Whately Historical Society Museum

The Society's Museum contains over 4000 objects related to Whately's history - paintings, furniture, photographs, documents and an extensive collection of local pottery.

The current exhibit Whately Textiles - Quilts, Fashions and More is well worth a visit.  It features a wide variety of clothing from the early 19th century to the present, wonderful quilts, and even a quiz on the history of fashion!

 

New Acquisition
The Society has just acquired this lovely Frederick Adams tea table with Adams' signature plate.

 

 

 

The museum is located at 218 Chestnut Plain Road, Whately.  It is open Tuesdays from 9 to 12 am and by special appointment.  We welcome visitors.

Whately History Resources

Baldwin, Henry C, Guide to Whately Pottery and The Potters, Whately Massachusetts, 1778 to 1873, Northampton, MA, 1999.

Cane, Ena M., Whately Massachusetts, 1771-1971, Whately, MA, 1972.*

Crafts, James M., History of the town of Whately, Mass Including a narrative of leading events from the first planting of Hatfield, 1661-1899, Orange, MA, 1899.*

Massachusetts Division of Conservation and Resources, Whately Reconnaissance Report, June 2009,  the Whately Heritage Landscape Inventory Report.

Massachusetts Historical Commission, Historic and Archaeological Resources of the Connecticut River Valley, a Framework for Preservation, 1988.

Massachusetts Historical Commission, Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Whatley [sic], 1982.

O'Gorman, James F., Connecticut Valley Vernacular, the Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields, Philadelphia, 2002.

Quonquont Farm, History of Quonquont Farm.

Watkins, Lura Woodside, Early New England Potters and Their Wares, Cambridge, 1950.

Whately Library Trustees, History of the Whately Library. 

 

*Reprinted by and available from the Whately Historical Society.