The Children's Museum at Holyoke provides a unique setting in which children and adults learn together about art, science and the world around them. Through hands-on exhibits, children challenge themselves, discover how the world works, explore new roles for...

In 1971, the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce established an ad hoc committee for the purpose of promoting Holyoke, Massachusetts, birthplace of volleyball, as the future home of the Volleyball Hall of Fame (VBHF). In 1978, the committee incorporated as Holyoke...

The park's Visitors' Center features exhibits about paper manufacturing and Holyoke's industrial history. A slide show celebrates the city's rich blend of cultures and people. Special programs are offered year-round. The Children's Museum, the restored antique...

Wistariahurst Museum, originally the home of prominent silk manufacturer, William Skinner and his family, has stood as an example of elegance and fine architecture since 1874. The buildings and grounds were owned continually by the Skinner family until 1959, when...

The Old Firehouse Museum presents the history of this town, which was settled in 1753 and is the site of our new nation’s first commercially successful canal. Along with the history of the people and industries of South Hadley, the Old Firehouse Museum...

The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum is a 20th-century cabinet of curiosities. The Museum consists of the diverse collections of Joseph Skinner (1867-1946), a local manufacturer and philanthropist. Skinner was interested in both local history and the artifacts of other...

Founded in 1876, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum was one of the first collegiate museums in the United States—and today is one of the liveliest! It’s a “cultural laboratory” for the campus and is actively used in teaching by faculty and students studying...

The Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA, encompasses the Mount Holyoke College campus, an arboretum, numerous gardens, and the Talcott Greenhouse. It was first designated a botanical garden in 1878.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum is open within the historic Union Station. Our hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of Union Station, 2 Washington Square, Worcester, Massachusetts. Here is a map of...

The Society was formed in 1972. The home at 7 Holyoke Street, the Rapalus residence, was donated in 1976 with the Fred A. Worm Memorial Room added in 1992. In rooms decorated in the Victorian era, the society preserves Easthampton's past in the following catagories...