Upcoming Special Events in Shirley, Massachusetts 
Listing is updated weekly at the Shirley Historical Society Museum.
Please contact us to have your event added to the list – mail@shirleyhistory.org
The Shirley Historical Society MUSEUM IS OPEN for visitors, researchers, and volunteers.
most Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
You may phone ahead to double check or to make an appointment 978-425-9328.
The American Legion sponsors fund raising dinners on many Friday nights.
Sunday, January 26th 2:00 pm at Shirley Historical Society Museum – Join us for tea and cookies while we look at a variety of vintage kitchen utensils and try to figure out how to use them.
Sunday, March 23rd 2:00 pm at Shirley Historical Society Museum – Learn about tapping maple trees and see what can be made from collecting and cooking the sap.
Sunday April 13th 2:00 – 4:00 pm Remembering our Minutemen – On Historic Shirley Center Common and inside the Meeting House. Learn what Shirley people were doing in April of 1775.
Saturday, May 3rd 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Shirley All Town Spring Yard Sale
Saturday May 10th 6:00 – 10:00 pm – Party Like it’s 1945 at War Memorial Building, Reservations through Fort Devens Museum
Sunday, May 25th 2:00 – 4:00 pm Open House at School #8 – on Church Street in Shirley Village.
Saturday, June 7th 11:00 am – 5:00 pm ShirleyFest – on the Center Common. Enjoy the entertainment, shop the sales booths, support the food booths run by local organizations.
Saturday, September 20th 2:00 pm Pastel Artwork Display and Demonstration at the Shirley Historical Society Museum.
Sunday September 28th – 12:30 pm Guided Tour of Shirley Shaker Village – Reservations must be made in advance at Shirley Historical Society
.Saturday, October 4th 8:00 am – 2:00 pm – Annual Autumn All Town Yard Sale
Sunday October 12th – 12:30 pm Guided Tour of Shirley Shaker Village – Reservations must be made in advance at Shirley Historical Society
Sunday October 26th – 12:30 pm Guided Tour of Shirley Shaker Village – Reservations must be made in advance at Shirley Historical Society
Sunday, November 16th 2:00 pm Annual Shirley Historical Society Meeting and Program – Remembering the 1976 Shirley Bicentennial Celebrations.
Guided Tours of the Site of
The Shirley Shaker Village
Tours for this Fall are SOLD OUT.
Private tours may be arranged for groups of 7 on an agreed-upon Sunday afternoon.
The Shaker Village property is part of the state prison system and it can only be accessed by special arrangement. Our tour begins inside a Shaker building with a brief illustrated lecture on the history of the Shakers and the Shirley Shaker Village. Visitors go inside two other Shaker buildings and travel by prison van to various locations around the property.
Reservations must be made in advance for a cost of $20 per person, or $15 for Historical Society members.
Mail payment and contact information to Shirley Historical Society, PO Box 217, Shirley, MA 01464
Historic Shirley
Pub Crawls
Make arrangements to start at the Museum for a slide talk explanation of early New England taverns, the effects of prohibition, and the growth of local drinking clubs. Then load your car with the tour leader and your guests and visit the sites of 21 Shirley drinking establishments. Cost is $75 per car for the private two hour talk and tour.
Telephone during open hours or Email mail@shirleyhistory.org to make arrangements.