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Williamstown Historical Museum The Williamstown Historical Museum is Williamstown's History Center. History Matters Here! We're open Thursdays-Saturdays from 10am-2pm.

We do not have regular open hours for the winter. However, we are happy to open by appointment. Please email and we will meet you and open. Our regular open hours will commence on April 6th.

HARVEST FAIR IS MOVING INDOORS!Join us Sunday, September 27th, 11am-3pm for a smaller, cozier Harvest Fair at the Willia...
09/25/2026

HARVEST FAIR IS MOVING INDOORS!

Join us Sunday, September 27th, 11am-3pm for a smaller, cozier Harvest Fair at the Williamstown Historical Museum!

Live music from Rosin the Beaux
Contra dancing with North Berkshire Community Dance
Hot soup, cocoa & tea
Bake sale
Old-timey photobooth
History exhibits, crafts & museum activities
Raffle

Sunday, September 27th 11am–3pm
Williamstown Historical Museum
32 New Ashford Road, Williamstown, MA
Come celebrate fall with us!

Join us for the Williamstown Historical Museum Fall Harvest Fair on Sunday, September 27th, from 11am-3pmThe Harvest Fai...
09/08/2026

Join us for the Williamstown Historical Museum Fall Harvest Fair on Sunday, September 27th, from 11am-3pm

The Harvest Fair is a fundraiser for us, and is also one of our favorite community days! Come spend an afternoon enjoying music, dancing, food, family activities, vendors, history, and plenty of old-fashioned fall fun.

Here's what's happening:
Live music featuring Rosin the Beaux 11am-noon
Contra Dancing featuring North Berkshire Community Dance and caller Paul Rosenberg https://northberkshiredance.org/ https://homespun.biz/about-paul-rosenberg/ noon-2:30pm
Bake Sale & Tea Tent
Food & Craft Vendors
Animal Rides & Petting Zoo
Old-Timey Photobooth
Children's Activities & Races
Scavenger Hunt
History Booth, Historical Crafts & Displays
Raffle
…and more!

Admission: $10 adults, $5 students of any age

Your admission, purchases, and participation help support the Williamstown Historical Museum and our work preserving and sharing Williamstown's history, caring for our collections, and bringing history to the community through programs and events.

So bring your family, invite your friends, and come celebrate the season with us! Have fun, support your local historical museum, and help make our biggest fundraiser of the year a success. 🍁

Sunday, September 27, 11am-3pm
Williamstown Historical Museum

Join us on Saturday, September 12th at 7:30pm at the Williamstown Historical Museum for an evening of astronomy with the...
09/03/2026

Join us on Saturday, September 12th at 7:30pm at the Williamstown Historical Museum for an evening of astronomy with the Northern Berkshire Astronomical Society! Northern Berkshire Astronomical Society member Dr. Bob Donahue will present a lecture on the remarkable discoveries made over the past 30 years in the study of exoplanets: planets orbiting stars beyond our Solar System. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and, weather permitting, a stargazing session.

Since the 1990s, astronomers have confirmed more than 6,000 exoplanets. What are these distant worlds like? Are any of them like Earth? Is our Solar System unusual? And what are we likely to learn next?

Come learn more about the worlds beyond our Solar System and join members of the Northern Berkshire Astronomical Society for an opportunity to explore the night sky.

Join us for an upcoming night of music with The Flatbed Jazz Band, Friday, August 28th, with WHM’s Dancing in the Barn! ...
08/28/2026

Join us for an upcoming night of music with The Flatbed Jazz Band, Friday, August 28th, with WHM’s Dancing in the Barn! Bring a picnic blanket and the entire family to enjoy New Orleans-style jazz right here in Williamstown.We can’t wait to see you there!

Suggested donation $10/person $25/family, cash or card at the door! Doors open at 6pm, music starts at 6:30pm.

Join us on Friday, August 14th for Five Pound Horse! Suggested donation $15/person $30/family, cash or card at the door!...
08/13/2026

Join us on Friday, August 14th for Five Pound Horse! Suggested donation $15/person $30/family, cash or card at the door! Doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7pm.

5 Pound Horse has created a regional and international buzz around electric live performances where anything’s on the table — French-language songs, banjos, marimbas, melodies from Africa and Ireland and anywhere else they draw inspiration. They’ve graced Berkshires institutions like The Dream Away Lodge and MASS MoCA’s FreshGrass Festival, appeared at Pittsburgh venues like the Thunderbird Music Hall and James Simon’s sculpture studio Pittsburgh PA, and thrown legendary parties at their home BarN in Williamstown, MA. They toured Europe in 2024 playing as The Durgas and 5 Pound Horse combined into one group. The band are poised to record their first EP with producer Ronan Chris Murphy (King Crimson, etc). Heart-stirring, original, and epiphany-inducing, 5 Pound Horse is ready to ride into a town near you for a night to remember. Saddle up!

Join us on Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm for Reed Foehl! Born in a small country town in New England and into a musical fa...
07/25/2026

Join us on Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm for Reed Foehl!

Born in a small country town in New England and into a musical family,
Street singer- turned songwriter- Reed Foehl’s music tells stories of the human condition with a lyric and voice that push the boundaries while paying homage to tradition. Dusty and patient his music is genuine Folk/Americana. He was nominated for a grammy for his song “Fly” which was covered by country legend “ Lee Ann Womack”. His five studio albums have put him on the map of the publishing world, garnering placements in both film and television. Foehl released his 6th studio record “Wild Wild Love” recorded in Austin TX with The Band Of Heathens in 2023. He is currently working on his 7th studio album in Woodstock NY.

Join us on Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm for Reed Foehl!Born in a small country town in New England and into a musical fam...
07/21/2026

Join us on Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm for Reed Foehl!

Born in a small country town in New England and into a musical family,
Street singer- turned songwriter- Reed Foehl’s music tells stories of the human condition with a lyric and voice that push the boundaries while paying homage to tradition. Dusty and patient his music is genuine Folk/Americana. He was nominated for a grammy for his song “Fly” which was covered by country legend “ Lee Ann Womack”. His five studio albums have put him on the map of the publishing world, garnering placements in both film and television. Foehl released his 6th studio record “Wild Wild Love” recorded in Austin TX with The Band Of Heathens in 2023. He is currently working on his 7th studio album in Woodstock NY.

Join us at the Williamstown Historical Museum on Saturday, July 18th at 11am for a lecture titled "Families & Freedom: J...
07/13/2026

Join us at the Williamstown Historical Museum on Saturday, July 18th at 11am for a lecture titled "Families & Freedom: Journeys in the Revolutionary Northeast" with Williams College Professor Christine DeLucia.

Members of diverse communities and sovereign nations contended with rapid upheavals, relocations, food and resource scarcity, and contested allegiances and visions of the future. This presentation illuminates the experiences of Native American, African American, and Euro-colonial families who strategized to protect their needs and goals. Featuring the intertwined stories of Violet Freeman, Ruth Waukeet, and Mary Stiles, it explores how they envisioned and pursued wellbeing, material security, stability in cherished places, and other priorities. For each, concepts like “freedom” and “independence” held distinct meanings. These meanings profoundly shaped their pathways forward, across great distances and disparate forms of power and opportunity. This presentation also considers methods for approaching Revolutionary stories that are only partially present in conventional written archives, but that invite close reckoning with other sources and forms of memory.

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32 New Ashford Road
Williamstown, MA
01267

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+14134582160

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