Hingham Historical Society - Historical Society of Hingham Massachusetts


	READ CURRENT NEWS AND NOTICES PAGE The Hingham Historical Society offers historical buildings, some available for weddings and parties - see Old Derby Academy - and an archive of documents and artifacts. Old Ordinary, a historical tavern, can be visited. See Old Ordinary See The Events Page for programs, dinners, speakers, workshops and appraisal days that are regularly scheduled, and other activities.

Celebrate your weddings, receptions, and other happy events in the elegant 19th-century, Federal style structure on Main Street in Hingham. Old Derby Academy is where you can feel history while you take a step into the future.

Enjoy being surrounded with the ambience of a historical place where boys and girls were learning Latin, mathematics, and geography more than 200 years ago. Co-education prospered here.

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The Tap Room in the Old Ordinary, a one-time way station, where weary travelers or residents of Hingham could get a meal, a drink and conversation with such as Daniel Webster and Benjamin Lincoln, a Revolutionary War general who fought with George Washington. Today, the 17th-century structure is a house museum owned and operated by the Hingham Historical Society.

Opens for season June 10. Tours Tuesday-Saturday - adults $3. children $1.

Contact Director 781-749-7721 Contact Archivist 781-749-1288