Calling all folks who live, work, or play in Northampton. The City of City of Northampton is conducting a survey on ways to make Main St. safer and #climate ready. We want to see less space for cars and more space for people - can we go further on Alt. 3? survey.alchemer.com/s3/6294580/Pic…

.Historic Northampton Co-Executive Director Elizabeth Sharpe with whom I was honored to serve on Town of Amherst, MA Historical Commission & amhersthistory.org board wrote the definitive history of the great flood of 1874, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘮 simonandschuster.com/books/In-the-S…

Don't miss public readings of Frederick Douglass’s influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in City of Northampton + Town of Amherst, MA on 7/3+4. H/t Historic Northampton Mass Humanities Info: masshumanities.org/wp-content/upl…

So proud to be able to be the site for this powerful event - we hope everyone will be able to join Mass Humanities on our lawn tomorrow at 11am.

Did you know a naval unit trained at Smith College? Take a closer look with Historic Northampton's newest video about a WAVES uniform in our collection historicnorthampton.org/videos.html#sh… #4thJuly

Missed today’s powerful #FrederickDouglass reading on our grounds? Make sure to view the livestream on Northampton Open Media Mass Humanities

Great crowd and readers at ⁦City of Northampton⁩ #RFDT21. Thanks ⁦@SabadosaMA⁩ for co-hosting with ⁦Historic Northampton⁩ ⁦Forbes Library⁩ ⁦PVWorkersCenter⁩ Ruggles Center, Sojourner Truth Institute and so many ⁦Mass Humanities⁩ hometown partners. #mapoli

Calling 1st-5th graders! Join comedian and actor Kelsey Flynn for outdoor games and historical storytelling activities! We have four dates this summer - including THIS THURSDAY! Register here: historicnorthampton.org/let-the-games-…

Can electrocuting a pickle teach you about the stars? Find out NEXT SATURDAY on Historic Northampton's lawn, where Amherst College's Exo-Planeteers will be leading experiments and answering questions in a FREE event. Register here: events.constantcontact.com/register/event…

An unprecedented number of 20 orgs hosted their own #RFDT21 events in #MA this summer with the help of funding by Mass Humanities. As we continue to hear great things about the events, we want to say thank you to those who hosted and participated in this powerful movement.

Have you heard? Historic Northampton is back open with a brand new exhibit on historic toys! Take a peek at the installation process (at 1200x the speed) #COVID19 #twitterstorians youtube.com/watch?v=z6GMvr…

👏 Proud of our interns! Congrats on your stellar work. Our grad students' projects helped further the missions of Paul Revere House, Gunston Hall, @mercerfonthill, Springfield Museums, Historic Northampton, @mysticseaport, Historic New England, National Park Service and the Augusta Savage Gallery. 🤜🤛

What we’re excited about today: beginning conservation on our historic sign collection. Check out before and after images from the first step!

Important museum announcement: we have a moat. The invading hordes have yet to be arrive, but we’re ready, because we also have a canoe.

(1/7) Black history is American history. And it's the history of Western Mass, too. Presenting a vital new website from the Pioneer Valley History Network, @UMassph, UMass Amherst Libraries & collaborators ⤵️ blogs.umass.edu/pvhn-blackhist… Supported by Mass Humanities & UMass Amherst

Thursday at 7pm online, join Historic Northampton Historic Northampton and Professor Sarah Lynn Patterson for a presentation on "When Movement Struggles Produce Progressive Thought." More info: umass.edu/english/event/…

Tonight, 4/27/23 at 7 pm. The Stetson Family Letters with Dr. Christopher Clark with readings by Mary Beth Brooker, Tahmie Der and Tom Goldscheider.

The event is on Zoom. Register online at historicnorthampton.org