Sheffield Historical Society
Membership 
Our members are at the heart of what we do here. Click the button to the left renew your membership or to become a member
  Programs
 Click HERE to watch Jim Miller and Charlotte Owens talk about our local burial grounds 
Jim is the archivist at the Mark Dewey Research Center and Charlotte is the Society's treasurer and prolific photographer of gravestones for "Find A Grave". Both are steeped in the history of our town's final resting places and have worked for years on maintaining and restoring the grounds and stones in them.
If This House Could Talk
Click HERE
Virtual House Tours
Walking & Bike/Car Tours
Resources on researching your own house history
  Spirit Walk 2020
 Old Stone Store
OPEN
Saturdays
11am to 4pm
Sundays
11am to 2pm
Credit Cards now accepted!
All shoppers are asked to wear masks and to use the hand sanitizer we provide.  
Click below to check out our new
ONLINE GIFT SHOP
Select items from the Old Stone Store are available to purchase at online. Although we cannot ship at this time, our standard pickup and no-contact pickup offers a safer way of shopping.

Additional items will be added in November for our annual Festival of Holidays. 
Every Saturday from until Thanksgiving we will be collecting non-perishable items for the
Sheffield Food Pantry
​ 9am to 1pm in front of the
Old Stone Store
Everyone who contributes will receive a piece of candy and those who contribute 10 or more items will receive a locally-made designer cotton face mas (while supplies last) 
Like us on Facebook and  share in the discussion of our events, exhibits and Sheffield history  
  Winter Wonderland
Click HERE for More Info
  Exhibits
Virtual Exhibits
Click HERE to watch our virtual tours of some of the historic homes and gardens of Sheffield. 
  Mark Dewey Research Center
Our  volunteer archivists can research your genealogy, house, or general history questions. 
​The research center is  is closed to the public, but email or call with your request. ​
​CLICK HERE 
to visit the Research Center website or contact us at the email address or phone number below 
mdrc@sheffieldhistory.org
413-229-3682
 Newsletters
Donate to our scholarship fund for Mt. Everett Seniors. Click the icon above to be brought to the paypal donation page. 
    SHS in the News
Click the icon to the left to WATCH the  "Main Streets and Back Roads" segment on the Sheffield Historical Society.

Dan Raymond House Museum / Mark Dewey Research Center /
Old Stone Store / Barnum Tool Museum 
​137-161 Main Street | P.O. Box 747 | Sheffield, MA 01257
The society is closed to the public due to COVID-19. But we are still there to answer your questions and connect with you by phone or email.  
Dan Raymond House 
Jennifer Owens, Administrator 
sheffieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
413-229-2694
Office Hours (not open to public but call or email)
Monday -Wednesday-Friday 10:00am-2:00pm
Mark Dewey Research Center
James Miller, Archivist
K.C. Clow, Volunteer
mdrc@sheffieldhistory.org
413-229-3682
Office Hours (not open to public but call or email)
Monday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Friday  1:30pm-4:00pm​