by BEK | Dec 15, 2017 | Program
Girl Scouts 4th grade Wayland Girl Scouts, “Played the Past” at the Wayland Museum and Historical Society’s Grout Heard House November 17 where they learned about two 19th century Wayland women — Jerusha Grout Heard and Lydia Maria Child. After being taught...
by webmaster | Oct 25, 2017 | Program
What do Ceramics Tell us About Wayland’s Ancient Inhabitants? The lecture entitled, “What do Ceramics Tell us About Wayland’s Ancient Inhabitants?” was presented by John Pretola, on October 21, during Massachusetts Archaeology Month. The program was organized by the...
by webmaster | Sep 25, 2017 | Program
TALKING TRASH! GETTING RID OF WAYLAND’S REFUSE A History of Burning, Burying, Recycling, Pig Farms, Composting, Single Stream Recycling, 1-800-JUNK – Molly Faulkner, president of the Wayland Historical Society and early member of Wayland Public Schools Green Team,...
by BEK | Sep 19, 2017 | Program
Professor Robert Thorson, author of “The Boatman”, entertained and educated a full house at the Grout Heard House Museum. Dams, lawyers, farmers, saw mills, Thoreau, and the civil war all share the stage in the drama of the meandering Sudbury River and its...
by BEK | Sep 15, 2017 | Program
WHAT DO CERAMICS TELL US ABOUT WAYLAND’S ANCIENT INHABITANTS? Saturday, October 21 ~ 2:00 – 4:00 PM Wayland Town Building Large Hearing Room Massachusetts Archaeology Month Event, co-sponsored with the Wayland Historical Commission and presented by Dr. John Pretola....
by BEK | Sep 1, 2017 | Program
WAYLAND’S EMBATTLED MEADOWLAND FARMERS: THOREAU AND THE “FLOWAGE CONTROVERSY” (1858-1862) Thursday, September 14 ~ 7:00 PM Grout Heard House Museum University of Connecticut Professor Robert Thorson details a fascinating chapter in Wayland history – the...
