8 Main Road, Colrain, MA 01340

Colrain
Historical Society

Explore Historic Colrain

Living in Colrain is like living in a fossil field. Like old bones, throughout the town old stone walls for sheep enclosures, house foundations, and dams peek through the earth. You can see old farmhouses and barns. We are lucky that our past has not been erased by development as it has in so many places. Our goal, quite simply, is to preserve our past and share it.

The Colrain Historical Society is now restoring its own buildings, categorizing and reimagining the display of its many artifacts, and planning programs to help us better understand and appreciate our past.

But the Society also knows that history always starts yesterday and it will be developing ways to preserve our “present past.” This website is where the past and the present will be meeting. Enjoy!

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Upcoming Programs

See the Programs page for all the latest news on programs and events.

A Walk Through the Villages of Colrain Through Post Cards, 1910-1919.

Date: October 9, 2025

7:30 following the business meeting. Debby Wheeler will guide us through a tour of Colrain at a time before telephones, when postcards were a main means of communication. Annual meeting and election of officers and Board members.

A Colrain Christmas Potluck and Auction

Date: December 6, 2025

5-9 p.m. at the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center. Auctions, silent and live, will feature antiques, collectibles, Colrain ephemera, crafts, gift certificates, wreaths, boxwood centerpieces, and home-baked foods.

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