Museum complex
Click here to read about the Hearse and Hearse House
Early in the 2000's, the Atheneum Society of Wilbraham acquired this circa 1870’s horse drawn hearse.
GET INVOLVED
Membership & Monetary Donations
If you, your family or business would like to join with other concerned persons to help preserve the Wilbraham of the past for future generations, please become a member. Gain access to historical resources, support the preservation of documents, artifacts, and the The Old Meeting House and Hearse House for future generations. Support our development of educational programs for children. Members receive the Society's Newsletter, The Peppercorn.
Membership contact: info@wilbrahamatheneum.org
Annual membership $20.00
Business membership $50.00
New members click here for mail-in Membership Form
Please make checks payable to:
The Atheneum Society of Wilbraham
Old Meeting House
450 Main Street
Wilbraham MA 01095
Financial donations are always appreciated.
Make a PayPal donation or renew your membership by scanning the QR code below. If renewing membership via PayPal, please send an email to info@wilbrahamatheneum.org with your full name and preferred email address, along with any updates, such as name, address, or telephone number.
Volunteer
How can you support The Old Meeting House Museum and the Wilbraham Atheneum Society? Your volunteer support can help make the Atheneum Society a success. We need your ideas and your input to help us develop the best programs possible. Please consider helping in one of the following areas:
Treasurer
Exhibition Assistants
Publicity
Gardening
Help with special events
Oral HistoryContact: info@wilbrahamatheneum.org
Artifact Donations
The Atheneum Society of Wilbraham is always happy to consider donations that will enhance the breadth and depth of its collections. The society’s primary focus is on items of historical significance to Wilbraham but will consider items of historical significance to a larger geographic area. The museum accepts artifacts from prehistoric times to the present day for our collection. We collect a wide variety of artifacts from those used historically by well-known Wilbraham people to everyday objects of today. Each potential donation is reviewed by the curatorial staff members to evaluate its appropriateness for the permanent collection.
Artifacts accepted into the collection should meet the following basic criteria:
1. The artifact has a Wilbraham (or local area) connection and a known history (who made the item, who used the item, where was it acquired, when was it used, etc.).
2. The artifact is in stable physical condition.
3. The artifact is not already overrepresented in the collection.
4. The artifact can be acquired without restrictions, such as requirements for a long-term loan or permanent exhibition of the artifact.
If you have item(s) you think would be of interest to us please contact us by phone at 596-4097 or through email at curator@wilbrahamatheneum.org. Please do not drop off or mail objects without first contacting the museum; we want to make sure that your potential gift is properly identified and cared for. Thank you for considering the donation of artifacts to our museum exhibits. Please contact our curator to discuss the donation of historical artifacts for the Museum Collection.
Email: info@wilbrahamatheneum.org
Thanks to memberships and donations, the ASW volunteers and members are able to:
Maintain historic museums at the Old Meeting House and Hearse House on Main St.
Create long term and short term exhibits that explore Wilbraham history
Bring programs of historic interest to our community
All of this is accomplished at no cost to the museum visitor.
VISITING US
The Old Meeting House is open to the public once a month, May through December. Please keep an eye on our Programs page for event information.
Photography in the museum buildings is permitted for personal use only. Commercial and press photography, commercial artwork resulting from the creation of images, and the sale of photographic images taken in The Old Meeting House and Hearse House are prohibited without prior authorization from the Atheneum Society of Wilbraham. No tripods are permitted without prior authorization.