The Middleborough Historical Museum is a museum located at 18 Jackson Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts, and maintained by the . 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. 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
See also List of historical societies in Massachusetts
References
Sources Middleborough Historical Association Tom Thumb Museum Middleborough Historical Museum brochure Roadside America entry