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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A Hike to the Ruins of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam
with co-director Elizabeth Sharpe

Join co-director Elizabeth Sharpe on a hike to the ruins of the Williamsburg reservoir dam in Williamsburg, Mass.

On May 16, 1874, the 42-foot tall earthen dam suddenly burst, unleashing one hundred acres of water onto the valley below. Within an hour, the flood devastated the villages of Williamsburg, Skinnerville, Haydenville and Leeds; 139 persons died in the catastrophe. Dr. Sharpe will discuss the dam's siting, construction, the flood itself, and the inquiry into who was responsible.

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Borderland: The Life and Times of Blanche Ames Ames
A Zoom film screening and Q & A session
Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7 pm

Watch a zoom screening of a new, 55-minute documentary that chronicles the life of Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969).

Ames was a Smith College alumna, artist, activist, builder, inventor, birth control advocate, and leader of the women's suffrage movement in Massachusetts.

The film screening will be followed by a Q & A with producer, Kevin Friend, and special guest, executive producer, and Ames relative, Williams Ames.

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Rediscovering Northampton: Hawley Street
with co-director Laurie Sanders