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Berkshire Museums New Exhibits Illuminate Text and History

Berkshire Museum's two new exhibits are illuminating — one looks at the artistic act of handwritten and decorated text and the other at the last third of the institution's history.

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Berkshire Museum Announces STEAM Programs for Preschool-Age Children

This collaboration aims to bring enriching and accessible programming to families with preschool-aged children through the WeeMuse STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) program at no cost.

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Berkshire Museum Announces Two Exhibitions For Spring

An exhibition opening event for museum members will be held on Friday, February 2, from 5:30 PM to 7 PM.

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Berkshire Museum presents 120th: Building the Museum

Titled 120th: Building the Museum – 1939-1978, this exhibition is set to be on display from Oct. 7, 2023, through Jan. 7, 2024.

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Berkshire Museum Displays Artwork by Ex-Incarcerated Individuals

The installation displays 12 pieces of work from poetry to paintings made by presently and formerly incarcerated individuals in Berkshire County.

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Berkshire Museum partners with Shakespeare & Company for Gallery Performance

Guests are invited to wander the galleries of the Berkshire Museum, encountering a pop-up-style production of monologues, duologues, and songs from Shakespeare's canon performed with actors performing passages that resonate with the Museum's art and objects.

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Berkshire Museum Welcomes Foster Families with Free Admission Program

Under this program, foster families receive free admission to Berkshire Museum for two adults and two children.

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Berkshire Museum Announces New Chief Curator

As Chief Curator, Kowalski will serve as a member of the Museum's senior leadership team, overseeing the exhibition, public program, collection, and education departments.

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Pittsfield Shows Some Love With 10x10 Fest Ice Sculpture

Peter Vacchina and Robert Markey spent hours on Thursday creating a large frosty display that reads "Love 10x10" as part of this past week's 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival.

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Berkshire Museum Reimagines Festival of Trees

The Berkshire Museum is reimagining its popular "Festival of Trees" exhibit with a new "Winter Festival" to improve inclusivity.

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Berkshire Cultural Institutions Welcome New Leadership

Alan Paul was named the new Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company, Kimberley Bush Tomio was named the Executive Director of the Berkshire Museum, and Nathaniel "Nat" Silver assumed the role of Executive Director and CEO of Hancock Shaker Village.

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Berkshire Museum Presents Winter Festival: Solstice Celebration

Opening Saturday, Nov. 12 with a celebration featuring a performance by award-winning musical artist Paul Winter, in Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema.

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Berkshire Museum Welcomes New Trustees

Ethan Kelpetar will continue as President for one more year. Jeffrey Belair will serve a full two-year term as Vice President, as will Rachel Melendez Mabee as Secretary, and Brian Tremblay as Treasurer.

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Aquarium Reimagined as Berkshire Museum's 'Heart'

The Berkshire Museum plans to bring its aquarium from the basement to its main floor and create a unified space for art and natural history displays.

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Berkshire Museum Welcomes New Executive Director

Kimberley Bush Tomio comes from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, where she was director of museum services for the past decade. Her hiring was announced on Monday by museum President Ethan Klepetar, on behalf of the board of trustees.

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Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema Hosts Screenings of Worldwide Theatre and Art

Through partnerships with Exhibition on Screen, National Theatre Live, and Great Art on Screen, Berkshire Museum brings pieces of art and culture to Pittsfield.

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Community Commemoration and Film Screening to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

This in-person event will take place at the Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema, located at 39 South Street in Pittsfield.

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April Vacation Events at the Berkshire Museum

"The Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Experience" features "Captain Nemo's Adventure Academy" which is created and performed by a touring actor.

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Berkshire Museum Exhibit on COVID-19 Impact and Vaccine Development

This interactive exhibition explores the long-standing evidence behind how vaccines work and celebrates the number of professionals involved in the vaccination process from research and development to distribution, to administering vaccines.