Old Colony History Museum in Taunton says someone stole its pumpkins, shares security camera image
The museum on Church Green, in its 100th year in the old Bristol Academy building, asks anyone who recognizes the person in the image to contact the museum or Taunton Police.
TAUNTON The Old Colony History Museum in Taunton says someone walked onto its grounds Monday and stole its pumpkins, and it is asking anyone who recognizes the person in its security camera image to come forward.
"Someone walked onto our private property today and stole our pumpkins," the museum wrote in a Facebook post at 10:23 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. "We work hard to maintain our grounds and make them welcoming for our community. Our seasonal decorations are there for everyone to enjoy, not for someone to help themselves to."
The image the museum shared with its post shows a person in a dark cap, sunglasses and a dark hooded top walking on a paved path beside a low stone wall, with four pumpkins lined up along the top of the wall.
"If you recognize this person, we'd love to know who thought this was an acceptable thing to do," the post says. "Alternatively, you can let the Taunton Police know, as they now have a copy of our security camera footage."
How to help
Anyone who recognizes the person can call Taunton Police on the department's business line, 508-824-7522, or reach the museum at 508-822-1622 or info@oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org. In an emergency, call 911.
A museum in its 100th year on Church Green
The pumpkins sat on the grounds of a museum that is marking a century on Church Green. The Old Colony Historical Society bought the 1852 Bristol Academy building at 66 Church Green in 1926, and the museum's centennial campaign, A Century on Church Green, aims to raise $965,000, with a redesign of the grounds as its first project, as our story on the museum's 100th year explains.
The museum closed its post with one more line: "Seriously, imagine having to explain why you stole pumpkins from a history museum."
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact comes from the Old Colony History Museum's own Facebook post and security camera image, posted at 10:23 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, the Taunton Police Department's website, the museum's website and our Oct. 29 story on the museum's 100th year, which drew on the museum's own pages. We read them on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and checked each date and weekday against a calendar. The museum's post does not name anyone.
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Sources (4)
- Old Colony History Museum, Facebook post and security camera image (Nov. 9, 2026)Posted Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at 10:23 p.m. on the museum's Facebook page, public: someone walked onto its private property today and stole its pumpkins; grounds and seasonal decorations; asks anyone who recognizes the person to tell the museum or Taunton Police, who now have a copy of its security camera footage; closing line about stealing pumpkins from a history museum. Image 861 by 596, saved. Read Nov. 10, 2026.
- Taunton Police Department (home page)Business Line 508-824-7522; always dial 911 in case of emergency. Read Nov. 10, 2026.
- Visit | Old Colony History MuseumMuseum phone 508-822-1622; 66 Church Green, Taunton; email info@oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org. Read Nov. 10, 2026.
- South Coast 360: Taunton's Old Colony History Museum marks 100 years in the old Bristol Academy on Church Green (Oct. 29, 2026)From the museum's own pages: society bought the 1852 Bristol Academy building at 66 Church Green in 1926; A Century on Church Green campaign, $965,000 goal; first project a redesign of the grounds. Read Nov. 10, 2026.