SUMMER hours:
Museum & Country Store Open:
2nd and 4th Saturdays of the Month
from 10AM to 2PM
June 14 & 28
July 12 & 26
Aug 9 & 23
Also open during EVENTS or by appointment
JOIN US for
the Canton Historical Society’s
50th Anniversary Celebration!
Saturday, July 26
10 am - 7:30 pm
EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
- New Exhibit - “Canton’s History Through Maps.”
- Historic Quilt Show
- Exhibit of the art of Canton’s renowned portrait painter Mary Neal Richardson
- 2 pm - Talk by Frederic L. Thompson, author of the book, Mary Neal Richardson: A Universalist Esthetic & Cosmic Interpreter, 1859-1937
- 4-7:30 pm - 1970s themed outdoor party on the lawn. Food by Alabama BBQ’s Phat Vinnie’s Food Truck and cash bar by Boondocks Farm’s Backwoods Affair. Wear your 70s garb!
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Note: The Canton Historical Society is handicap accessible for all events. A handicap Stairlift Chair is available for access to the upstairs Hayford Hall, there is a ramp to the front porch, and the rest rooms are wheelchair accessible.
We appreciate your support
The dust has settled, or more accurately, the sand has been brushed off, from the It's Summer Somewhere Theme party, and we want to once again thank our sponsors. It was great fun and a great success
JOIN US!
Membership is $10.00 per person and children under 18 are free. Your membership helps support the Society’s efforts to preserve the photographs, documents, and artifacts in the collection, maintain the Historical Society building, and bring Canton’s history alive for young and old.
In addition, as a member of the Society you are automatically entered into our
monthly drawing for a $20.00 Gift Certificate.
Now you can join or renew online by clicking the tab below.
Thank you for your support!
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For fascinating photographs from our past and history of the town’s people, businesses, homes, and landmarks.
Feel free to post your own Canton history photos
and ask the group for information on researching your family or home.
WELCOME!
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view OUR COLLECTION ONLINE
Visit https://digitalmaine.com/canton/ to review early editions of
The Canton Telephone and other items in our collection.
Discover Your Family History
This is an unidentified photograph in the Society’s collection. Do you recognize anyone?
Are you interested in researching your family history? Members of the Canton Historical Society Collection Committee are available to help you discover information and advise on how to do further research.
Please email your research questions: cantonmehistorical@gmail.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with an answer by email or phone.
ABOUT US
We are an all-volunteer, not for profit organization devoted to the preservation and celebration of Canton's heritage and history. See more: About CHS
