PROGRAMS
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 2026 Programs
Sunday, October 25th – Special Open House
The Warlock of Westborough
From 12-4pm, WHS will host Tony Paravano who is bringing historical pictures and artifacts of Ted Rabouin, the Warlock of Westboro. Come down to 13 Parkman Street and share your stories. Free and open to the public.
Monday, November 2 at 7PM
Taverns in the 18th Century
Dr. Joe Adelman will explore how local taverns served as the internet of the 18th century—acting as meeting places where news was read aloud, political strategy was debated, and community networks were built.
Venue: 13 Parkman Street, Westborough, MA 01581
The program is free and open to all.
Recordings of Prior Programs
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- Revolution Comes to Westborough (April 2026)
- Buried Treasure: Discovering Westborough’s Stone Age (April 2026)
- Celebrating Nipmuc Indian Tradition and Lifeways (October 2025)
- History of the Westborough Fire Department (September 2025)
- Westborough’s Revolutionary Homes (May 2025)
- A Musical History of Westborough (May 2025)
- Johnny Tremain Readathon (April 2025)
- Esther Forbes (March 2025)
- 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)
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Archived Programs
- 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)
- 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)
- Memorial Cemetery Tour, part of the 300th Anniversary Celebration, 2017
Please visit our Facebook page for last-minute program information related to inclement weather.