Historic Northampton: a local history museum in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley

Getting Vaccinated:
Portraits from the Northampton Clinic

In May of 2021, Paul Shoul photographed people just after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and the volunteers and health professionals working at the Northampton Senior Center Vaccine Clinic. Click here to see the portraits.

Exhibition Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

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New History: Same Old Story
Revising the Origins of the US Women's Rights Movement
A Zoom Presentation by Paula Giddings

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | 7 pm

Paula Giddings

Seneca Falls is where most people hear that the women’s movement was launched. But is that true? Who was and wasn’t a part of it? And what impact has the origin story had on the movement today? Relying on new research, nationally noted scholar and writer Paula Giddings will explore this important topic in American history.

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor (Emerita), Africana Studies, at Smith College and editor emerita of Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism - a scholarly journal published at Smith. In 2017, Ms. Giddings was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of four books.

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Sliding Scale Admission: $0-20.

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Honoring the Life and Art of Angel De Cora

A Gravesite Memorial and Zoom Panel Discussion

Saturday, October 16, 2021
12 noon: A Walk from Historic Northampton to Angel De Cora's gravesite
2:00 pm: A Zoom Panel Discussion

Cyanotype photograph of Angel De Cora
Collection of Historic Northampton

Hinųk Max̄iwi-Kerenąka (Winnebago/Ho-Chunk) whose name means “She Returns to the Sky” was also known by her English name Angel De Cora. She was an influential artist and illustrator, designer, teacher, and the first Native American graduate of Smith College (class of 1896). She brought Native American imagery into the graphic arts in respectful and resonant ways.

Join us as we honor De Cora’s life (1871-1919) and contributions on the 125th anniversary of her graduation from Smith College and 150th anniversary of her birth. All are invited at noon to walk from Historic Northampton to her grave in Bridge Street Cemetery where we will lay a wreath. De Cora died in Northampton in 1919 from complications of the flu.

At 2 pm, there will be a zoom presentation about De Cora’s life and work by scholars, curators, and artists: Yvonne Tiger (Cherokee, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek) Nations of Oklahoma); Kiara M. Vigil (Dakota/Apache); Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head-Aquinnah); Sunshine Thomas-Bear (Bear Clan, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska); and N.C. Christopher Couch.

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Explore Northampton

Wandering in Ward 3 - Hawley Street to Hockanum
with co-director Laurie Sanders

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 10 to 11:30 am
Saturday, October 30, 2021 | 10 to 11:30 am

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A Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery
with Emma Winter Zeig of Historic Northampton

Friday, October 22, 2021 | 10 am
Saturday, October 23, 2021 | 10 am
Sunday, October 31, 2021 | 10 am

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Who Knew: Roadside Revelations in Western Massachusetts
A Zoom Presentation by Rob Weir

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | 7 pm

The West Street Monument
Photograph by Rob Weir

Rob Weir puts the “story” back into history with his new book, Who Knew? Roadside Revelations in Western Massachusetts.

Dr. Weir will tell the fascinating tales behind places and objects that we pass by but barely notice, including the West Street monument and the Adams Farm memorial on Florence Road. He will describe his sleuthing methods for separating fact from fiction.

Got a question about a monument in western Massachusetts? This would be a good time to ask.

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Sliding Scale Admission: $0-20.

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