by BEK | Jan 18, 2020 | Board, Snap from the past
Joanne Davis was a longtime volunteer and valued member of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. In 1996 she not only stepped into Jo Goeselt’s large shoes as Curator but kept vigilant watch over all furnishings, systems, cookie supplies, visitors– and...
by BEK | Nov 23, 2019 | Program
Wayland Historical Society - Rails to Trails Presentation Rails to Trails in Wayland Exhibit Fall 2019Click on the image above to view the presentation Wayland's Master Plan Wayland Railroad Interpretive Site Master Plan 2005Click on the image above for a copy of the...
by BEK | Nov 22, 2019 | Program
Sunday, October 6, 2019 – Members from the Wayland Museum & Historical Society and the Sudbury Historical Society led a bus tour of “colonial-era Sudbury”, later known as Sudbury and East Sudbury, before becoming today’s Sudbury and Wayland. Tour...
by BEK | Apr 14, 2019 | Program
by Jane SciaccaSusanna Grout and her daughter Susan, who lived in today’s Grout-Heard House Museum, were two signers of a women’s petition to the US House of Representatives in 1837 decrying the “sinfulness of slavery.” They joined with 47 other Wayland women...
by BEK | Feb 24, 2019 | News, Snap from the past
SKATING AT THE MILL POND Molly FaulknerWith thanks to Gary Chase, Bob Dorey, Mike Lindemann, Mike Lowery, Mark Shepard.This winter, 2018-19, has so far yielded some great pond skating in Wayland after conditions haven’t been good for years. The days before...
by BEK | Feb 21, 2019 | News, Program
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Mozart’s Viennese Circle Friday March 15 ~ 7:30 PMFirst Parish (Church) Wayland To attend an Old Post Road concert is to be transported back in time while seated in the pews of the beautiful First Parish (church) in Wayland. Come...
by BEK | Dec 8, 2018 | Program
The Wayland Center Holiday Open House took place on Sunday, December 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. The weather was misty and a bit wet, but that didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the large number of people visiting the Wayland Depot, hearing a concert at the Wayland Public...
by BEK | Oct 21, 2018 | Program
GUIDED TOUR: MASS CENTRAL RAIL TRAIL – WAYSIDE (WAYLAND) TRAIL Rick Conard spearheads the rail trail program held on October 13, 2018. The co-sponsored event with the Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Historical Commission and Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail...
by BEK | Oct 2, 2018 | Program
Guided Tour: Mass Central Rail Trail – Wayside (Wayland) Trail Saturday, October 13 ~ 11 AM – 2 PM Co-sponsored with Wayland Historical Commission and Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail. Walk or bike the new Rail Trail between Russell’s Crossing (Town Center) and...
by BEK | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
From Kevin Delaney, Wayland High School I wanted to invite you to a forthcoming event at Wayland High that I think you and your family & friends will be interested in attending. On Sunday afternoon October 21st, the Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group and our...
