A beautiful hidden gem right in the center of the city!…read more from History, cultural events, art exhibits, music recital, house tours, special costumed tours, Holiday events, Master Gardens and even really cool oddities like the Frog Circus!! Wistariahurst has it all!! Come and visit a gem in your own backyard!!

A gem! Beautiful historic home with guided tours filled with great background on the Skinner…read morefamily, the history of Holyoke industry and interior design, plus a special section on the lives and duties of household staff. Admission $7 for adults, $5 seniors. The adjoining garden and gift shop / museum (free) are also lovely.

This is s fantastic museum for art lovers. It has art collections from different centuries covering…read morea wide geographical areas including French, Italian, Dutch, Medieval and more. The rooms are conveniently separated by centuries We were lucky to have seen the Van Gogh exhibit. Lots of his greatest creations were on display. There was also an activity room that had materials for guests to create their own piece of art.

One of five museums included in the Springfield museums. $25 admission and you can go in to all…read morefive museums. Grand entrance gave me a chill. The collection was very powerful and spoke volume. They had Van Gogh interactive experience when we visited. It was really cool to see the paintings come alive and immerse in the colors.

This is a great place for children under 5. There are many play areas that it's different themes…read moreand enough to keep a child busy for hours. There's a grocery store, bank and workshop (to name a few) The front has a large spaceship with spacesuits to dress up in. This is where the air cannons are located which is a neat feature. There's a large ball that the foam balls can be shot into. The foam balls can also get to the larger ball via numerous airways. Worth a visit on a day when you need an outing! There was also story time and picnic area put back. Plenty of parking and clean bathrooms.

This museum is across the street from Springfield museum, it is the biggest and baddest among the 5…read moreof them. The museum highlights so much about Springfield and Massachusetts' history, achievements, technological and industrial contributions. First floor of the museum has lot of movies and TV series posters and frames that were based of from Springfield. There was a giant statue of Black Panther in honor of costume designer of the movie who's from Springfield. There's also giant section of Hasbro games, highlighting the themes of some of their most popular games. Fun area for kids. Then there are section for automotive innovations, industrial age, Rolls Royce cars and many of Springfield's great success stories. Second floor has a huge area dedicated to contributions in aviation, motorcycles (Indian and Harley Davidson), the civil war, Abraham Lincoln and John Brown's contribution to saving the Union. I learned so much about Springfield and MA just by exploring the museum. To me it was the best one, as also suggested by one of the museum employees. Don't miss this one if you are visiting Springfield Museums.

This Springfield History museum is part of the Springfield Museums complex and was our last stop of…read moreour 3 museum visit. It's small but enjoyable. My daughter would have lived in the Hasbro exhibit if I let her. Lots of antique cars and planes and the top floor gets into the Springfield related history of it all. Worth a visit while you're in the area. Also, I visited when we're still in COVID-19 pandemic and masks are optional at this museum but required at the museums with more kid attendees: Dr. Seuss and parts of the Science Museum

If you ever happen to find yourself in South Hadley any time between May and October, and the idea…read moreof wandering amongst scrimshaw trinkets, ruby glass, Americana of uncertain provenance, and assorted mineralia sounds appealing to you, make your way posthaste to this veritable cabinet of curiosities. Assembled in a deconsecrated church literally uprooted and brought to South Hadley during the displacement of five towns caused by the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir, this museum collection is amongst the quirkiest places Western Massachusetts, a distillation of the local ethos circa 1870. Did I mention that admission is free?

Spend an hour here and you'll feel like you've discovered something (rather than having it all…read morehanded to you in one church-shaped package by Mr. Skinner). Hunting around this museum is an adventure unto itself. Every nook or cranny has something worth looking at. The staff is super-nice, although they aren't going to know a lot more about every object than is written on the ID cards -- and most items don't have cards! It can get pretty hot on a sunny day without a/c in the building, so beware of that. I love oddball little museums, and this fits the profile perfectly. One guy who really liked collecting crap donated said crap, and here it is! Enjoy!

Amazing museum that's free! There's a wide variety of art from around the world and from different…read moretime periods. There are many priceless works in the collection like art from Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keefe, Auguste Rodin, and more. There are 4 floors to explore, and don't forget to use the lower level bathrooms! Both bathrooms are full of art and absolutely beautiful. I'd recommend checking out BOTH bathrooms since the art is different in each. The museum gift shop also has a variety of beautiful, high-quality, and unique gifts. During my most recent visit, I bought Smith College tea as well as a kimono fabric hair clip.

Northampton isn't even a third-tier city. This is fourth tier. And so when I was looking for a…read moremuseum in town and this popped up as a "People also search for..." I thought, why not? I'll check it out. It's only $5 admission. I. WAS. BLOWN. AWAY. I would expect this sort of art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts of the New York MoMA. I would not expect this in Northampton. Absolute priceless artworks by master artists. Mark Rothko, Auguste Rodin, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe. Unbelievable to find these and more here. Just absolutely amazing. If you're in Boston and bored with their art scene, make the journey to Northampton and check this out. You will not be disappointed. [Review 17830 overall - 1125 in Massachusetts - 1351 of 2022.]

This past season we went to the Three County Fair and thought that it was a blast. The fair itself…read moreis a little small, but it has all the things you would expect from a county fair. When we went we made it a point to go to the demolition derby which was fun to watch. The thing I like best about the demo was that they had a heat for mini vans which a lot of other fairs do not do. The sitting area for the show was a bit cramped and awkward, but again we had a good time. We also made it a point to grab some food on the way out. We loved their fried dough as well as corn dogs. The staff at the booths were really polite, and the bathrooms were fairly clean in comparison to other fair grounds. Overall, we had a good time and can't wait to go back this year.

Thanks for being progressive by offering veggie dogs, Three County Fair! It's the only area fair…read moreI've been to with this option, and it's pretty awesome. Next year: veggie corn dogs?! This is a cute New England fair, with all the fair staples everyone loves; cute animals, vomit inducing rides, obscene food, and live entertainment. This fair tends to be on the small side, which means small and manageable crowds. The main entertainment is the demolition derby, which is pretty fun to watch (you need to buy an additional ticket though). Besides seeing adorable baby animals, the highlight was tasting wines from two local wineries. We walked away with a bottle from each. It would have been nice to see more vendors; we made it trough the vendors barn pretty quickly without seeing anything of note. The fairgrounds are very easy to find and park at. Overall, a nice time!

We spent a very nice hour and a half strolling the grounds of the Storrowton Village Museum today…read more It's not a museum in the traditional sense, but rather a reconstructed village of 18th and 19th century buildings from Massachusetts and New Hampshire plopped down around a traditional town green. It reminded me a lot of what I remember seeing in Colonial Williamsburg or Old Sturbridge Village. The green has a big gazebo, and we saw a family taking graduation pictures there. The gazebo is also a popular location for wedding photos. It's located on the grounds of Eastern States Exposition, sort of on the fringe of the Big E. The buildings around the town green have an interesting history- they were all purchased, disassembled, transported, and then rebuilt on site. A sign in front of each building has a QR code so you can read up on its history. Here are some of the buildings we saw - Phillips House - Built in 1767 in Taunton, Massachusetts with hand-hewn oak sills and beams, hand-forged nails, and hand-shaped bricks. This is the village's administrative office and gift shop. Union Meeting House - Built in 1834 in Salisbury, New Hampshire. Religious services were held here, so you'll see pews of unpainted pine, a choir gallery, and a white paneled pulpit. A gorgeous steeple with a clock and bell were added during the rebuild. The building can be rented out for weddings. North Center School - Built around 1810 in Whately Massachusetts as a one room schoolhouse. The brick building has blackboards on all four walls. The museum hosts quite a bit of their educational youth programs here. Clark Blacksmith Shop - Built out of granite around 1850 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. It was deconstructed stone by stone for its move to Massachusetts. Today it serves as a classroom for a blacksmith program and is a popular tourist attraction during the Big E where folks can see the blacksmiths put their forge and bellows in action. Potter Mansion -You'd expect any building named a mansion to be impressive, but before I get to describing the building, let me say or word or two abut the gent who lived there. Captain John Potter was an officer in the Revolutionary War and he built the house for his fifteen children from two wives. Now THAT'S impressive. The mansion was built in 1776 in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and construction lasted ten years. You'll see all sorts of ornamental woodworking, a parlor, a dining room, and a kitchen with an oversized hearth, brick bake oven, and pine cabinetry. Gilbert Farmstead - Quiz time! Ever hear of anyone with the first name of "Peletiah"? Yeah, I thought not. Anyway, Pell Gilbert and his brother Levi built the farmhouse in 1794 in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. It has some very interesting construction features, like hand-hewn timbers, wrought iron hardware and nails, wide wood plank floorboards, a granite sink, raised panel trim, and a scalloped corner cabinet in the parlor. Eddy Law Office- Built in 1810 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. It's a small professional office building typical of the style of the day -one or two rooms. The building has a distinctive curved roof. The Tavern - Built around 1789 in Prescott, Massachusetts and originally known as the Atkinson Tavern. Here's a cool piece of trivia about Prescott - it doesn't exist today! Prescott and three neighboring towns were claimed by the Commonwealth of MA to be flooded and became the Quabbin Reservoir. In its hay day, the tavern hosted dances and town meetings upstairs and a store and taproom downstairs. Today, the building is the home of the Storrowton Tavern and traditional New England. If you go there for dinner, check out the granite hitching posts outside. The museum offers a heaping portion of history, education, photo ops, and plain old coolness.