First Church & Williamstown: 250 Years Together ~ on exhibit through Autumn, 2016
It is no coincidence that First Congregational Church, Williamstown, and the town itself share a birthdate. In 1750 Massachusetts General Assembly passed …
Read MoreBruce MacDonald: The History and Renovation of the Smedley House
On Saturday, October 10th Bruce MacDonald, will talk on The History and Renovation of the Smedley House. The Smedley House is the striking 1772 house at the corner of Colonial Village currently under…
Read MoreBefore & After; The Story of a Small Town’s Artifacts & Their Conservation
We hope you will join us! Saturday, October 3rd, 11 am at the Williamstown Historical Museum for the opening of our exhibit: Before and After; The Story of a Small Town’s Artifacts and Their Conservation This exhibit was created by you and for you. Williamstown residents and friends donated the artifacts in this exhibit, voted at the 2014 Annual Town Meeting to have these artifacts conserved, and your interaction with these objects makes them meaningful. Materials donated over the years helped us build a narrative for the objects that allowed us to tell some of the stories of the people and...
Read MoreConservation in Williamstown: Its Historic Roots with Phillip McKnight
Phil McKnight will give a lecture complete with pictures of 19th century American Romantic paintings…
Read MoreThe West Hoosuck Blockhouse with Dusty Griffin
At 2 pm on Saturday Sept. 19, 2015 Dusty Griffin presented the opening lecture in the 2015-16 Williamstown Historical Museum lecture series. His topic was “The West Hoosuck Blockhouse,” the history of the “blockhouse” or small fort built near the site of the present Williams Inn in 1756, when the little settlement here was still called West Hoosuck. Shortly after the blockhouse was built, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, three of its defenders were killed by a force of Indians moving through the Hoosac River Valley. But the real story behind the...
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