In 1975 the Peterboro Area Historical Society was formed.
Membership is five dollars per family.
The PAHS meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 PM April thru October. The museum building was constructed in 1899as the schoolhouse for the destitte Children of Madison County. Displays include local history of gerrit Smith and Family. Holstein-friesian breed, agriculture, fashions, soccer, medicine, and glass factories. Copies of a large postcard collection are displayed on the second floor.