May 24, Saturday, 8 am - 4 pm
ANTIQUES & FLEA MARKET
Professional antiques appraisers will be on site appraise your special item.
There will be a $5 appraisal fee to benefit the Society.
Meeting House Museum Grounds
For sellers information and reservations contact:
Hank Ritchie 508.255.4528
Box 647, So. Orleans 02662

June 13, Friday, 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S CEMETERY WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

June 14, Saturday, 12 - 4 pm
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Orleans Improvement Association 508.255.8202
and Orleans Historical Society 508.240.1329
Old-fashioned strawberry shortcake and beverages; musical interludes;
plant sale and a boutique.
$5 per person
Meeting House Museum

June 28, Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm
20th ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR
“A Garden is Like a Good Friend”
Sponsored by The Orleans Improvement Association
For more information call 508.255.1386
Advance tickets $15 at Snow’s Home & Garden, Nory’s, Main Street Gourmet, and Agway of Orleans
$20 day of event at the Meeting House Museum, 9:30 am - 3 pm

June 27, Friday, 5 - 7 pm
MEMBERS RECEPTION
Summer Exhibit Open
“Historic Lens, Harry J. Sparrow Photographs”
the Meeting House Museum

July & August
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm
ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBIT
“Historic Lens, Photographs of Harry J. Sparrow”
The Carr collection of glass plate images from 1911 Orleans.
Meeting House Museum

This program is funded in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

July 8, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE & BOOK SIGNING: "Fatal Forecast"
Author Michael Tougias
Meeting House Museum

July 11, Friday 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S MAIN STREET WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

July 15, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE: “Mayo’s Duck Farm of Orleans ”
Ken Mayo
Meeting House Museum

July 22, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE: "Nauset Native Americans"
Dave Schofield
Meeting House Museum

July 25, Friday, 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S CEMETERY WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

July 29, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE: "Digital Image Preservation"
Bob Korn of Bob Korn Imaging
Meeting House Museum

August 5, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE: "The Sparrow Collection"
Bonnie Snow, OHS Historian
Meeting House Museum

August 8, Friday 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S MAIN STREET WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

August 12, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
LECTURE: "H.K. Cummings, the People’s Photographer"
Bobbi Eldridge, Snow Library Archivist
Meeting House Museum

August 22, Friday, 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S CEMETERY WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

September 12, Friday 10 am
BONNIE SNOW’S MAIN STREET WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

September 26, Friday, 4 pm
BONNIE SNOW’S CEMETERY WALK
$3 adults / children free
Meet at the Meeting House Museum

November 1, Saturday 12 pm
ANNUAL LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE
ORLEANS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Speaker to be announced
The Courthouse at the Jailhouse Tavern

Click here for a print version (PDF) of the calendar.


For more information regarding these and other events call the OHS 508-240-1329.

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