To tour the Museum is to take an illuminating stroll through the centuries. Our collections chronicle lives lived, wars waged, fortunes won and ingenuity rewarded. Walk among our exhibits and you will discover history for the ages in close proximity with the history of the everyday. The Museum is best explored at your own pace, but we do offer a guided highlights tour at noon free with admission.
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Downtown Walking Tour
Come walk the Liberty and Union Downtown Walking Tour! Join us for a free, one-hour guided tour of Historic Downtown Taunton. Our one-mile walking tour highlights some of the important architectural, cultural, and commercial sites between Church Green and Taunton Green. A great way to learn about the city, from its earliest days through the present, these tours are the third Saturday of every month, May through October, rain or shine.
Thanks to TCAM TV, if you can’t join us in person enjoy a walking tour of some of Taunton’s oldest homes and buildings hosted by the OCHM’s Community Programming Coordinator Saria Sweeney!
Architecture Walking Tour
This free, guided tour follows a 1-mile loop around Church Green and Prospect Street to highlight some of the architectural gems of our city and stories of the Tauntonians who called them home. Scheduled for the first Saturday of each month, May through October, rain or shine. Meet us on the Museum’s front steps at 11 am!
Cemetery Tours
Cemeteries can be beautiful, contemplative, and a great way to learn local history. Join us monthly as we explore local cemeteries, graveyards, and burying grounds to uncover the little-known history that they hold. These tours are free, but be sure to register on our Eventbrite page to get email updates, directions, and more. Some of our past tours are shared below.
Growing Local History: The OCHM Garden
For 2021, we grow a garden right on our front lawn! In growing and documenting our native wildflowers, vegetables, and herbs we learned a lot and connected with new friends and old in a brand new way. We documented the whole process both in the How It’s Going section of our exhibit page and on our Youtube Channel. Curator Bronson Michaud also shared a tour of the garden in July 2021.
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