For more than a century, the Westborough Historical Society has been a center of educational, cultural and social activity for the community.
Today, the Society continues to offer classroom presentations and bus tours of Westborough for children, as well as a series of monthly programs for the community, most of them free and open to the public.
Westborough Historical Society Fall 2024 Programs
Westborough Kindness Week Events [November 10-16]
Wednesday, November 13 – 3:30 p.m. – “Chalk It up to History” Walking Tour
Families are invited to discover vintage homes of famous people in Westborough as you tour Parkman, Grove. and Church Streets with Kris Allen. Meet at the William Sibley House, 13 Parkman St. Dress for the weather – all are welcome!
Saturday, November 16: 2 – 4p.m. Sibley Open House – “Celebrating Westborough’s Veterans”
The Society will display artifacts from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and WWI and WWII at our home at 13 Parkman St. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, December 7 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Held at the William Sibley House, 13 Parkman St., Westborough
Recordings of Prior Programs
- Starting Your Genealogy (November 2024)
- The World of Dolls (October 2024)
- You Can Write and Publish a Book (May 2024)
- The History of our Clothes with Dr. Charlotte Haller (April 2024)
- Classical Ballet and Music from Southern India (March 2024)
- The Underground Railroad in Central Massachusetts and the Blackstone River Valley (February 2024)
- Anything Goes—America During the Jazz Age: “The Roaring Twenties (January 2024)
- Printing and Revolution (November 2023)
- Dedication of the Nahor Rice Memorial Bench (September 2023)
- The Ravages of the 1953 Tornado on Westborough (September 2023)
- Protecting Open Space (May 2023)
- All Aboard! The Train and Industry Pulls into Town (March 2023)
- Who Was Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller? (February 2023)
- Famous Women of Westborough Across the Centuries (January 2023)
Archived Programs
- The Truth Behind The Tales – The Nipmuc Presence in Westborough (November 2022)
- A Stroll Down Memory Lane (October 2022)
- History of Westborough Public Schools (September 2022)
- Worcester’s Role in the American Revolution (March 2022)
- Made in Worcester (February 2022)
- Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID (January 2022)
- Images of Westborough’s Colorful Past (November 2021)
- Bathsheba Spooner: a Revolutionary War Murder Conspiracy (October 2021)
- The Evolution of Religions in Westborough (September 2021)
- The Adventure of Book Collecting (May 2021)
- The Legacy of Birding in Westborough (April 2021)
- William Sibley – Citizen, Soldier, Sleighmaker (March 2021)
- Eli Whitney, Father of American Mass Production (February 2021)
- Westborough Maps 1717 to 21st Century: “Charting Westborough’s History (January 2021)
Please visit our Facebook page for last-minute program information related to inclement weather.
