Private Tours & Programs

The Re-imagined Bradford House:

Brand new exhibition! Four Bradford Daughters: Lives Well Lived. Self-touring, gallery-style installation in the family home. Contemplate the tumultuous changes in 19th century life, experienced by the Bradford women. Features family-friendly and hands-on activities. Introductory video available. The Bradford House has undergone a multi-year project to #ReimagineBradford, focused on critical repairs to the house and the revitalization of the family history to create an inclusive and dynamic experience. Please note that the Bradford House is unheated and access is dependent on weather temperature.

$10 per person; $100 minimum. Tour length: approximately 45 minutes. 15 person maximum.

King Caesar House:

A guide-led experience through the home of Ezra Weston II (“King Caesar”), Duxbury’s largest shipbuilder and business tycoon. The historic rooms are furnished with antiques and maritime treasures exemplifying Duxbury’s boom during the shipbuilding era. View the two parlors with their extraordinary block-printed wallpapers. An introductory video is available and you can stroll the grounds and gardens, including the remnants of King Caesar’s wharf, now called Bumpus Park. Tours can access King Caesar year round.

$10 per person; $100 minimum. Tour length: approximately 45 minutes. 15 person maximum.

Bus Tours of Duxbury:

You provide the small bus or mini-coach, we provide the tour guide! An exciting adventure through the historic and scenic spots in Duxbury, tailored to your needs and seasonal availability.

Private Tour with Tour Guide: $100 per hour.

Cemetery Tours:

Join DRHS Archivist & Historian, Carolyn Ravenscroft, on an exploration of Old Burying Ground or Mayflower Cemetery. Old Burying Ground is the oldest continuously-maintained cemetery in the U.S. and is the resting place of some Pilgrim settlers, including Myles Standish. Mayflower Cemetery, with its first grave dating to 1787, is the largest cemetery in Duxbury and contains many interesting Duxbury stories.

$10 per person; $100 minimum. Tour length: approximately 45 minutes. 15 person maximum.

Private Programs:

DRHS Archivist and Historian, Carolyn Ravenscroft, is available for private talks on a variety of topics.

At your venue: $200/event up to 90 minutes, Zoom or within a 30 mile radius of Duxbury. Additional fees apply for further travel.

At our venue: For events hosted at the Drew Archival Library or Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House, $300/event. Program time up to 90 minutes, with the space available up to two hours. 30 person maximum.

• Women at Sea
• The Abolition Movement in Duxbury
• Bondage & Complicity: Duxbury’s History with Enslavement
• Charlotte Bradford: Civil War Nurse
• ReImagining Bradford: New History in an Old House
• A Life of Single Blessedness: 19th Century Spinsterhood
• Sally Dawes Goes to the Mesmerist: 19^th Century Alternative Medicine
• General Duxbury History Topics: Blue Fish River, Powder Point Bridge, etc.