Today the Holyoke Fire Department was given the immense honor of hosting a ground zero flag on its journey for the New England Run for the Fallen. The flag, along with a small cross constructed out of marble retrieved from…
My name is Nicholas Anderson, and I am an American military historian from Long Beach, California. I earned by undergraduate degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. I am currently enrolled in the History department at the University of…
Recently, Mass Humanities awarded a grant of over $12,000 to support Wistariahurst's project, Sustaining the Humanities at Wistariahurst. We were extremely gratified to receive Mass Humanities’ support, especially since Mass Humanities grant proposals are subjected to a rigorous review process.…
As many of you know, one major focus of the last two years here has been to address a wide variety of physical needs on site. In 2018, we began to survey the property in order to identify pressing preservation…
To Our Community: This past week people around the world paid collective witness to brutality and violence rooted deep in the racism and oppression of our country’s past. It is a week when I believe many fellow historians are, like…
XXVI. Thursday, Aug. 18 '87 Early this morning we went to St. Giles Church which was much larger than I had expected. The windows of the Church are all memorials and are exceedingly beautiful. The gas jets, where lighted, represent…
Dear Wistariahurst Community, Along with so many of our peers in this community and across the globe, Wistariahurst is taking our role as a heavily trafficked public site seriously and closely monitoring the situation. Despite having been in our off-season,…
TICKETS ON SALE NOW Join us for one of Holyoke’s most beloved holiday traditions as the Massachusetts Academy of Ballet presents Nutcracker & Sweets at Wistariahurst! This unique, historical interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet is presented through narration and dance,…
contributed by Joe Maspo A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit France’s historical Alsace-Lorraine. I went for a rather odd reason too: Belle Skinner, philanthropist and daughter of Holyoke silk magnate William Skinner, not only frequently visited…
Fall of 2018, Wistariahurst Museum and ArteSana are coming together to present Homespun One Hundred Years of Textile Arts in Holyoke, an exhibition featuring textiles and fiber arts pieces from our region’s past and present. The exhibition pays homage to…