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Arlington Historical Society
Arlington, Massachusetts

Cemetery, Historical Society, Library

The Arlington Historical Society promotes and encourages knowledge of the history of the Town of Arlington from its earliest days (1635) to modern times. We preserve, document, and share Arlington history through exhibits at the Smith Museum, through conserving and offering tours of the Jason Russell House, an eighteenth century home and Revolutionary War battle site, and by hosting a yearly lecture series, school group visits, and academic and family researchers. We recently opened an exhibition, "Family Ties: 200 Years of Arlington Town Life" to celebrate our town's 200th Anniversary.

Plimoth Plantation, Inc.
Plymouth, Massachusetts

Archaeology, Botanical Garden, Cemetery, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

Plimoth Plantation, a bicultural museum, offers powerful personal encounters with history built on thorough research about the Wampanoag People and the Colonial English community in the 1600s. Our exhibits, programs, live interpreters, and historic settings encourage a new level of understanding about present-day issues affecting communities around the world.

Vine Lake Preservation Trust, Inc.
Medfield, Massachusetts

Cemetery, General, History

Founded to preserve, enhance, interpret, and celebrate Medfield's historic 1651 cemetery.

Friends of Burial Hill
Plymouth, Massachusetts

Cemetery, History

The Friends of Burial Hill have been founded for the purpose of protecting, preserving and enhancing the burial ground and it's environs. Our goals include the preservation of the physical grounds and the conservation of the gravestones, memorials and commemorative sites.We strive to raise awareness of the history of those buried ,or symbolized, and of the men who carved these early forms of art.

Smith Museum
Arlington, Massachusetts

Cemetery, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The museum was completed in 1980 with funds contributed by Elizabeth Smith in memory of her father George A. Smith and her grandfather, Samuel Abbot Smith. The museum houses exhibits and the Society's collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and other Arlington memorabilia. The Smith Museum is handicapped accessible.

MUSEUM CONFERENCES

Oregon Museum Association 2024 Conference

September 8, 2024 - September 10, 2025

North Bend, Oregon

2025 California Association of Museums Conference

February 18 - 22, 2025

San Fransico, California

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