Amherst Historical Society and Museum
History Begins at Home
Rebecca Fricke has been an Amherst resident since 2000. She made one quilt for her family in 1999 and then picked up her needle and thread again in 2007. After hand sewing a few quilts, she decided to try out a long-arm sewing machine in 2008 and has never looked back. From bed quilts she moved on to wall art and home décor and it was around that time that she began her art business – Bedscape Designs.
Visit the Amherst History Museum, located at the Simeon Strong House, 67 Amity St., Amherst MA. We held our first exhibition in 1899, received our charter in 1903, and are celebrating over 100 years of the Society’s ownership of the c.1759 Simeon Strong House.
The Amherst History Museum is closed for the 2020 season due to the coronavirus. You can find directions here.
The Amherst History Museum accepts donations of any size at any time of the year. We hold our Annual Appeal in late November and renew all memberships in the Spring.
A gift to the Amherst History Museum, whether in memory of a loved one or in honor of a special accomplishment, is always a unique way to help the Amherst Community and recognize an extraordinary individual.
Want to know where Amherst’s Cold War bunker is located? Or where the “curragh” district of Amherst was? Or learn about a local factory that made “collapsing skirts!”
These are all entries under the letter “C” in the book Amherst A to Z, written by Elizabeth Sharpe. The book is illustrated with pictures of artifacts from the Amherst History Museum, historic images from the Jones Library’s Special Collections, as well as photographs of our town and the folks who live here.