Why support Historic Northampton?
Because what is preserved here is inherently interesting, historically important and not replaceable
Because it has the power to enrich our civic life
Because we articulate the identity of Northampton: we are the people who did . . . did what?
- Letters, account books, local ephemera
- Extensive object collections – costume, textiles, ceramics, kitchenware, furniture, music books, medical and fire-fighting tools
- Business collections (Pro Brush, Gare silver, Northampton Cutlery, signs)
- Much local history preserved, especially women’s history
Because it has the power to enrich our civic life
- Exhibitions - always something new to be discovered
- Lectures and programs - new ways of understanding
- School programs – civic heritage passed on to children
- Conversation between past and present, through art, music, discussion
- Public projects – making history together
Because we articulate the identity of Northampton: we are the people who did . . . did what?
- Northampton’s history is long and fascinating, filled with conflict, and rich with personality
- It was never just about “the old families” - newcomers have left their mark in every generation
- The city’s history belongs to all of us, wherever we were born and whatever our opinions
- Common history, even when “adopted,” forges a common civic identity