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The Grafton Historical Society, an organization of over four hundred members, creates and staffs a
museum
in the historic Stowell/Mead house on Main Street. The exhibits present a fresh thematic face
each year as objects are rotated for conservation and "rest".
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Dr. Grace Barnett's Stage Coach,
1950 Antique Parade
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Tennis at the
Mason Walker House
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Permanent exhibits include outstanding collections of soapstone objects
(most of the stone was quarried in Grafton), writing implements, needlework,
toys, quilts, musical instruments, photographs, farm-related tools, carpenters'
tools, early fire engines and much more.
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The society board members also work on such diverse projects as presenting entertaining and educational programs biannually, taping oral history, keeping files on historic houses, computerizing accession records, tracing genealogies,
mapping cellar holes and old roads, working with teachers and elementary students, and publishing books and pamphlets.
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Haying with a horse and an ox team
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