Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton is a city located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in the USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 28,978. It is the county seat of Hampshire County{{GR|6}}.

Attractions

• Smith College is a women's college (one of the Seven Sisters) founded in 1871. It is also one of the Five Colleges.
• The Clarke School for the Deaf specializes in oral education (speech and lip-reading, as opposed to signing), and holds an annual summer camp, the theme varying from summer to summer.
• Look Park is a 150-plus acre recreational park founded in 1930.
• The Botanic Garden of Smith College is a diverse outdoor collection of trees, shrubs, and plants, as well as a fine collection of plant conservatories for the tropics, semi-tropics, and desert regions. It also includes an indoor greenhouse.
• The Three County Fair claims to be the "longest consecutive running agricultural fair in the country," having been established and incorporated in 1818.
• Many various concerts. from classical to rock, folk, and other genres.
• The Northampton Independent Film Festival (NIFF) is held each fall. It is the largest in New England.
• The Academy of Music, built in 1890 by Edward H.R. Lyman, is the only municipally owned theatre in the nation, and was the first to be so owned; it is also one of the six oldest theatres, nationally. Boris Karloff and Harry Houdini (who installed a trap door in the stage) performed here. The Academy is still in operation today.
• The Forbes Library built in 1894 is the public library for Northampton.
• Mirage Studios the Creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise. In the TMNT series, the turtles and Casey Jones visit Casey Jones grandmothers farm in Northampton, Massachusetts.