Crane Museum and Center for the Paper Arts

Name: Crane Museum and Center for the Paper Arts
Address: 32 Pioneer Street, Dalton, MA, 01226, US
Telephone: (413) 684-6380
Price range: Not applicable

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Crane Museum and Center for the Paper Arts

The Museum is currently closed. See cranemuseum.org or contact us for more information.

05/12/2026

This Week’s Archive Find: More photos of workers from Bay State Mill. To see the names of those pictured, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

05/04/2026

This Week’s Archive Find: Photos of workers from Bay State Mill, 1910. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

03/18/2026

See the Currency Collection from the Crane Museum Archives on the Digital Commonwealth! Our Photo and Ledger collection are also posted. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/institutions/commonwealth:wp98fz833

03/03/2026

March 10 is U.S. Paper Money Day. On March 10, 1862, the federal government first issued United States Notes, following the passage of the First Legal Tender Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in February 1862. These notes quickly became the primary paper currency of the Union during the Civil War.

02/19/2026

This Week’s Archive Find: Allied Military Currency. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

01/20/2026

This Week’s Archive Find: Photos of Steam Engine Rooms. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

01/09/2026

This Week’s Archive Find: Photos of Rag Rooms. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

11/20/2025

This Week’s Archive Find: The ‘Paper’ entry in an encyclopedia from 1780. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

10/29/2025

This Week’s Archive Find: Photos and etchings of early Crane & Co. leaders. To see more, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

10/01/2025

This Week’s Archive Find: Postal Notes and watermarked Postal Note paper. To see more paper history, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

09/03/2025

This Week’s Archive Find: Photos from Old Berkshire Mill. To see the names of Crane workers pictured in these photos, visit the Archives section of our website: https://cranemuseum.org/archives

Address

32 Pioneer Street
Dalton, MA
01226

Telephone

(413) 684-6380

Website

https://cranemuseum.org/

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