I grew up in a town nearby. As a little tiny tot I would come take art classes here every Saturday…read moremorning. Back then the museum was a lit smaller. FAM taught me that I can be an artist. Even though I have no desire to be a professional artist. As such FAM holds a special place for me. Now that I'm an adult I seem to show up every few years. Usually for a local exhibit. The museum sponsors a lot of local exhibitions. And I show up because I know some body who is fortunate enough to have artwork on display. (And once I even had artwork on display!). Like right now there is an exhibition of local Finnish artists. And I know 2 of them. (Though I never got my act together to submit anything - so I'm not included). It's a great resource for the city of Fitchburg. I was happy to see they participate in the summer Friday's program. And that they offer free admission on certain Thursday's. And they offer free admission to the local neighborhood. This museum truly makes art accessible. Both for the artist. Ad well as exposing art to people who can't afford the price tag of an MFA. Keep up the good work FAM.

This museum exceeded my expectations. Wonderful exhibits. Particularly liked the photography…read moreexhibits. Very friendly staff. May do a return visit in the future! Mary Jane C. MA

They sometimes have little flea markets in front of this place, and you'd expect more "historical"…read morefinds but it's mostly your usual flea market finds. Still neat!

Excellent improvements, features, activities, exhibits and theater all on line now as well as a…read moregreat new Director and staff.

Stopped by hoping to get a little info on ancestors who lived in the area. The Director of the…read moresociety was working and knew immediately what we were looking for and provided a ton of information. They obviously put a lot of heart and hard work into what they do here.

Hundreds of artifacts displayed in this beautiful home make this an excellent Museum worth…read morevisiting. Caretakers and tour guides lovingly tell the story of the town. Very nice!

Nice collection of historical items and information about the town of Winchendon in a beautiful…read morewell-preserved historic home. Get a tour as we did and it makes a big difference. Seemed a lot of volunteers were a bit clustered at the front door and not through out where they could be useful for questions. (one was a bit aggressive about not allowing photos, though photography is allowed - confusing).

This agency receives lots of taxpayer funding and does not provide a commensurate benefit to the…read morepublic. Members use their supposed expertise to inject themselves into affairs in the City of Fitchburg, since they work out of its City Hall. For instance, one serves on the Board of Health. She was ignorant of covid basics (how tests work, the difference between being hospitalized incidentally with covid or due to covid), yet imposed restrictions on residents. Despite the low risk of children getting covid she voted to keep a school mask mandate in place, believing there would be a big spike in cases after February vacation. Fortunately she was outvoted, and no increase in cases occurred. Many times at Board of Health meetings she would whine about how much contact tracing she had to do, even when it was not required and Leominster was not having its cases traced. Finally other people were hired to take over this function. Another nurse who works here came to a School Committee and BOH meeting and disparaged data from mainstream sources such as the CDC and Massachusetts Department of Health, saying only her personal experience matters. Now, despite covid no longer being a pandemic according to Dr. Fauci, they are keeping a whole army of contact tracers on staff, including a highly paid epidemiologist and a supervisor. They examine wastewater to try to sniff out an increase in cases to justify this expense, but it's been months and they have yet to release a promised public dashboard of their data. I am betting we are stuck with this bloated staffing forever even though the contact tracers are supposed to be temps. This is a "solution" in search of a problem.