The Museum Collection Housed on the lower level of the Bacon Free Library building in South Natick, the Historical Society's museum features among its collections the Indian Bible of the 17th century missionary, John Eliot, founder of the Natick Indian Community. The museum collection also includes artifacts of Archaic and Woodland as well as Christian Indian cultures. Students of literature and history will be interested in the museum's collection of memorabilia of many of Natick's most distinguished citizen's including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger Jr., and Henry Wilson, the 20th Vice-President of the United States. The Wilson Memorial Shoe Shop stands on West Central Street. Early maps, photographs, furnishings, tools, and costumes are displayed to illustrate the community's daily life in earlier periods. Of particular interest to students of ornithology is the museum's natural history collection that features an outstanding array of birds of North and South America. The Museum Library The museum's library contains material relating to Natick and the surrounding towns, local authors, genealogy, and natural history. Museum Gifts The museum has a number of special gift items available for sale. Please Click Here for a list of items available from our gift table. Museum Location The Museum is located on the lower level of the Bacon Free Library at 58 Eliot Street (Route 16) in South Natick Square, adjacent to the waterfall on the Charles River (by the South Natick Dam). Click HERE for detailed directions.