Crane Museum Of Papermaking

Very cool info if you're into either casual history or want to learn where USA paper money originates. Great hands on activities for kids too. You can do the entire display and presentation in less than 2 hours easily... so you won't need riot gear bringing little kids thru tweens, and just interesting enough to get the folders kids to put their g-dang phones down for the duration. Adults will get a little something from the museum too...good for all. Perfect activity on an overcast or rainy day too. You will never look at cash the same way again! Oh yeah...it's free too!

So much history in a beautiful historic building! Learned how paper is made and got to make a sheet, too! Jena, Chris and Mark were awesome guides along our journey! Highly recommend....same company that sold paper to Paul Revere!

A wonderful and important museum, with a lot of history. Nestled in Western Massachusetts and beloved by the community. It will not disappoint.

Denny, our tour guide was great. Gave good info but wasn’t overwhelming. This tour was well worth it! I am impressed. The demonstration of paper making was great fun!

This was an interesting place. I had no idea this is where they print most of the paper for the u.s. currency. Wonderful museum and presentation of how they make cotton into paper. Kids enjoying making their own marbled type finished paper craft. Fun to see all of the different Who's Who, high ups and famous people that use their paper over the years from Presidents to dignitaries and military. If you're in the area check it out!

There was a very nice retired gentleman that gave the talk on the history of Crane. He knew the players thereby adding value to the historical recount of the facts. We were shown the actual American bills and told facts about their composition. I found this very interesting. If you are in the area I would definately recommend a visit to this place for a pleasant way to spend a few hours.

Loved the tour at this museum. The guide was very informative as was the short video. Learned so much. Especially enjoyed the hands on active. Thanks, Crane Paper Museum.

This was a short field trip for us but the kids loved it. The gentleman working there was so good with our 6 and 3 yr olds. He kept them interested and didn't seemed bothered at all by them wanting to continuously make stamped paper prints. They have some pretty historical pieces of paper- invitations to the Statue of Liberty dedication from 1886, inaugurations, Queens anniversaries etc.....very interesting.

Loved making paper! Charlie the guide was wonderful in his description of currency paper. A great way to share Crane history and awareness of the company. An 1840s paper processing building repurposed as a hands on museum. 20 minutes to an hour of fun.

I thought I might get bored; boy was I wrong! Prepare to learn a thing or two about paper currency. The very kind and informative staff provided demonstrations and a craft as well. I liked the free self-made souvenir.