The Berkshires Things To Do

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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts

It's not just its dimensions—27 buildings over 13 acres, with more than 250,000 square feet of gallery space—that are impressive at Mass MoCA...

Clark Art Institute

One of the nation's notable small art museums, the Clark has won numerous architectural awards for its recent redesign by Reed Hilderbrand and...

Williams College Museum of Art

The collection at this fine museum spans a range of eras and cultures, with American and 20th-century art two major focuses. The original octagonal...

Berkshire Museum

Opened in 1903, this "universal" museum has a little bit of everything: paintings from the Hudson River School, Alexander Calder mobiles, local...

Hancock Shaker Village

America's third Shaker community, Hancock was founded in the 1790s. At its peak in the 1840s, the village had almost 300 inhabitants who made...

The Mount

This 1902 mansion with myriad classical influences was the summer home of novelist Edith Wharton. The 42-room house and 3 acres of formal gardens...

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

For 10 weeks every summer, the tiny town of Becket, 8 miles north of Otis, becomes a hub of the dance world. The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival...

Chesterwood

For 33 years, this was the summer home of the sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), who created The Minute Man in Concord and the Lincoln...

Schantz Galleries

Jim Schantz's gallery is small and tucked behind a bank, but it displays some of the finest glasswork in the world. With items from nearly five...

The Wit Gallery

If you walked past this gallery, you'd inevitably end up ducking in for a closer inspection of the stunning glassworks in the windows. The expertly...

Berkshire Mountain Distillers

The sweet scent of the country's premier craft gin permeates the Berkshires' first legal distillery since prohibition. The retail store, open...

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