor system. Play on your own, bring your team of quarantine-mates, or...

Tues, 9/22, 7:30 pm – The MetroWest area has changed much in the last 400 years: from forest to farm to town and now suburb. Now, more recently, we are seeing rapid changes going on around us. From weather extremes like wetter springs and...