Current and Upcoming Exhibits

Exhibits

COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2026: Aquí Vivimos: The Hispanic Community in Northampton County

September 24, 2026 – July 10, 2027

Aquí Vivimos: The Hispanic Community in Northampton County is a community-driven temporary exhibition at the Chrin Gallery of the Sigal Museum, running from September 24, 2026 through July 10, 2027. Developed in collaboration with local residents, business owners, students, and community leaders, the exhibition centers the voices and lived experiences of Hispanic and Latino individuals and families who call Northampton County home.

Rather than presenting a single narrative, Aquí Vivimos embraces the diversity of origins, traditions, languages, and histories that shape the local Hispanic community. Through personal objects, photographs, oral histories, archival materials, and interactive components, the exhibition explores themes of migration, work, faith, family, education, entrepreneurship, celebration, and civic life.

Running through July 2027, Aquí Vivimos invites visitors to consider how histories of movement, resilience, and cultural continuity have shaped Northampton County.

Remembering 1776: Commemoration & Memory of the Revolution

January 15 – December 31, 2026

How do we remember the American Revolution—and why does that story keep changing?

Remembering 1776, a new exhibition at Sigal Museum, invites visitors to explore how Northampton County has marked the nation’s founding across three major anniversaries: the Centennial in 1876, the Bicentennial in 1976, and today’s Semiquincentennial in 2026. Along the way, you’ll encounter commemorative souvenirs, publications, keepsakes, and everyday objects created to mark each celebration—items meant to preserve memory, inspire pride, and tell a story about their own time. From parades and pageantry to monuments and missed moments, the exhibition reveals that history isn’t just about the past; it’s shaped by the hopes, anxieties, and values of the present.

Step in, look back, and discover what our changing traditions say about us today.
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Read This! The History of Media in Northampton County

September 25, 2025 – July 4, 2026

Just in time for 2026, the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Read This! The Power of Media in Northampton County explores the power of print, information, and misinformation in Northampton County during the American Revolution. Discover the power of communication through newspapers, pamphlets, prints, and letter. Witness the documents that shaped public opinion, sparked revolutions, and connected a rapidly changing world.

While today we have access to the internet and cell phones, and can spread information quickly and efficiently, in the eighteenth-century, news and information moved more slowly. Letters and information traveled, but only at the speed a horse (or boat) could take them. While global networks existed, news, rumor, speculation, and information moved slowly, and geography, individuals, and time controlled their spread. The information of the eighteenth-century created the world of today: with technology, we can post something online, and it can be read on the other side of the world instantly. News spreads, people communicate, ideas are shared, and rumors circulate in real time in a connected world.

Highlights of the exhibition include a working replica of an eighteenth-century printing press, one of Northampton County’s first ballot boxes, a Moravian hymnal written in Lenape, and several documents connected to Northampton County’s role in the American Revolution.

The exhibition is supported by:

    • AirProducts
    • Brown-Daub Family of Dealerships
    • County of Northampton’s Hotel Tax Grant Program
    • County of Northampton’s Gaming Community Planning Program through the Department of Community & Economic Development
    • Crayola, LLC
    • Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation
    • Garofalo Real Estate
    • Keefe Family Foundation (Provided through Lafayette College)
    • Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
    • Lehigh Valley Public Media
    • Linda Heindel
    • National Endowment for the Humanities (Provided through Lafayette College)
    • Ken & Lois Wildrick
    • William T. Morris Foundation (Provided through Lafayette College)
    • Working Dog Press
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This exhibition is a part of the Lehigh Valley 250 initiative. Please visit their website to enjoy additional exhibitions, programs, and activities that will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Exhibits

Destination: Northampton County

What is Community? Who is Northampton County?

We proudly partnered with Northampton County residents to present unheard stories, photographs, and family heirlooms from the past 75 years. The result is a family-friendly, interactive exhibition that celebrates inclusivity, diversity, and community by sharing the stories of those who settled here long ago as well as today.

Imagine coming to America to create a new life. Why would someone leave home? What would you bring on your journey? Where would you go? Visit the reimagined Philadelphia dockside and “emigrant depot” where Northampton County immigrants once arrived. Explore suitcases and trunks brimming with items travelers brought on their journey. Then, “time-travel” into the 20th century to explore how families maintained their traditions while making a home in a new place.

Immerse yourself in the rich cultures of Northampton County.

Explore our community’s stories. Share your own.

View some of the photographs, objects, and primary sources from the exhibition in the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Digital Archives.

Destination: Northampton County is the recipient of a 2020 Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 75th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history.

This exhibition is sponsored in part by the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium, with generous support provided by a grant to Lafayette College from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the County of Northampton, the Brown-Daub Foundation, Dr. Kenneth and Lois Wildrick, Fulton Bank, Merchants Bank, Stephen R. Jensen and Dr. Alison Byerly, Colleen and John Lavdar, Marshall and Kay Wolff, Antonia Grifo and Ronald Shipman, and Rod and Karen Oren.

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Additional Permanent Exhibits and Gallery Spaces

  • The First Pumper Truck of Easton
  • Timeline and Early Easton Artifacts in the Sigal Museum Auditorium
  • Lenape
  • Formation of the County and Treaty
  • First Settlements
  • Agriculture
  • Conflict/Wartime
  • Industry
  • Decorative Arts Gallery
  • Old-Time Children’s Toys
  • Regional Antique Photographs
  • Music and Martin Guitar Display – Learn more about Nazareth’s C.F. Martin Guitar Co. and Museum

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