Our 2024 open house was a great success.Thanks to all that were able to join us. Wayland Student Press Network ...

On October 9th WM&HS and the Wayland Free Public Library co-sponsored a talk about The History of Maps in Wayland, ...

The Wayland Museum & Historical Society is excited and pleased to announce the selection of Scarlett V. Hoey as our ...

"Postcards from Cochituate” with Sheila Carel Forty people gathered at the Community Methodist Church on Thursday evening for Sheila Carel’s ...

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Retired Historical Society President Gretchen Schuler presented the history Greenways, home of Frank Cabot Paine and ...

Retired Historical Society President Gretchen Schuler is this year’s winner of the Lydia Marie Child Award. The award, which was ...

  Summary The Wayland Museum & Historical Society (WM&HS) at the Grout-Heard House Museum (GHHM) has been an integral part ...

Tom Largy: A Half-Century of Casting Lines and Serving the Public in Waylandby Brian E. Moore I was strolling along ...

The Wayland Historical Society will be replacing the heating and cooling system (HVAC) serving the Grout-Heard House at 12 Cochituate ...

In many ways, dollhouses embody-in miniature-the lives and the aspirations of their owners. For generations, dollhouses have facilitated imaginative play ...

Neil Gordon, WHS Director and Grout-Heard House Museum Long Range Plan Committee member, was recently selected winner of the 2023 ...

There is a new street in Wayland. Emmeline Path was created when the property at 105 Plain Road was sub-divided ...

Articles by Steve Glovsky. Glovsky and the Knox Trail can viewed here ...

Holiday Open House 2022 – Grout-Heard House Decorations and Treats. About 12 to 15 members of the Wayland Garden Club ...

Wayland’s Public Ceremonies Committee holds a Veterans Day Observance at the Town Building annually. Wayland’s history of residents responding to ...

The Public History of King Philips War The October program, “Public History of King Philip’s War: A Panel Discussion” was offered ...

Recap of September Program -- So Much To Learn In a Cemetery The September program, “Afternoon Picnic in North Cemetery”, ...

DOG LICENSES Jacob Signorovitch For at least two hundred years, dog licensing has been used as a way to keep ...

Memorial Day Address at Lakeview Cemetery On Monday May 31, 2021 residents of Wayland gathered at Lakeview Cemetery to commemorate ...

WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER KEVIN DELANEY TO RETIRE By Kate Jenney Kevin Delaney, history teacher extraordinaire, will be retiring ...

August 26, 2020 Celebration At 9:30 AM at North Cemetery, a group gathered at the gravestone of Lydia Maria Child ...

Chris is one of three brothers who lived on Draper Road along with their cousins David and Steve Rowan Chris, ...

Original Post Wicked Local This article was written in honor of Race Amity Day, which is held annually in Massachusetts ...

The Sudbury River and its associated wetlands provide a lush source of food that supported Native Americans, European settlers of ...

From the now-ill-fated Zaandam cruise ship back to Boston, just missing the worst of it The morgue would hold three ...

History Repeats Itself Or Why we have a TP shortage 1973 was marred by shortages – gasoline, or electricity or onions, so ...

Although our doors are closed to the public to slow the spread of COVID-19, we at the Grout-Heard House Museum ...

We joined the Library, First Parish in Wayland, the Wayland Depot and the W Gallery for our annual Wayland Center ...

Joanne Davis was a longtime volunteer and valued member of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. In 1996 she not ...

Rails to Trails in Wayland Exhibit Fall 2019Click on the image above to view the presentationWayland Railroad Interpretive Site Master ...

Sunday, October 6, 2019 - Members from the Wayland Museum & Historical Society and the Sudbury Historical Society led a ...

by Jane SciaccaSusanna Grout and her daughter Susan, who lived in today’s Grout-Heard House Museum, were two signers of a ...

SKATING AT THE MILL POND Molly FaulknerWith thanks to Gary Chase, Bob Dorey, Mike Lindemann, Mike Lowery, Mark Shepard.This winter, 2018-19, ...

Musicians of the Old Post Road: Mozart's Viennese Circle Friday March 15 ~ 7:30 PMFirst Parish (Church) Wayland To attend ...

The Wayland Center Holiday Open House took place on Sunday, December 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. The weather was ...

GUIDED TOUR: MASS CENTRAL RAIL TRAIL – WAYSIDE (WAYLAND) TRAIL Rick Conard spearheads the rail trail program held on October ...

Guided Tour: Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside (Wayland) Trail Saturday, October 13 ~ 11 AM – 2 PM Co-sponsored with ...

From Kevin Delaney, Wayland High School I wanted to invite you to a forthcoming event at Wayland High that I ...

Jacob Sorensen, a 19-year-old from Natick, MA has been helping out at the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. Jacob first ...

After years of ruts, shifting gravel, washouts in the summer and difficulty plowing in the winter our driveway gets an ...

Wayland Historical Society benefactor - Leila Sears (1919-2008) Leila Sears generously gave to the Wayland Historical Society in her will. Her ...

A Day to Remember Uncertain weather and a scary bus mishap made for a rocky start to an ultimately successful ...

Society’s historic maps enter the digital world Institutions, such as the Wayland Historical Society, have been collecting historic documents for ...

Missiles On Oxbow: The Nike Missile Site in WaylandMy name is Bob Farrington but I am more easily recognized in ...

Gloria and I became friends in the 1970s when we formed a weaving group with a small group of friends.  ...

Welcome new board member. Kay Gardner-Westcott, a self-described history nerd and long-time resident of Wayland, is chair of the Wayland ...

Lydia Maria Child’s 216th birthday party. A celebration of Lydia Maria Child’s life was enjoyed by many on Sunday afternoon ...

Annual Open House Celebration Our annual open house celebrates the holiday season with music, treats, and general merriment! Many volunteers join in the ...

Girl Scouts 4th grade Wayland Girl Scouts, “Played the Past” at the Wayland Museum and Historical Society’s Grout Heard House ...

Lydia Maria Child Wayland’s own Lydia Maria Child wrote the most famous poem in America about Thanksgiving- “Over the River ...

Welcome to New Board Members Beth Butler and Jack Russell from Molly Faulkner      Jack Russell, of Russell’s Garden Center,  is ...

What do Ceramics Tell us About Wayland’s Ancient Inhabitants? The lecture entitled, “What do Ceramics Tell us About Wayland’s Ancient ...

Cochituate and North Natick 1887 Click on image for a closer view From the Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal ...

TALKING TRASH! GETTING RID OF WAYLAND’S REFUSE A History of Burning, Burying, Recycling, Pig Farms, Composting, Single Stream Recycling, 1-800-JUNK ...

Professor Robert Thorson, author of “The Boatman”, entertained and educated a full house at the Grout Heard House Museum. Dams, ...

WHAT DO CERAMICS TELL US ABOUT WAYLAND’S ANCIENT INHABITANTS? Saturday, October 21 ~ 2:00 – 4:00 PM Wayland Town Building ...

WAYLAND’S EMBATTLED MEADOWLAND FARMERS: THOREAU AND THE "FLOWAGE CONTROVERSY" (1858-1862) Thursday, September 14 ~ 7:00 PM Grout Heard House Museum ...

Draper Room Part of the original 1740s house. May have been original kitchen; became dining room or second parlor when ...

ANNUAL MEETING AND A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAINS Wednesday, May 17 7:30-9:30 PM Grout Heard House Museum. At the close ...

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Thank you for registering your child(ren) for the Living in Long-Ago Days! Please send your payment of $ 50.00 per ...

After School Program - Living in Long-Ago Days for first and second grade girls Early American Games Clothes Foods and ...

Sunday, February 12 2-4 PM Wayland Town Building Share a photo of a spot in Wayland you treasure. Tell us ...

Sunday, January 8 2:30-4:30 PM Wayland Public Library Together with the Wayland Library, we will present Aqueducts Run Through It ...