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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 will reopen on Sunday, April 6, 2025 with our Open House event. Please continue to visit our website or our Facebook page for ongoing program announcements.

FULL LIST OF EVENTS »

2025 Events

The museum will reopen on Sunday, April 6, 2025 with our Open House event. 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: Friends of the Keep Homestead Museum Meeting
Start: 2025-04-06T15:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-06T16:00:00-04:00
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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Keep Homestead Museum4 months ago

Here's a peek at a special display at the Keep this Sunday. These seasonal Santas (and more) are on loan from two of our gracious and amazing volunteers!

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Keep Homestead Museum4 months ago

Join us this Sunday, December 8 from 1:30–2:30 pm for “How Santa Claus Came to Town” at the Keep! Lorraine German (owner of Mad River Antiques in North Granby, Connecticut) will share information about New Amsterdam’s St. Nicholas, the marketing strategy used by members of the New York Historical Society, and finally the jolly old elf we grew up with.

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