Waltham Museum

Summer Wines - Wine Tasting/Snack Pairing
2023-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
Welcome to the World of Summer Wines!
Mother/daughter duo Roseanne and Elisa Simonsen return to the Waltham Museum to share their love of wine. Enjoy a sampling of Summer Wines and just the right snack to pair with each one. Learn what makes them go so well together. Close out the evening with coffee, tea, and something sweet.
Join us Tuesday, June 27th 7-9pm at the Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington St.
Tickets $35pp available by calling 781-893-9020, emailing info@walthammuseum.org or stopping by the museum Wednesdays or Saturdays 10am-2pm. Member ticket $30pp

Ample parking available in the municipal garage directly across from the museum
Proceeds benefit the Waltham Museum
Wines donated by Dion’s – Waltham

“Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures”
– Michael Broadbent

Massachusetts License Plate History
2022-11-06 13:00 - 15:30 | Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
Please join us at the Waltham Museum. Alan Young, license plate collector and historian of early plates and registrations invites you to attend his presentation to the Waltham Museum on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 1:00 PM.
As a collector of early license plates for over thirty years, Alan has built a library of research material and registration listing books that allow us to unlock the mysteries of the earliest registrants in Massachusetts cities and towns, including what they drove and where they lived. Do you know who the first was to register in Waltham? Would you like to know how the 1908 Mass plate pictured here is tied to Waltham? You will learn this and much more at his presentation.
This will be an interactive discussion, so bring your license plate related questions along with any old license plates you would like to discuss. As a long-standing member and Colonial Region Director of ALPCA (the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association), if Alan doesn’t have the answer, he will likely have the connections to seek it out. Alan has been a Massachusetts resident his entire life, and lives in Westminster. Contact information is available upon request.
Light refreshment and brief museum tours available after the talk.
Tickets at the door: $20.00/nonmembers and $15.00/members. Ample parking available in the municipal garage directly across from the museum. Proceeds benefit the Waltham Museum.

History of Watchmaking in Waltham
2022-10-30 13:00 - 15:30 | Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
A brief survey of the watches and the people at Waltham Watch over 100+ years starting with The Boston Watch Company and ending with Waltham Precision Instrument company. Chris Carey and his wife Christine own and operate Watertown Watch and Clock, now located on Trapelo Rd in Waltham, Massachusetts. Chris honed his watch making skills with his grandfather, Pasquale Caruso, who worked at Waltham Watch Company starting in 1927 as the Waltham Watch Company and retired in 1974 from what was later known as Waltham Precision Instrument Company. Chris worked with his grandfather throughout high school and college, he attended Berklee College of Music, and when Chris graduated from college in 1993, he opened Watertown Watch and Clock in Watertown Square.
Chris is currently the President of the Massachusetts Watchmakers-Clockmakers Association, he is the Past President of the New England Chapter 8 of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, and he serves as a Director on the Board of The American Watchmakers Clockmakers Institute. Chris has two boys who are sick of hearing him talk about watches and clocks so he is happy whenever he can find others interested in horology. Contact information is available upon request.
Light refreshment and brief museum tours available after the talk.
Tickets at the door: $20.00/nonmember and $15.00/member. Ample parking available in the municipal garage directly across from the museum. Proceeds benefit the Waltham Museum.

2022 Metz / Waltham Vehicle Reunion @ Motorheads Car Show
2022-09-25 07:00 - 15:00 | Gore Place, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, MA, United States
The Motorheads Car Club in conjunction with the Waltham Museum & Metz / Waltham Built Vehicle Owners / Marsh Metz Owners invite you to participate in a gathering of vehicles manufactured in Waltham Massachusetts by Charles Metz, Piper Tinker, Orient Bicycles, Orient Motorcycles & others. This will include Marsh/Metz Motorcycles of Brockton, MA. This event will be held at Gore Place, the former home and offices of the Metz Automobile Co, during the Motorheads Car Show. All owners and vehicles built in Waltham are welcome to participate in the reunion. Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, Buckboard.
*All Pre World War 2 vehicles are encouraged to attend.

Waltham Transportation History Seminar
2022-09-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Gore Place Carriage House, Waltham, MA, United States
Join us Saturday September 24th 2022 for a gathering of owners and historians & enthusiasts as we explore the rich history of motorized transportation manufactured and or related to the City of Waltham, Massachusetts. A lecture of the rescue and restoration of a 1901 Orient by George King. A display of vehicles manufactured in Waltham. Question & Answer open discussion session where we explore Automobiles, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Steam Cars and patent that were brought to light by people like Abner Doble, Charles Metz, George Tinker, John Piper, Leonard Gaylor, Howe & Stainforth and others. Bring your pre-war vehicle and historical memorabilia to display.
This event will take place in the newly restored carriage house at Gore Place the former corporate office of the Waltham Manufacturing Co. (Metz Automobiles). $20 per person which will include a tour of Gore Place at the conclusion of the lecture.
Prior to the Seminar THE WALTHAM MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN 10-12pm FOR TOURS and QUESTIONS ON THE METZ EXHIBIT.
**This special event is taking place in conjunction with the Motorhead’s Car Show weekend of events and the Metz/Waltham Transportation reunion car display Sunday September 25th. at Gore Place. Pre World War 2 cars are encouraged to attend both days.
The event is Rain or Shine

Summer Wine Pairings
2022-06-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
