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Visit the Museum

The property has about 75 acres of farmland, a pond, and a small granite quarry (now a certified vernal pool).

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We’d love your help

Volunteer at the Keep Homestead Museum—knowledge of buttons is not required!

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Our Button Collection

Big or small, glass or metal, ivory or seashell… there are thousands of buttons on display at the museum!

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History awaits

History was important to Myra and the museum contains many examples of this interest.

2025 Events

The museum is open for the season! Please continue to visit our website or our Facebook page for ongoing program announcements.

FULL LIST OF EVENTS »

2025 Events

The museum is open for the season! Please continue to visit our website or our Facebook page for ongoing program announcements.

FULL LIST OF EVENTS »

Welcome to the Keep Homestead Museum

Name: Museum Open House
Start: 2025-09-07T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-07T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Keep Homestead Museum

Visit the gift shop where our handmade note cards featuring buttons are for sale and check back often for details about new exhibits and upcoming events in 2025! Explore the museum online with our virtual tour.

Questions? Call 413-267-4137 for more information.

The most unique button collection in New England!

When Myra Keep Lovell Moulton died in 1988, the last of a long line of Keeps in Monson, she willed her property, its contents and an endowment fund to the town with two stipulations:

It must be opened to the public on one day during the first year after acceptance of the property.

It must be named the Keep Homestead Museum.

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Visit the Keep Homestead Museum this Sunday (August 3, 2025) as we welcome Bill Dominick of the Monson Historical Society to discuss the history of the Merrick, Fay, & Co. Straw Works Hat Factory. He will share information about the two families who owned the factory with historical photos to view. We hope to see you there!

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End your Independence Day celebration weekend with our annual Ice Cream Social on Sunday, July 6! Tour the museum to view new exhibits and plan to visit the gift shop where handmade note cards featuring buttons are for sale.

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Visit the Keep Homestead Museum this Sunday (June 1, 2025) as we welcome back Wildlife on Wheels from Forest Park! This is a FREE educational outreach program that will bring five ambassador animals to the museum. We hope to see you there!

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