Welcome to the Hatfield Historical Society website in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Check out upcoming and past Events, featured items from the Town of Hatfield's Collections (below), items to purchase in our museum shop (under the Contact Us tab) and the curator's blog, "bird by bird." We look forward to seeing you!
(If you're looking for the Hatfield Museum & History Society in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, that's not us!)
(If you're looking for the Hatfield Museum & History Society in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, that's not us!)
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To help us continue saving and sharing Hatfield history, please consider a donation or adding the Historical Society to your estate plans. |
Last year, the Hatfield Historical Society planned to celebrate its 50th anniversary (1970-2020), in conjunction with our town celebrating its 350th Anniversary (1670-2020).
Due to Covid-19, many events had to be modified, rescheduled or postponed to this year -- 2021. For updates on the Town's rescheduled 350th Anniversary Parade, now set for May 30, 2021, click HERE. For Hatfield Historical Society events, click on the Events tab above.
COVID-19 UPDATE: In response to ongoing health concerns, the Hatfield Historical Museum is closed to the public, but we hope to open for limited hours in late May or June. Please check here for updates, BUT, check out our latest virtual exhibit: Nothing But Net - Smith Academy Falcons in 1960 and 1961, plus, Fifty Years Later -- Hatfield Vietnam War Veterans Share Their Stories.
Also, we'd like your contributions to our two ongoing projects: Hatfield Tobacco Stories and the Hatfield Covid-19 Collection. What's your story?
The Hatfield Historical Society gratefully acknowledges and thanks Hatfield residents for their past support through our town's Community Preservation Act. CPA funding has allowed us to inventory the collection of the Hatfield Historical Museum, rehouse artifacts in archival enclosures, preserve or restore historically significant at-risk items, apply for and administer grants and share the collection with the community in multiple ways.
For Hatfield Historical Society Annual Report (2017-2018), posted October 2018, click HERE.
NOTE: All visits are currently on hold due to Covid-19.
To visit one of our two museums on a day not normally open, please contact us a week or more in advance, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Also, if you are researching a particular family, site or topic, it would be helpful to know that ahead of time. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you!
To visit one of our two museums on a day not normally open, please contact us a week or more in advance, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Also, if you are researching a particular family, site or topic, it would be helpful to know that ahead of time. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you!
Hatfield Historical Museum
(Dickinson Memorial Hall (2nd floor of library)
39 Main St., Hatfield, MA 01038 Currently CLOSED due to Covid-19 Open Thursdays (10 am - 12 pm), the first Saturday of the month (9:30-11:30 am) and by appointment. Closed in December and on holidays. [Check website for holiday, weather or other closures.] Curator: Kathie Gow For queries, click on "Contact Us" link above. Recent Exhibits: (+ 3 new virtual exhibits listed up top!) * Booze, Schmooze and News: Remembering Hatfield Taverns and Clubs *Through Marian's Eyes: A Red Cross Canteen Worker Recounts World War I Other Current Exhibits: * Out of the Darkness: A History of Illumination in Hatfield |
Hatfield Farm Museum
Restored tobacco shed between school and cemetery
7 Billings Way (off Main St.), Hatfield, MA Open Saturdays Memorial Day - Columbus Day (12- 2 pm) and by appointment, in season. Curator: George Ashley For queries, click on "Contact Us" link above. 
Support the Hatfield Historical Society by voting for us in Florence Bank's Customers' Choice Community Grants. You don't need to wait until year-end, you can vote right now and be done with it! For more info or to vote, click HERE.
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A Sampling of Items from the Hatfield Historical Museum collections
Click on each image to see a larger version and caption.
Hatfield Historical Society, 39 Main St., P.O. Box 168, Hatfield, MA 01038 hatfieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Hatfield Historical Society Copyright 2021. Header art by Monica Vachula.
