Gilbert Bean Museum
10:00 A.M.- 4:30 P.M. Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
Please call 781-848-1640 for information on current exhibits

The Gilbert Bean Museum houses the Braintree Historical Society’s exhibit galleries, gift shop, and offices.  The barn portion (so called because it was built in the style of an 18^th century barn to compliment the Thayer House) was built in 1975 to house the Society’s growing artifact and library collections.  A modern addition with expanded and improved collections storage space was added later in 1995.  The museum is named in honor of Gilbert L. Bean (1912-1972), a Past-President of the Society and the driving force behind the moving and restoration of the General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace from 1957-60. 

Current Exhibits:

Four Centuries of Fine Furniture from the 16th -19th Centuries

The History of  Braintree’s Fire Department

A Nation Divided:  An Exhibit on the Civil War

 

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