The Dedham Museum & Archive (DM&A) was previously known as Dedham Historical Society & Museum (DHSM). The current name reflects the importance of both the museum collection of objects and the archival collection of historic documents, maps, and other records.
Trains Return to Dedham Museum
During the Dedham Square Holiday Stroll!
Friday, December 1st
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Additional hours: Saturday, December 2nd, 11:00-2:00
Watch O-Scale locomotives running along the tracks as steam engines blow smoke and diesel engines race to deliver their passengers and holiday loads. Among the trains’ destinations will be a main street aglow with lights and shops, all blanketed with a fresh winter snowfall.
This is a free event open to all.
Thanksgiving Week Hours: The DM&A will be closed Wednesday, November 22 through Friday, November 24. Please visit this Saturday from 11:00-2:00 during one of the two open weekend days per month. The DM&A will reopen the following Tuesday and resume usual hours.
The 2023 Annual Appeal has begun! The Appeal is critical to ending our fiscal year on sound footing and we need your support. Click here to donate and learn more. Thank you!
The Robert B. Hanson Memorial Fund: The family of the late Robert Hanson (1946-9/2/2023), past director of the then Dedham Historical Society, has generously selected the Dedham Museum & Archive as one of the beneficiaries of donations in his memory. Please visit the Support page of this website to learn more. Thank you.
Access Dedham’s history through programming and educational initiatives.
The museum and archive hold material related to Dedham’s history and that of the nation.
