Events 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 the Jones family, the visits of General Gage’s spies and more. You can also view our newly commissioned sculpture by local artist, Paul Angiolillo, titled “Mightier Than the Sword”.
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. See what it was like to live in the colonial times - our museum is filled with hundreds of artifacts that belonged to the Jones family.
"Spies Among Us" is OPEN! Visit the museum on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and learn about the story of General Gage's spies who visited the Tavern in 1775, explore examples of espionage on both sides, and examine the many ways of spying that were used during the American Revolution.
Join us on August 2st from 6.00 to 8:00 p.m. for a fun evening of music with local cover band - Crossroad Band! Bring a chair, a blanket, a picnic and your dancing shoes! We can’t wait for another night of wonderful music for all ages! Make your donation and reserve your spot HERE!
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.
We enjoyed our online lecture with Malcolm F. Purinton, Ph.D., renowned beer historian, professor, author and columnist who turned his love of beer into an academic vocation. Learn more about the role of beer and alcohol in Revolutionary times with a very interesting perspective by watching the lecture on our YouTube channel HERE!
You can now find the presentation by Joseph M. Adelman, Ph.D. expounding on the role of taverns in the Revolutionary Era on our YouTube channel. Link HERE.
This talk was presented by The Golden Ball Tavern Museum and the Friends of the Josiah Smith Tavern.
(Image of Golden Ball Tavern Museum’s original taproom).
We plan to have another cemetery tour this fall - keep a look out for the date!
On Sunday, October 27th, Pam Fox of the Weston Historical Society and author of "Farm Town to Suburb: The History and Architecture of Weston, Massachusetts”, led a lively and informative walking tour of the two oldest cemeteries in Weston. This tour was co-sponsored by Weston Historical Society and The Golden Ball Tavern Museum.
We welcomed Larry C. Kerpelman for a lecture on “The Plight of Loyalists in Massachusetts.” This lecture was held on October 9th. The recording can be found here.
Jonathan Detwiler of Buttonwood Renovations gave an enlightening architectural tour of the Golden Ball Tavern in October 2023. We look forward to having him return to highlight more of the unique features of our museum. Watch the recording HERE.
