Historic Northampton connects the past with the present through active exploration, programs and preservation. Come discover Northampton's stories with us.
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EXHIBITION HOURS: WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY 12 NOON to 4 PM
Admission to the exhibit is by voluntary donation. Suggested donation: $5-$10.
Fun for Kids at Historic Northampton
Every Wednesday ~ 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Historic Northampton's $150,000 Challenge Match
Your donation will be matched 1:1 by anonymous donors.
Upcoming Programs
Saturday, February 22, 2020 | 7 pm
Homegrown Harmony: Early American Music on Main Street
A Presentation by Tim Eriksen, Musician, Musicologist and Professor of Music
A Presentation by Tim Eriksen, Musician, Musicologist and Professor of Music
Ethnomusicologist Tim Eriksen will speak on Early American Music in Northampton on February 22nd.
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Northampton was home to some of the country’s earliest choral singing and to one of the most prolific music publishers in early New England. In fact, by the 1790s, the town had become a destination for local and regional composers and tunebook compilers. During the mid-nineteenth century, local senior citizens revived this sacred music of their youth in public performances known as “Old Folks' Concerts." Today, thanks to musician, ethnomusicologist and instructor Tim Eriksen, some of these remarkable songs by local composers are still sung in the “shape-note” tradition.
During his presentation, Eriksen will discuss early American music in Northampton and the enduring appeal of this local traditional music. And yes, singing will be included. Sponsored by Messrs. Czelusniak et Dugal, Inc.
Organ Builders: Restoration, Rebuilding & Maintenance |
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 4:30 pm
Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams
A Public Talk by Eve M. Kahn, author and former Antiques columnist for The New York TImes
A Public Talk by Eve M. Kahn, author and former Antiques columnist for The New York TImes
A Profile, c. 1895, oil on canvas, 21 x 16 in.
Shown at the New York Water Color Club and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1895. Private collection (photo: Ted Hendrickson). |
Eve M. Kahn, independent scholar and the former Antiques columnist for The New York Times, will lecture on her new book, Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams, 1857-1907 (Wesleyan University Press).
Mary Rogers Williams had a 20-year-long teaching career in the art department of Smith College. A baker's daughter from Hartford, Connecticut, she biked and hiked from the Arctic Circle to Naples, exhibited from Paris to Indianapolis, chafed against art world rules that favored men and wrote thousands of pages about her travels and work, but sadly ended up almost totally obscure. Kahn will explain her own detective work and the Northampton angles of Mary's lively letters and unpublished artworks, which capture pensive gowned women, Norwegian slopes reflected in icy waters, saw-tooth rooflines on French chateaus, incense hazes in Italian chapels, and Connecticut River Valley pastures at sunset. Sponsored by Seth Mias Catering
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Historic Northampton thanks these major sponsors of public programming
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