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Fulfilling our Mission ✨ Maureen Hickey, Director of Art Education, shows a group of students the plaster cast of Discobolus, a gift of Zenas Crane to the Museum’s Collection in 1903. 🌟Celebrate our 120 anniversary with us at the gala THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 17!

Fulfilling our Mission ✨

Maureen Hickey, Director of Art Education, shows a group of students the plaster cast of Discobolus, a gift of Zenas Crane to the Museum’s Collection in 1903.

🌟Celebrate our 120 anniversary with us at the gala THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 17!
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☀️SUMMER CAMPS START THIS MONDAY!☀️ There are still a few spots left for some of our camps and camperships are still available! 💙View all the camps we offer and sign up TODAY! berkshiremuseum.org/programs/camp/

☀️SUMMER CAMPS START THIS MONDAY!☀️

There are still a few spots left for some of our camps and camperships are still available!

 💙View all the camps we offer and sign up TODAY!
berkshiremuseum.org/programs/camp/
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?! 🤔 💙Pop-up Play Day is back this Saturday, June 24 from 10am to 12pm!💙 Children explore, play, collaborate, and build with the big blue blocks of the Imagination Playground in this time for unstructured play.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?! 🤔

💙Pop-up Play Day is back this Saturday, June 24 from 10am to 12pm!💙

Children explore, play, collaborate, and build with the big blue blocks of the Imagination Playground in this time for unstructured play.
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🔍🌿 Explore and discover the many pieces in our new exhibitions with our Guided Tour this Saturday, July 15! Advance registration is recommended. Free with museum admission. 🌟Register here for 12:30pm or 2pm tour: berkshiremuseum.org/event/romance-…

🔍🌿 Explore and discover the many pieces in our new exhibitions with our Guided Tour this Saturday, July 15!

Advance registration is recommended.
Free with museum admission.

🌟Register here for 12:30pm or 2pm tour:
berkshiremuseum.org/event/romance-…
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🌼 Reverie, 1866 Daniel Ridgway Knight, American (1839 – 1924) Oil on canvas Gift of Zenas Crane 1915.30 . . . #berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #berkshirecounty #exhibition

🌼 Reverie, 1866
Daniel Ridgway Knight, American (1839 – 1924)
Oil on canvas
Gift of Zenas Crane
1915.30
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#berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #berkshirecounty #exhibition
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☁️❤️☁️ Hudson Valley, Pink Clouds at Twilight, C. 1860 Aaron Draper Shattuck, American (1832 - 1928) Oil on canvas Collection of the Berkshire Museum 1982.6.1 Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!

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Hudson Valley, Pink Clouds at Twilight, C. 1860
Aaron Draper Shattuck, American (1832 - 1928)
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Berkshire Museum
1982.6.1

Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!
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In 1903, the building was just a fraction of the current structure. Over the next 12 years, Zenas Crane added four new wings to accommodate the growing collection. 22 years after the last wing was built, Laura Bragg created the theater and the Ellen Crane Memorial Room.

In 1903, the building was just a fraction of the current structure. Over the next 12 years, Zenas Crane added four new wings to accommodate the growing collection. 22 years after the last wing was built, Laura Bragg created the theater and the Ellen Crane Memorial Room.
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🐮 Pastoral Landscape, 1870 🐮 James MacDougal Hart, Scottish American (1828 - 1901) Oil on canvas Gift of Zenas Crane 1913.20 Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!

🐮 Pastoral Landscape, 1870 🐮
James MacDougal Hart, Scottish American (1828 - 1901)
Oil on canvas
Gift of Zenas Crane
1913.20

Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!
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🤩 We made oobleck in Kitchen Kaboom camp! 🤩 "Oobleck is a suspension of cornstarch and water that can behave like a solid or a liquid depending on how much pressure you apply."

🤩 We made oobleck in Kitchen Kaboom camp! 🤩

"Oobleck is a suspension of cornstarch and water that can behave like a solid or a liquid depending on how much pressure you apply."
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🌋 We're making volcanos! 🌋 Check out this eruption from one of the kiddos in Kitchen Kaboom camp! . . . . #berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #summercamp #camps #summercamp2023 #oobleck #kitchenkaboom

🌋 We're making volcanos! 🌋
Check out this eruption from one of the kiddos in Kitchen Kaboom camp!
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#berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #summercamp #camps #summercamp2023 #oobleck #kitchenkaboom
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🖼️ Portrait of Thomas Cole, 1837 Asher Brown Durand, American (1796 - 1886) Oil on canvas Gift of Zenas Crane 1917.13 Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!

🖼️ Portrait of Thomas Cole, 1837
Asher Brown Durand, American (1796 - 1886)
Oil on canvas
Gift of Zenas Crane
1917.13
Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!
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What time is it Mr.Fox? 🤔 Who remembers playing this game as a kid! What was your favorite outdoor game to play with everyone?

What time is it Mr.Fox? 🤔

Who remembers playing this game as a kid! What was your favorite outdoor game to play with everyone?
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🛡️ Kalasag Philipines Wood, animal hair, nail Gift of Cortlandt Field Bishop 1922.1.160 Kalasag is the Tagalog word for shield in which they come in many different designs but generally the same shape. Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!

🛡️ Kalasag
Philipines
Wood, animal hair, nail
Gift of Cortlandt Field Bishop
1922.1.160

Kalasag is the Tagalog word for shield in which they come in many different designs but generally the same shape.
Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!
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🍉🍐🍎🥬 Market Day in Constantinople Alberto Pasini (1826 – 1899), Italian Oil on canvas Gift of Charles K. Crane Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!

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Market Day in Constantinople
Alberto Pasini (1826 – 1899), Italian
Oil on canvas
Gift of Charles K. Crane

Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!
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🇺🇸 Our newly discovered gem: Declaration of Independence - Broadside, 1776 American Paper Gift of Mrs. C. K. Adams by way of transfer from Berkshire Athenaeum 1885.1543 Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!

🇺🇸 Our newly discovered gem:

Declaration of Independence - Broadside, 1776
American
Paper
Gift of Mrs. C. K. Adams by way of transfer from Berkshire Athenaeum
1885.1543

Currently on view in Cabinet of Curiosities: 1903 – 1939 exhibition!
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🌄 Rocky Mountains, c. 1871 Ralph Albert Blakelock, American (1847 - 1919) Oil on canvas Gift of Zenas Crane 1915.24 Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition! #berkshiremuseum #berkshirecounty #exhibition #hudsonriverschool

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Rocky Mountains, c. 1871
Ralph Albert Blakelock, American (1847 - 1919)
Oil on canvas
Gift of Zenas Crane
1915.24

Currently on view in Romance & Nature: Art of the Hudson River School exhibition!

#berkshiremuseum #berkshirecounty #exhibition #hudsonriverschool
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Pioneering a craft cocktail movement as another way to experience the Berkshires, @berkshiremtdist Cultural Cocktails features a collection of 19 handcrafted recipes created in collaboration with local bartenders and Berkshire cultural institutions.

Pioneering a craft cocktail movement as another way to experience the Berkshires, @berkshiremtdist Cultural Cocktails features a collection of 19 handcrafted recipes created in collaboration with local bartenders and Berkshire cultural institutions.
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🎊🎊🎊 What was your favorite interactive activity at the museum? . . . . . #berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #berkshirecounty #newyear #happynewyear2023 #HappyNewYear #newyear2023

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What was your favorite interactive activity at the museum?
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#berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #berkshirecounty #newyear #happynewyear2023 #HappyNewYear #newyear2023
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🥳🥳 2 MORE DAYS! 🥳🥳 . . . . . #berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #berkshirecounty #newyear #happynewyear2023 #newyear2023 #HappyNewYear

🥳🥳 2 MORE DAYS!  🥳🥳
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#berkshiremuseum #intheberkshires #pittsfieldma #museum #visittheberkshires #berkshirecounty #newyear #happynewyear2023 #newyear2023 #HappyNewYear