Become a Member

Join us! When you become involved with us through our programs, events and collections, you will experience the joy of discovery. Framingham is filled with rich history and we learn more about it daily.

Your membership support is important to us and to the community. When you join us your “sense of history” and “sense of place” is strengthened through reading our publications, voting to save our historic buildings, sharing your memories at our programs, or volunteering. This newfound knowledge is not only a benefit to you and your family but to Framingham. A community’s “collective memory” is essential to how it defines itself and is integral to the cultural fabric of the town.

This is a fun place to belong. We have devoted staff, volunteers and members whose excitement over their research on collections or programs is contagious. We provide programs and exhibits that are available year-round and open to all, and our commitment to preservation keeps our historic buildings standing proudly. Join us today and enjoy these benefits as well as the knowledge that you are helping to support your community.

Individual $25:

• Free admission to the museum
• 10% discount on Village Hall rental
• 10% discount in our Gift Shop *now online!*
• our print newsletter Framingham History
• two free hours per year of research assistance with our research volunteers. Wed 10-4 or by appointment. Contact our Research Dept. at research@framinghamhistory.org or call 508-872-3780.
To find out more about research benefits click here.
Family $40:

Includes all the benefits of the Individual level for two adults, their children or grandchildren plus
• special age appropriate exhibition guides for the permanent exhibit at the Old Academy.

Friend $100:

Includes all the benefits of the Family level plus
• free docent led tours

Supporting $250

Includes all the benefits of the Friend level plus
• behind the scenes tour of the Old Academy and Edgell Memorial Library

Sustaining $500

Includes all the benefits of the Supporting level plus
• use of Edgell Memorial Library for an event of your choice
• an 8X10 matted print from the FHC collection of your street or region

Business Memberships $500

Includes all the benefits of a Sustaining level membership plus
• full page advertisement in the House Tour Booklet
• listing in Framingham News

Donor Levels
Founders' Circle: $1000 - $2499
Patron: $2500 - $4999
Margaret Kendall Circle: $5000+

You can also select your own amount to donate from as little as $5. All donations are important. Simply click the button below and fill in the amount you wish to donate.

For more information on donor opportunities, please contact Director Annie Murphy at 508-626-9091 or director@framinghamhistory.org.

Interact with Us

Framingham History Events

Parking: Because of Center common construction, please park in the Village Hall lot (2 Oak St.) or behind the Jonathan Maynard Building (14 Vernon St.)

Framingham Remembers...The Civil War
Location: Edgell Memorial Building/ 3 Oak Street
Hours: Open Wednesdays-Saturdays 1:00pm-4:00pm
Admission: Free for FHC Members, $5 for Non-Members

"Be Swift My Soul" A Salon with Julia Ward Howe
Date – Sunday, February 12, 2012
Time – 1:30 – 3:00
Location – Heineman Ecumenical Center, Framingham State College

Join Libby Frank as she portrays Julia Ward Howe - a woman who produced perhaps the most stirring and recognizable lines of music in U.S. history. Julia was transformed from a wealthy New York belle to a Boston writer and abolitionist in the decades leading up to the Civil War. As the wife of reformer Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, Director of the Perkins Institute for the Blind - she entertained and visited with poets, politicians, reformers, writers and exceptional women.

Libby will present Julia as the host of a salon that might have included H.W. Longfellow, Edgar Alan Poe, Florence Nightingale, Margaret Fuller, Charles Sumner and Charles Dickens among others. These acquaintances along with her travels abroad, her love of language and music all gave birth to the compelling verses of the Battle Hymn of the Republic which were first sung in Framingham at the Plymouth Church nearly 150 years ago – February 22, 1862. Music of the era will be performed. Refreshments served following the performance at the Alumni House, 42 Adams Rd., Framingham

Memory and Meaning Series Making History/Making Place: New England's Search for a Useable Past
Location: Edgell Memorial Library/ 3 Oak Street
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Admission: $5 FHC Members and students /$10 for Non-Members

Presented by: Bill Hosley, President Terra Firma Associates - cultural resource consultant, planner, teacher, writer and photographer 
This program connects us with artists and antiquarians who used collections, monuments, story-telling and the built environment to preserve, protect, and promote the New England places they loved.
Click here to for more information and to puchase tickets online
Click here for more information and to puchase tickets online.

Civil War Living History Encampment
Location: Starts at the Old Academy Building, 16 Vernon St.
Date: May 4-6, 2012
Location:Framingham’s Centre Common

Union and Confederate soldiers will set up camp, perform artillery demonstrations, drills and medical scenarios. There will be a Saturday Night contra dance at the Village Hall also located on the Common, as well as activities related to the Civil War exhibition Framingham Remembers…The Civil War at the Edgell Memorial Library. This Library, which is the town’s civil war memorial, will be rededicated during the weekend activities and three local authors will be signing recently published books on Framingham’s Civil War history.

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Framingham History Blog

• Read the latest about Framingham History Center news and events at our new blog.

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