Trustees Of The Berkshire Museum

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR EXPERIENCES THAT SPARK CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING BY MAKING INSPIRING EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIONS AMONG ART, HISTORY, AND NATURAL SCIENCE.

SEE SCHEDULE OEXHIBITIONS:THE MUSEUM RETURNED TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING IN AUGUST 2021. FOLLOWING ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED BY THE MUSEUM IN 2021:- LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGONIT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPLEXITIES OF ANY CULTURE. GIVEN THE GLOBAL NATURE OF TODAY'S SOCIETIES, INFLUENCES BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT CULTURES, KEEPING SOME TRADITIONS WHILE SHEDDING OTHERS. THE IMAGES YOU SEE AND THE WORDS YOU READ ON THE WALLS DO NOT REPRESENT ALL OF BHUTAN. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A WESTERN MUSEUM TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT ALL ASPECTS OF A CULTURE OTHER THAN ITS OWN. AS WITH ALL EXHIBITIONS THIS IS ONLY A SNAPSHOT, A GLIMPSE SEEN THROUGH THE IMAGES AND WORDS OF TWO BERKSHIRE BASED PHOTOGRAPHERS, DAN MEAD AND SALLY EAGLE, WHO TRAVELED TO BHUTAN AS INVITED GUESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. OUR FOCUS IS ON THEIR CONNECTION TO THE BHUTANESE PEOPLE AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ENTERING THE COUNTRY OVER A 22-YEAR PERIOD. THESE 26 IMAGES REPRESENT ONLY A FRACTION OF THE SCENES AND EVENTS THEY DOCUMENTED.- MUH-HE-CON-NE-OKORIGINALLY, THE NATIVE PEOPLE WHO MADE UP THE STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE TRIBE CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, AND PENNSYLVANIA. DURING THE 1770S, STOCKBRIDGE - A MIXED NATIVE AND WHITE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY - WAS FORMED IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, LARGELY DRAWING ON MEMBERS OF THE MAHIKAN OR MOHICAN TRIBE WHICH OCCUPIED EASTERN NEW YORK, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS OR WESTERN CONNECTICUT. IN WISCONSIN, THEY WERE LATER JOINED BY MUNSEES WHO HAD MOVED FROM THEIR HOMELAND IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSLYVANIA TO CANADA AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE MUNSEE WERE PART OF THE GROUP OF TRIBES CALLED DELAWARE, OR LENNIS LENAPE, WHOS CULTURE WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF NEW ENGLAND ALGONKIANS.- OBJECTS AND THEIR STORIESBERKSHIRE MUSEUM IS HOME TO A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 40,000 HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, WORKS OF ART, AND SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS. LIKE EVERY PERSON, EACH OBJECT HAS A STORY AND A HUMAN CONNECTION. BY ASKING HOW IT WAS MADE OR USED, OR WHERE, OR WHEN, OR WHY, OR BY WHOM, WE CAN DISCOVER UNEXPECTED LINKS BETWEEN TIME AND PLACE TO INSPIRE NEW WAYS OF THINKING. SPANNING CENTURIES AND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EARTH, THESE OBJECTS HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR PLACE IN THE WIDER WORLD. OBJECTS AND THEIR STORIES AIMS TO DO JUST THAT. HERE YOU WILL ENCOUNTER IDEAS AS VARIED AS OUR COLLECTION. SECTIONS WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED, AND NEW PIECES PUT ON DISPLAY SO THAT MORE ARTIFACTS, ARTWORK, AND SPECIMENS CAN BE APPRECIATED. THIS EVER-EVOLVING EXPERIENCE ALLOWS MORE STORIES TO BE SHARED AND NEW CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE.

SEE SCHEDULE OBERKSHIRE MUSEUM RETURNED TO LIMITED IN-PERSON EDUCATION IN 2021.SCHOOL AGE- GSK SCIENCE IN THE SUMMER - EDUCATORS PACKED 200 KITS OF MATERIALS FOR THE BE A CHEMIST PROGRAM WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH 6 PARTNER SCHOOLS AND 5 COMMUNITY SITES THROUGHOUT THE BERKSHIRES. - A SERIES OF SHORT VIDEOS WAS CREATED, INCLUDING LAB SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS TO SOME EXPERIMENTS. - EDUCATORS LED VIRTUAL CLASSES TO HELP STUDENTS WITH THEIR EXPERIMENTS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.- AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS RESUMED IN SEPTEMBER WITH OUR PARTNERS, PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BERKSHIRE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDED STORYTELLING AND DESIGN AND LIVING LANDSCAPES.- STARTING IN THE FALL, TEACHERS HAD TWO OPTIONS FOR FIELD TRIPS: - WEEKLY OPEN SESSIONS: THESE ARE OFFERED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR ANY CLASS THAT SIGNS UP. EACH MONTH HAS A THEME (SUCH AS REPTILES) WITH DIFFERENT LESSONS EACH WEEK. - PRIVATE SESSIONS: TEACHERS CAN SIGN UP FOR VIRTUAL LESSONS IN ANY OF THE MUSEUM'S REGULARLY OFFERED INHOUSE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, JUST FOR THEIR CLASS.EARLY LEARNERS- WEE-MUSE AND ARTS CRAWL RETURNED IN PERSON FOR WEEKLY PROGRAMMING AT THE MUSEUM. CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN ENJOYED PROGRAMMING LED BY OUR EDUCATORS.- READY FOR KINDERGARTEN - A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE MUSEUM'S POPULAR IN KINDERGARTEN BOOK WAS MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE, AS WAS A VIRTUAL READ ALONG VERSION. - A SERIES OF SKILL BUILDING VIDEOS LIKE HOW TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING ATSCHOOL AND CAN YOU SING THE A-B-CS ACCOMPANIED THE VIRTUAL RELEASE.- PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CONTINUED IN 2021. THE PROGRAMAIMS TO BRING OUR MODEL OF STATEWIDE PROGRAMMING TO OTHER STATES, STARTING WITHIOWA, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MEXICO, VIRGINIA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA. BERKSHIRE MUSEUM WILL: - SUPPORT EVALUATION OF ONGOING WORK IN MASSACHUSETTS - ASSIST IN TEACHING AND DESIGNING OTHER STATE HUB MODELS - PILOT OBJECT-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMMING FOR STATE- AND NATION-WIDE MODELING - DEVELOP MULTILINGUAL MATERIAL

SEE SCHEDULE OPUBLIC PROGRAMMINGFOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLICFAMILY PROGRAMMING:KITCHEN KA-BOOMPOP-UP PLAY DAYART CHATSCHOW TIMEAFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING:SPACE SCIENCE CLUBROBOTICS CLUBMARINE BIOLOGY EXPERIENCEFILM SCREENINGS:SCI-FI SCREENINGS + TEEN SCI-FI LEAGUE: BACK TO THE FUTURE INTERSTELLAR STAR TREK: THE VOYAGE HOME PACIFIC RIMCALL US ISHMAEL (PARTNERSHIP WITH BERKSHIRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY)THE ACT OF READING (PARTNERSHIP WITH BERKSHIRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY)BORDERLAND: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BLANCHE AMES (PARTNERSHIP WITH BERKSHIRE COUNTYHISTORICAL SOCIETY)ADULT-GEARED PROGRAMMING:OLLI COURSE: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS BEYOND THE THREE BS