The Middleborough Historical Museum is a museum located at 18 Jackson Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts, and maintained by the Middleborough Historical Association. It is sometimes known as the Tom Thumb Museum for its extensive holdings of personal items from General Tom Thumb and his wife Lavinia Warren, who lived in the nearby Tom Thumb House.[1] The museum was founded in 1961, and currently comprises 7 buildings as follows:
Building
Exterior
Contents
Mill House #1, c. 1820
Entry, General and Mrs. Tom Thumb Collection, Art Gallery, Furniture Room
Mill House #2, c. 1820
P. H. Peirce General Store, Deborah Samson Military Room, Toy Room, Kitchen, other rooms depicting social life
Blacksmith Shop, recent construction
Wheelwright, Agricultural Tools, Ice Harvesting, Charcoaling, Cranberry Industry
Judge Wood Law Office, 1794
Early Law Office, Lawrence B. Romaine Memorial Library
Whistle House, c. 1800s
1854 Hand Tub Fire Engine, 1934 Maxim Motors Fire Engine
Carriage House, recent construction
Transportation Vehicles, Antique Signs
Sproat Tavern Necessary
Five Seat Outhouse
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