The 2024 Passport to History season begins June 1!
The Old Colony History Museum is proud to once again host the “Passport to History” program for the summer of 2024. This program unites historical and cultural sites across Southeastern Massachusetts, introducing visitors to our region’s wealth of historical places, and the importance of local history right in our own backyard.
Visitors can begin their journey at the OCHM or at any of the sixteen participating sites. The passport features a page for every participating location and is redeemable for free admission for up to a group of four. Passport holders are invited to then visit as many locations as possible to have their passport stamped. Visitors who collect all of their history stamps can return to the OCHM for a free gift. All passport holders will gain the greatest prize of all – a deeper love and understanding of our past and the rich local history of Southeastern Massachusetts.
What to Do
1. Visit any participating site to get your Passport
2. Use your Passport (valid for up to a group of 4), collect a stamp at each site, and visit all 16 between June 1-September 1.
3. Share your progress with us using #PassportToHistory and tag us at @oldcolonyhistory.
Ways to Enjoy!
Each passport sites has something unique to discover! Visit each site to check off the activity.
2024 Passport Sites
Our Thanks
Passport to History is developed by the Old Colony History Museum and funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism and the Southeastern Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau. For 2024, this program is also supported in part by grants from the Attleboro, Berkley, Bridgewater, Chatham, Duxbury, Fall River, Mansfield, Middleborough, New Bedford, Plymouth, Rehoboth, and Wareham Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
All of the museums participating in the program reside within the boundaries of what was known as the Old Colony. The term Old Colony refers to the area of southeastern Massachusetts that was once Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Colony existed as a separate entity until its merger with the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. Then the area became known as “Old Plymouth Colony” until it was finally shortened to “Old Colony.” Home to humans for at least 10,000 years before Europeans settled the area in 1620, the land today encompasses Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable counties. Bounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean, the Old Colony was richly endowed with well-protected harbors and a river system that made trading, and later industry, profitable.