Fall 2025

Sunday, October 19, 2025 – 2 P.M. at the Old Schoolhouse, 18 West Main St., Norton, MA. “In League with the Devil: Witchcraft in Colonial America” presented by Professor DiGregiorio from Bridgewater State University. In Colonial America, belief in the devil and his influence through witchcraft led to trials and persecution with the Salem witch trias being a prime example of this era’s religious and societal anxieties. Colonial settlers, particularly Puritans, believed in the existence of the devil and his ability to influence human affairs, including witchcraft. Yet these events in Salem were not the only, nor the first, witchcraft panics in New England. This talk will tell the story of the Puritans, superstitions and the various witchcraft scares throughout the colonial period.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Norton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency

Sunday, November 16, 2025 – 2 P.M. at the Old Schoolhouse, 18 West Main St, Norton, MA – Strong Turtle, tribal historian for the Pokanoket Tribe/Pokanoket Nation will discuss the Tribe’s early Colonial contact, the Thanksgiving event, causes and events of King Philips’s War, Weetamoo, female Sachem, and Lockety Neck, an important local historical site. This should be a stimulating and thought provoking history presentation.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Norton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency

Wednesday, November 26, 2025: Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will reopen on Monday, December 1.

Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 4 P.M. – 7 P.M. Holiday Open House at the Old Schoolhouse at 18 West Main Street. Stop by before or after the Norton Parks and Rec’s Festival of Lights on the Town Common and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and some cookies. There will be a slide show of Then and Now pictures of sites around town, as well as a pop up Christmas Sale inside the schoolhouse including Norton maps, books, t-shirts and hats, as well as some vintage china, and other gift worthy items.