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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 commemorates the work of the firefighters who worked in
this fascinating building from 1899 to 1973. There is a fine display of
firefighting gear and, the museum’s most prized possessions, two
19th-century hand pumpers and a 1926 Dodge Fire Engine.
Upstairs at the museum,
visitors will find the Gallery with exhibits that change yearly. Our
2007 exhibit is “Canal
Village
1792-1862.” The museum will be open May-September on Sunday from
1:30 to 4:00 pm and also on Wednesday in July and August from 1:30 to 4:00
pm. Also upstairs, the permanent exhibit of the 1890’s Room
displays objects of everyday life.
Our
oral history project with Mount Holyoke College.
Click
here for our most recent newsletter.
South
Hadley Historical Society publicity.
Click
here for directions to the museum.
2007
Museum Docent schedule.
Other
sources of South Hadley history and other good links.
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photo galleries
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