Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield Museum

  • Address: 39 South Street , Pittsfield, MA 01201
  • Phone: 413 / 443-7171
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  • Website:www.berkshiremuseum.org
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Berkshire Museum
39 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Berkshire Museum Details

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  • The Berkshire Museum was founded in 1903 by Zenas Crane, the grandson of the founder of Crane & Company. When he built the museum, his vision was to create an inviting environment for everyone, not just the elite. -- Fourteen galleries, an aquarium, a 291 seat fully equipped, ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Located on the lower level of the museum, the aquarium displays more than twenty aquariums from 30 to 535 ... more on Epinions.com
  • It began in 1903 as the "Museum of Natural History and Art," words chiseled in stone above the entrance. The holdings bounce from Babylonian cuneiform tablets to tanks of live fish to archaeological artifacts like a delicate necklace from Thebes dating to at least 1500 B.C. Included in the perman... more on Frommers
  • The museum brings together a collection of landscapes from the 19th century to the present. Historical and contemporary paintings and photographs capture the verdant and rolling landscape on paper and on film through the eyes of artists from one of the most prominent American painters of the 19th... more on ArtSearch
  • Opened in 1903, this museum houses three floors of exhibits, which display a varied and sometimes curious collection of objects relating to history, the natural world, and art. A highlight of the latter is a collection of Hudson River School paintings, including works by Frederic Church and Alber... more on Fodor's

Directions

Rte 7, 1 block south of Park Sq

Hours

Mon:10:00am-5:00pm, Tue:10:00am-5:00pm, Wed:10:00am-5:00pm, Thu:10:00am-5:00pm, Fri:10:00am-5:00pm, Sat:10:00am-5:00pm, Sun:12:00pm-5:00pm

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: $10

Other Web Resources

  • www.berkshiremuseum.org

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