Golden Ball Tavern Museum

Save the Date! Upcoming Events at The Golden Ball Tavern Museum

COMING SOON TO THE gOLDEN bALL tAVERN mUSEUM

Calendar of Events

2025 - 2026

  • September 27th, 2025 - 58th Annual Barn Sale

  • October 14th, 2025 - Founding Foodies lecture with author David Dewitt (online)

  • October 26th 2025 - Weston Cemetery Tour with Weston Historical Society President, Pam Fox *

  • November 6th, 2025 - Tour of Bully Boy Whiskey Distillery, Boston, MA

  • December 6th - 13th, 2025 - Trimming the Tavern Holiday Displays**

  • December 7th, 2025 - Annual Members Wassail Party

  • December 9th, 2025 - Holiday ‘Date Night’ at the Golden Ball

  • January 8th, 2026 - Henry Knox Lecture with author William Hazelgrove (online)

  • February 12th, 2026 - Colonial Dance lecture and lessons with Jacob Bloom ***

  • March 25, 2026 - Women of ‘76 (Lesser known women of the American Revolution****

  • March 31st, 2026 - The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution with author Joyce Chaplin March

  • May 2026 - From the Battlefield to The Stage : The Many Lives of General Burgoyne with author Norman Posen

* Partnering with Weston Historical Society

** Partnering with the Country Garden Club of Weston, Weston Garden Club Evening Group, Weston Public Library, Weston Council on Aging, Land's Sake, Weston Public Schools

*** Partnering with the Josiah Smith Tavern and the Weston Historical Society

**** Partnering with the Weston Public Library

Join us on Saturday September 27th, 2025 for our 58th Annual Barn Sale!

Join us on Saturday September 27th, 2025 for our 58th Annual Barn Sale!

Join us on Saturday, September 27th, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for our 58th Annual Barn Sale on the grounds of our museum at 662 Boston Post Road, Weston.  Admission is FREE.  Held on the last weekend of September for over 50 years, the Golden Ball Tavern Museum Barn Sale is one of the oldest continually operated sales of its kind in New England. This event is held RAIN or SHINE!

Thursday Tours at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum

Thursday Tours at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum

Visit the museum on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for our weekly Open House Tours. No appointment necessary! Learn about 200 years of the Jones family, the “Weston Tea Party”, the visits of General Gage’s spies and Paul Revere’s men and see our newest exhibit “Spies Among Us”. You can also view our newly commissioned sculpture by local artist, Paul Angiolillo, titled “Mightier Than the Sword”.

Second Sunday Open House Tours

Second Sunday Open House Tours

Join us every Second Sunday of the month from 1-3 p.m. and learn about six generations of the Jones family living in this house for 200 years! Learn about the unique role that the tavern and Isaac Jones played during the Revolutionary War - including the visits from British Spies, Paul Revere’s men and a Weston Tea Party. Visit our exhibit “Spies Among Us” and view our sculpture “Mightier Than the Sword”. A fun, family friendly day out!