Wistariahurst Museum — Attraction in Holyoke

I have tried to visit Wisteriahurst two times now, both during the hours they said they were open, and both times the staff turned me away, saying they were closing early (not written anywhere on their website) or simply decided not to open to begin with. This museum is incredibly disorganized and the staff were quite rude. My friend and I are students not from the area, so we had to take a bus and walk to see this museum. After explaining this effort and telling them that my friend was doing a research project on Joseph Skinner, they still told us they wanted to close early. They were "so generous" in allowing us to look around the main room, but gave us impatient glances as we walked around and hurried us out. The ultimate reason I am so disappointed in this museum is that in addition to being unfriendly, the staff are seriously unknowledgeable. When my friend said that she worked for the Skinner Museum, the museum Skinner himself started, they asked, "What is that?" I'm just so disappointed with the...

Attended an amazing event at Wistariahurst Museum on Friday, October 6. It was a presentation by five Holyoke High students about the internship they had at the Museum over the previous summer. The students were excited about the work that they did with archiving and cataloging items that reflect Holyoke's more current history. They shared that they are going away with a new way of seeing the world; that their awareness of differences between people and cultures is worthy of patience and understanding. We need so much of that in the world today. As an older person, I walked away with an incredible amount of hope - something sorely needed in these times. If these students are representative of their generation we are going to be in good hands. Wistariahurst - please, please, please continue supporting this program - and other programs of this type. You will become the beacon of change for the good of Holyoke and the world. ...

Wisteriahurst is an outstanding venue to host group guided meditations and quantum healing sessions; we went to one early in the year for a past life regression (two ladies who received training at Dolores Cannon's QHHT Academy and are both excellent at what they do) and the beautiful architecture of the building, as well as the energy in the music room really added to the overall experience. It was quite an uplifting, relaxing AND surprisingly vivid session that was something more than I expected; I'd go back in a heartbeat! The scenery definitely helped the group to ground and connect...