Join us for the Annual Fruitlands Museum Holiday Open House and Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4. At this festive holiday market, shop for your family and friends while supporting 16 juried local artisans. Find vendors spread throughout the museum shop building and the Wayside Gallery, shop high quality handmade local crafts: Jewelry, […]
Join us for a series of winter lectures at Fruitlands Museum. We’ll be gathering in the Museum cafe to enjoy some hot beverages and lively discussions about the history of the site and its collections. In honor of Black History Month, local historian Jane Sciacca will be giving a talk on the history of enslavement […]
Calling All Woodland Fairies and Gnomes! The Fruitlands Fairy Forest is back! Stop by the Fairy Village to help welcome them for their summer stay! While living at Fruitlands, 10-year-old Louisa May Alcott wrote in her diary that she “had a lovely time in the woods with Anna and Lizzie. We were fairies, and made […]
Take in the stunning magic of the autumn skies at Fruitlands Museum! Join the Aldrich Astronomical Society on the Fruitlands hillside for a fun, and informative, night of stargazing. With a waxing moon illuminating the skies, as well as the chance to catch a glimpse of far-flung planets and star formations, who knows what you’ll […]
Celebrate the beauty of the season at Fruitlands Museum with a day inspired by feathers, flight, and fall color celebrating the global birding event, October Big Day. We are excited to partner with three different birding organizations on this exciting day! At 10–11:30AM, the Boxborough Birders will be leading a guided bird walk along the […]
Join the New England Poetry Club amidst the beautiful landscape of the Fruitlands hillside for an afternoon of poetry sharing their work in a setting steeped in literary history. Founded in 1915, the New England Poetry Club has long championed poets with ties to the region, offering readings, workshops, and annual contests that celebrate the […]
Join the New England Poetry Club amidst the beautiful landscape of the Fruitlands hillside for an afternoon of poetry sharing their work in a setting steeped in literary history. Founded in 1915, the New England Poetry Club has long championed poets with ties to the region, offering readings, workshops, and annual contests that celebrate the […]
Help us say goodbye to the 2026 Main Season in style. We’ll host our 13th annual bonfire on November 7. The event begins at 4PM and the fire will be lit as night falls around 4:45PM. Guests will be encouraged to write down a wish and tuck it into the collection basket before we light […]