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50 Years of Leadership

What an amazing night! On June 6, 2026, nearly one hundred and fifty of us celebrated Tim Neumann’s five decades as our Executive Director. Recognized by his peers, Tim has won numerous awards for his outstanding contributions to history throughout the years and has himself has been a significant financial supporter of PVMA over the decades—going above and beyond his job description as Executive Director.

We are inviting you to join us in celebrating Tim’s career through a generous and heart-felt gift on this special occasion—to raise $50,000 for Tim’s 50th. Your gift will fund fiscal year 2027 education and online projects. We do so much with every gift we receive. Thank you!

Please DONATE here.

Termination of $300K federal grant

In 2024, PVMA received the National Endowment for the Humanities grant needed to complete our new website titled, Lucy Terry Prince: African American Experiences in Early Rural New England. Lucy Terry Prince (c.1726-1821) is the first known African American poet. Lucy’s life from birth and captivity in Africa c.1730 to enslavement in Deerfield, MA, to her death as a free woman in Vermont in 1821, encompasses signal events in the lives of enslaved people. This new website will be another high-quality, educational website, conveying multicultural history.

On April 2, 2025, the government terminated our grant in its entirety. The email from an acting chairman for NEH included, “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities…” and “immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interest of the federal government…”
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We are seeking new funding from non-government sources. Would you like to contribute? Click here.
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Read article in the Greenfield Recorder here.
Image: Preliminary sketch by artist and illustrator, David Cooper, davidcooperart.com
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NEMA Excellence Award

The New England Museum Association awarded PVMA Executive Director Timothy C. Neumann their EXCELLENCE AWARD for his passion for his work and for the example he sets for museum professionals across the Northeast!

This award is in recognition of nearly five decades of outstanding programs and community outreach under Tim’s leadership. The last twenty-five years especially have been a proverbial “golden age” of PVMA excellence in education, publications, exhibits, cultural programs, historic preservation, and engaging community partnerships.

Read the press coverage here.

Ever wondered how Tim came to be at PVMA? Click here for a brief biography.