Join us for our first history talk of the 2025 season! In 2025 the Bidwell House Museum has four summer history talks planned and we begin this week with a talk about the book Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States. As Americans surged westward and built their new republic in the early...
A program in collaboration with the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville's Arrowhead As part of the Revolution 250 series of events happening throughout 2025 and 2026, the Bidwell House Museum is excited to partner with The Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead to present a concert of music from the Revolution....
Learn about early American stonework with Dennis Picard In our 2nd history talk of the 2025 season, we take a look at the history of masonry work in New England. From foundations to fence posts; millstones to gravestones, the work of the Early American mason is still evident around us to this day. Come see...
For our 3rd history talk of the summer we look at the Bidwell House Museum as an example of 18th century New England domestic architecture.The Bidwell house is a fascinating example of New England vernacular architecture. A product of several building campaigns, the core of the house was built c.1760, with additions made to it...
Join us on August 23rd for our last history talk of the 2025 season with Dr. Amy Watson, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 1745, New England colonists launched a successful expedition to conquer Louisbourg, a port in present-day Nova Scotia, which was then controlled by the French Empire. Reverend Adonijah Bidwell was...
This is the first of two hikes hosted by the Bidwell House Museum in the Housatonic Heritage Walk series for 2025Join Rob Hoogs from the Bidwell House Museum and Monterey Historical Society on a walk in the footsteps of Col. Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery. Their winter caravan took almost 60 tons of cannons,...
