Crane Museum of Papermaking Pop Up Museum

08:13AM / Tuesday, August 06, 2024Print Story | Email Story

LENOX, Mass. — The Crane Museum of Papermaking will be making paper on select dates in August at The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum.

The pop up event is free, and no reservations are needed. The exhibit will be open Aug. 9 through Aug. 24, Thursdays, and Fridays, 12:30-4:30 pm and Saturdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Join the Crane Museum at one of our pop up museums for hands-on papermaking and an anti-counterfeiting technology demonstration. Watch a film from 1926 showing how paper was made inside the Bay State Mill and see how paper is made today. Crane education staff members will be on hand to explain how the Crane story began during the American Revolutionary War, how the first currency paper contract with the U.S. government was won, and how banknote paper is made today.

There will be a mini gift shop on sight.

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Puppeteer Carl Sprague to Present 'Hansel & Gretel' at Ventfort Hall

10:41AM / Monday, February 16, 2026

LENOX, Mass. — The popular puppeteer Carl Sprague will return to Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion and Museum in Lenox with "Hansel & Gretel" for two school vacation week marionette performances.

The dates and times are Thursday, Feb. 19 and Friday, Feb. 20, both at 3:30 pm. The audiences will have the opportunity to meet Sprague, who knows how to pull strings.

"Hansel & Gretel" is a classic German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about two siblings abandoned in the woods who find a house made of sweets, owned by a witch intending to eat them. The clever children outsmart her by pushing her into her own oven, and escape with her treasures to find their way home. This fairy tale symbolizes themes of cleverness, survival, and greed vs. kindness, stated a press release.

Sprague, who has appeared annually at Ventfort Hall with his "behind the scenery" mastery, has been a puppeteer since childhood. He inherited a collection of 60 antique Czech marionettes, each about eight inches tall, that were assembled by his great-grandfather, Julius Hybler. Hybler's legacy also includes two marionette theaters.

Also, Sprague has been a set designer for such motion pictures as "The Royal Tenenbaums" and Scorcese's "The Age of Innocence," as well as for theater productions including those of Shakespeare & Company.

Admission to the show is $20 per person; $10 for children 4-17 and free for age 3 and under. Children must be accompanied by adults.

Reservations are required as seating is limited and can be made on line at https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or by calling (413) 637-3206. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.

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