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Sat.
Oct 10th
2 PM
Voices of Industry Short Films — Second Saturdays at AAIM
The Attleboro Area Industrial Museum (AAIM) invites the public to a special screening of Voices of Industry on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM. The event will feature four short oral history films spotlighting the businesses and people who shaped Attleboro’s industrial legacy.
The films capture the stories of Mark Fisher of Swift & Fisher, Tom Greene of Balfour Jewelry, Andrea Guyot Twombly of Guyot Brothers, and Rachel Benavides and Pret Stevenson of the Reeves Company. Each interview explores their company’s history, their personal role within it, and the impact Attleboro has had on their work.
The screening is the latest installment of Voices of Industry, AAIM’s ongoing initiative to record and preserve the oral histories of the region’s industrial workers and business leaders before they are lost to time. Attleboro has long been recognized for its contributions to jewelry making, tool manufacturing, and technology, and the Voices of Industry project is designed to bridge the community’s past, present, and future through a growing video archive, updated exhibitions, new public programs, and educational initiatives. “The best way to learn about Attleboro’s past is to hear it directly from the people who helped shape it,” said Executive Director, Victoria Antonucci.
The program will consist of four 15-minute film screenings, followed by a brief Q&A session. Light refreshments will be served, and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is presented in part with support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Attleboro, North Attleboro, and Wrentham Cultural Councils.
Each video was filmed and edited by Ian Opaluch of I.O. Digital Marketing.
This program is presented as part of Second Saturdays at the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum. Each month brings a different topic and a new way to engage with the stories of Attleboro and the region.
Questions? Email director@industrialmuseum.com or call (508) 222-3918.
Sat.
Aug 8th
2PM - 4PM
Second Saturdays: Please Return This Bottle
Please Return This Bottle features a collection of vintage bottles largely dating to the first half of the 20th century, offering visitors a window into not only what people were buying, but how those products were marketed and sold.
Many of the bottles on display bear embossed or raised lettering identifying the bottling company, its location, the product’s intended use, and its date of manufacture — details that made the bottle and its contents inseparable in the eyes of consumers.
These artifacts also hold significance beyond marketing history. Archaeologists frequently use bottles to help date historical sites, since manufacturers regularly changed bottle shapes and hallmarks throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Medicine bottles in particular can offer clues about the illnesses people treated, their spending habits, and whether they shopped locally or ordered goods from afar.
Please Return This Bottle is presented as part of AAIM’s Second Saturdays series, held from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on the second Saturday of each month.
This event is free and open to the public.
We hope to see you there!
Thurs.
Feb. 26th
5:00 - 7:30PM
Planting Attleboro’s Pocket Forest - Presentation
Attleboro is taking steps to reduce flood and stormwater damage and increase drought resilience by creating a “Pocket Forest” with a great diversity of tree species that will collaborate to deepen soils that absorb and hold water, many times that of a stand of a single tree species.
Volunteers are being scheduled for April 2026 to plant 500 native trees and shrubs of over forty different species in a circular plot near Capron Park Zoo and Attleboro High School.
During a reception, 5:15 to 6:00 pm, Attleboro High School students will present posters and projects that demonstrate the benefits of planting a pocket forest.
Presentations begin at 6:00pm.
Deanna Wells-Scott, AHS Marine Science Teacher, and Chris Hitchener, lead education coordinator for Mass Audubon’s Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary, will discuss Attleboro’s connections to the sea and the work of AHS Marine Science students.
Kirby Ruggieri, an AHS Environmental Science teacher, will discuss life in soils and how a diverse range of forty native woody plants, trees, and shrubs can be a much better carbon sponge, holding water, than a stand of just a few tree species.
John Rogan, PhD, Geography Professor, Human-Environment Regional Observatory, Clark University, will present the work of Clark Students monitoring and measuring the climate resilience of two Miyawaki pocket forests in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Rob Moir, PhD, Executive Director of the Ocean River Institute, will discuss how plant diversity, when applied using methods developed by botanist Akira Miyawaki, improves stormwater management, reduces flooding, and increases drought resilience.
The Industrial Revolution began in Attleboro in 1780 with the opening of a brass button factory. The Earth Rehydration Revolution, a grassroots environmental movement, focuses on restoring the “small water cycle” by keeping rainwater in the soil instead of letting it runoff into the ocean, which helps reduce the heat-trapping effects of water vapor in the atmosphere and cools the local climate.
It starts here in Attleboro. Come learn about the plans for a Pocket Forest in our backyard, and discover how you can make a lasting difference with a spade and a sapling.
Kelly Bergeron and AHS’s media team, “Blue Reporters,” will film the event.
Questions? Email director@industrialmuseum.com or call us at (508) 222-3918.
