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

Museum Hours
Wednesday - Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

Face masks are required for all visitors age 2 and older, even if you are vaccinated.

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Upcoming Events

Northampton Neighbors DoozyDo Parade
Downtown Northampton

Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 11 am

Come join the fun and watch Historic Northampton and lots of your friends and favorite organizations be silly and celebrate Northampton’s first DoozyDo Parade. The parade, organized by Northampton Neighbors, promises to be a joyful, inclusive, unconventional celebration in—and of—the City of Northampton. It will include people of all ages, as well as local organizations, businesses, local bands and musicians, roller derby devotees, bagpipers, floats and antique cars, and teams of kids, adults and seniors joining in the fun.

The parade will begin outdoors at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street and end outside the Academy of Music.

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Northampton State Hospital Grounds

Northampton State Hospital in History & Fiction: A Walking & Reading Tour
with local author Ellen Meeropol

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | 10 am | This tour is full.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 5 pm | This tour is full.
Friday, September 30, 2022 | 10 am | This tour is full.

Join local author Ellen Meeropol on a walk and talk around the former Northampton State Hospital and the Village Hill neighborhood, the setting and inspiration for her new novel. The Lost Women of Azalea Court begins one November morning, when 88-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from a fictional six-bungalow development on the grounds of the long-closed hospital, where her husband was the last head psychiatrist. Their daughter, the neighbors, and police detective suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance and dig into his past. The neighbors, family, and detective narrate this story together, uncovering ghosts, secrets, and lies.

Registration is required.
Sliding scale admission: $10 - $25.

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Exploring Northampton: Beaver Brook Greenway
A Walking Tour with Bob Zimmermann and Laurie Sanders

Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 10 am | This tour is full.
Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 1 pm | This tour is full.

Beaver Brook Greenway

Join Broad Brook Coalition president Bob Zimmermann and Historic Northampton’s co-director Laurie Sanders for an exploration of the human and natural history of the Beaver Brook Greenway. Learn about the family that lived here during the early 1900s, who ran a sawmill, operated a large farm and planted daffodils around their home. Fast-forward to today and learn about how this became a conservation area, how the timber-frame wildlife blind was built, and the natural history of the adjacent beaver marsh and surrounding uplands.

Co-sponsored by Broad Brook Coalition and Historic Northampton, in partnership with the Leeds Civic Association.

Registration is required. Limited to 30.

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