Amherst Historical Society and Museum

History Begins at Home

The Board of Trustees

Amherst Historical Society 2019 Roster of the Board of Trustees

George Naughton–President
David Dunn—Vice President
Rebecca Fricke—Treasurer
Bonnie Isman—Clerk
Cyndi Harbeson, ex-officio

New Trustees

Jane Harwood
Cathryn Lombardi
Jennifer Tuleha
Bruce Wilcox

Continuing Trustees

First Term Feb. 2016-Feb. 2019
George Naughton

First Term Feb. 2017-Feb. 2020
David Dunn
Rebecca Fricke
Bonnie Isman
Peggy Matthews-Nilsen

First Term Feb. 2018-Feb. 2021
Michelle Cutting
Ann Tweedy
James Wald

Second Term Feb. 2019-Feb. 2022
Else Hambleton

Departing Trustees:
Georgia Barnhill
Bonnie MacCracken
Samuel Redman
Kiara Vigil

About the Museum

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 open Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m., or by appointment. You can find directions here.

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Support Us


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.

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Amherst A to Z

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.

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