​Road Trip to New York City!
A Visit to The New York Historical museum, with a Special Tour of the exhibition Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, featuring clothing from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection 
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
7:30 AM Departure from Northampton’s Sheldon Field (26 Old Ferry Road, Northampton, MA)
5:30 PM Depart from New York City, arriving in Northampton by 9:00 PM
Price: $100 per person
Sold out!  Email [email protected] to place your name on the waitlist.
Road Trip Logistics
  • A chartered luxury coach will depart from Northampton’s Sheldon Field (26 Old Ferry Road) at 7:30 am.
  • The bus will arrive a short walking distance from The New York Historical (170 Central Park W) at 11:00 am. 
  • Private, docent-led tours will be offered to our group at 11:15; 11:35; and 12:00. ​
  • The bus will depart New York City at 5:30 pm, arriving in Northampton at 9:00 pm.
Price includes:
  • Bus transportation to and from Northampton;
  • On-bus commentary by Kiki Smith;
  • Entry to The New York Historical museum;
  • A private, 1-hour, docent-led tour;
  • 10% off the museum gift store; and
  • Access to films We Rise and New York Story (pending availability). 
Join Historic Northampton co-directors and Kiki Smith, Smith College professor of theatre, clothing historian, and author, on a special visit to the exhibition Kiki Smith conceived and curated: Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore at The New York Historical museum.

Featuring garments from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, the exhibit reveals the history, economics, and stories behind the everyday fashion worn by women over the last two centuries.
 
Since its opening last September, reviewers have spotlighted Real Clothes, Real Lives as one of the most important new exhibits on display. It will close in June 2025. 

Our group will be treated to private, docent-led tours of the exhibit. 

There will be time to view other exhibitions at The New York Historical museum and explore New York City on your own.
If we acknowledge garments of the past that have been overlooked, we honor the lives of the women who wore them. This exhibition celebrates the significance of these everyday garments and reveals why they are important to save.
- Kiki Smith, exhibition curator and author of Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Work
About Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith is Professor of Theatre at Smith College, director of the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, curator of the Real Clothes, Real Lives exhibit, and author of the book of the same title. She is also a professional costume and set designer, and the former board president of Historic Northampton (2014-2019). 

In 1979, she established the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, which now consists of more than 4,000 garments and accessories that depict the everyday clothing choices accessible to working American women.​