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:FOLLOWING ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED BY THE MUSEUM IN 2022:- VOYAGE TO THE DEEP: UNDERWATER ADVENTURESBASED ON FRENCH AUTHOR JULES VERNE'S 1870 CLASSIC 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TO LIFE THE DEEP-SEA ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN NEMO, HIS FANTASTICAL NAUTILUS SUBMARINE, AND THE MYTHICAL WORLD HE INHABITED. AT THE CENTER OF THIS FANTASY WORLD IS THE GIANT NAUTILUS WHERE KIDS CAN CLIMB ABOARD AND DISCOVER THE INNER WORKINGS OF A DEEP-SEA SUBMERSIBLE THEY CAN TAKE UP THE CONTROLS AT THE HELM, PEER THROUGH THE PERISCOPES, CRANK THE PROPELLER, TEST OUT THE BUNKS, AND EXPLORE CAPTAIN NEMO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES FULL OF WONDERFUL MARINE SPECIMENS. THERE'S EVEN A BUBBLY PIPE ORGAN TO PLAY AND A GALLEY FULL OF STRANGE FOODS TO DISCOVER! KIDS CAN THEN SLIP ON A DIVE SUIT AND VENTURE THROUGH THE WORLD BELOW THE WAVES, INCLUDING THE OCTOPUS' GARDEN WITH ITS GIANT CLAM SHELL, A GIANT SQUID TO SLIDE DOWN AND THEN WANDER THROUGH THE MAZE OF SEAWEED IN THE KELP FOREST. THEY CAN ALSO EXPLORE THE LOST WORLD OF ATLANTIS.- EXTREME EXPLORATIONHUMANS ARE NATURAL EXPLORERS. CURIOSITY DRIVES US TO TACKLE OBSTACLES OF CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY IN SEARCH OF KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, AND ADVENTURE. INNOVATION ALLOWS EXPLORERS TO BRAVE THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS, FROM THE DEEPEST OCEAN TO THE NORTH POLE TO OUTER SPACE. TODAY, TEAMS OF ENGINEERS AND RESEARCHERS HERE IN PITTSFIELD AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE WORKING TO OVERCOME THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OF DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION. WITH THE "BLUE ECONOMY" PROJECTED TO REACH $3 TRILLION IN THE NEXT DECADE, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE AS VAST AS THE SEAS.- BLUETHINK BLUE - OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION THAT REPRESENT THE IDEA OF BLUE.- PROJECT VACCINELEARN ABOUT VACCINES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT, VIRAL TRANSMISSION, AND THE MANY STEPS AND COUNTLESS PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF--AND ROLLOUT OF-- VACCINES. THIS INTERACTIVE BILINGUAL EXHIBITION (ENGLISH AND SPANISH) PROVIDES THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN INFORM YOUR VACCINATION DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF AND LOVED ONES.- REALLY BIG PHOTOSALWAYS BE LOOKING, ALWAYS BE READY, REMARKABLE THINGS HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. ALL THE PHOTOS IN THIS EXHIBITION WERE MADE WHILE BILL ARNOLD WAS OUT AND ABOUT. STEPPING OUT OF HIS DENTIST'S OFFICE TO DISCOVER A GONDOLA SURROUNDED BY FALL COLORS OR FLYING INTO SAN FRANCISCO TO VISIT HIS FATHER OR PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY IN A DELUGE OR LOOKING UP TO SEE A WWI BI-PLANE.- ART OF THE HILLSART OF THE HILLS: VISUAL EVIDENCE IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM'S JURIED ART EXHIBITION. CELEBRATING THE RICH, CREATIVE CULTURE OF THE REGION, ART OF THE HILLS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WORKS OF BOTH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED BERKSHIRE-BASED ARTISTS WORKING IN ALL STYLES AND GENRES. - LIVING INK: THE ART OF TATTOOSTHIS EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE WORK OF SEVEN ARTISTS ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS, CULTURES, AND STYLES WHILE EXAMINING THE EVOLVING PRACTICE AND PERCEPTION OF THE ARTFORM. THE NATURE OF TATTOOS, THEIR INHERENT PERMANENCE AND THE PAIN THAT COMES WITH RECEIVING THEM, CREATES A BOND BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND CLIENT BUILT ON MUTUAL TRUST AND COMFORT. THAT SENSE OF INTIMACY IS INTERPRETED IN LIVING INK THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PARLOR ROOMS. WE INVITE VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF TATTOOING, FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES, AND VIEW WORKS BY RENOWNED TATTOO ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.- OLLI MEMBER EXHIBITIONOLLI'S 12TH ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT SHOWCASES THE ARTISTIC TALENTS OF THEIR MEMBERS, FROM CERAMICS AND SCULPTURE TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTING. IT ALSO SERVES TO INTRODUCE OLLI AND ITS MULTI-FACETED PROGRAMS TO THE LARGER BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY. THE OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (OLLI AT BCC) PROMOTES ONGOING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS 50 YEARS OLD AND BETTER.- HOOT'S HOLIDAY: A SOLSTICE TALEFOLLOW HOOT, AN OWL LIVING ON THE ROOF OF THE MUSEUM, AND PREPARE FOR A WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY BY TRAVELING THROUGH TIME AND VISITING HISTORIC LOCATIONS AROUND THE BERKSHIRES. MAKING USE OF THE CONSTRUCTED ROOMS WITHIN GALLERIES 206 AND 207, HOOT'S HOLIDAY IS A LIVING STORYBOOK. IN EACH ROOM, HOOT GATHERS A SPECIFIC OBJECT FROM THE MUSEUM COLLECTION. THE NARRATIVE CULMINATES IN GALLERY 208 WITH UK ARTIST LUKE JERRAM'S MUSEUM OF THE MOON.

SEE SCHEDULE OEDUCATION: FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL PROGRAMS WE UNDERTOOK IN 2022.SCHOOL-AGE- IN-HOUSE PROGRAMMING - IN 2022 MUSEUM EDUCATORS DELIVERED PROGRAMMING TO 89 GROUPS, REACHING 3059 CHILDREN. THIS INCLUDES 124 SCHOOL GROUP PROGRAMS AND 12 VIRTUAL PROGRAMS.- MOBILE MUSEUM UNITS (MOMU'S) - IN 2022, EDUCATORS HAVE DELIVERED 70 MOMUS TO 14 SCHOOLS AND 11 COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AROUND BERKSHIRE COUNTY - EACH MOMU HAS CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. MUSEUM EDUCATORS RAN 20 PROGRAMS IN 2022- GSK SCIENCE IN THE SUMMER - EDUCATORS DELIVERED 35 SESSIONS OF THE BE A PHYSICIST PROGRAM ACROSS 12 DIFFERENT PARTNER SCHOOLS AND/OR COMMUNITY SITES THROUGHOUT THE BERKSHIRES, REACHING OVER 400 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.- AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS RESUMED IN SEPTEMBER AT PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REACHING 25 STUDENTS WITH 164 EXPERIENCES OVER 36 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING. - PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE ESSENCE OF MANGAEARLY LEARNERS- READY FOR KINDERGARTEN - THE MUSEUM HOSTED 8 IN KINDERGARTEN NIGHTS, FOR EACH OF THE PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WITH A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 330 PATRONS, INCLUDING 139 CHILDREN. AT EACH EVENTS, INCOMING KINDERGARTENERS MET THEIR TEACHERS, FELLOW STUDENTS, AND TOOK A BUS RIDE TO THEIR SCHOOL AND BACK.- IN KINDERGARTEN BOOKS - SOLD 6443 IN KINDERGARTEN BOOKS TO 18 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, RESOURCE CENTERS, AND LIBRARIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND.

SEE SCHEDULE OPUBLIC PROGRAMMINGFOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLICFAMILY PROGRAMMING:- FAMILY PROGRAMMING:REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMS:AQUARIUM DISCOVERY TANK BERKSHIRE BACKYARD EXPLORATIONCHOW TIME IN THE AQUARIUMFLASHLIGHT SCAVENGER HUNTKITCHEN KA-BOOMORRERY DEMONSTRATIONPAHAT 3D SCANPOP-UP PLAY DAYSHAKESPEARE ART TALKSTARLABTEMPORARY TATTOO PROGRAMWEEMUSE ART CRAWLWEEMUSE STEMWEEMUSE: LITTLEST LEARNERS- ONE-TIME PROGRAMS:BERKSHIRE CHILDREN'S THEATER PRESENTS THE JUNGLE BOOKBERKSHIRE CHILDREN'S THEATER PRESENTS CHARLOTTE'S WEBBERKSHIRE JAZZ PRESENTSBUBBLE TROUBLECAPTAIN NEMO'S ADVENTURE ACADEMYMAGIC BY GEORGEMUSIC FOR YOUNG MINDSMUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEMONSTRATION: JAPANESE KOTO AND SAXOPHONERECORDS & BURPEE ZOO SHOWSONGS OF THE SEA WITH COSBY GIBSON AND TOM STAUDLEWINGMASTERS' WORLD OF OWLSPAJAMA NIGHTSCIENCE FAIRTEN DAYS OF PLAY- FILM SCREENINGS:A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVECHASING CORAL SCREENINGCYRANO DE BERGERAC: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVEEASTER IN ART: EXHIBITION ON SCREENFRANKENSTEIN: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVEFRIDA KAHLO: EXHIBITION ON SCREENHENRY V: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVEJEAN DE FLORETTE: OLLI AT BCC FOREIGN FILM SIGKING LEAR: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVEMAVERICK MODIGLIANI GREAT ART ON SCREENOSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, ANIMATIONOSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, DOCUMENTARYOSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, LIVE-ACTIONRAPHAEL: THE YOUNG PRODIGY GREAT ART ON SCREENROCKS WITH WINGS SCREENING AND Q&ASKYLIGHT: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVETHE BOOK OF DUST: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVETHE SEAGULL: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVETUTANKHAMUN: THE LAST EXHIBITION GREAT ART ON SCREEN- ADULT-GEARED PROGRAMMING:JAZZ PERFORMANCE: TEN BY TIN PAN ALLEYLUCY MACGILLIS RECEPTIONNIGHT OUT AT THE MUSEUM: BEYOND THE SEANIGHT OUT AT THE MUSEUM: LIVING INKNIGHT OUT AT THE MUSEUM: TRIVIAOLLI COURSE: STAGING AND CHOREOGRAPHY FOR MUSICAL THEATREOLLI COURSE: THE GREATEST VIOLINISTS OF ALL TIMEOLLI COURSE: WOMEN COMPOSERS OF CLASSICAL MUSICOLLI DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIESWORD X WORD EVENTYOGA UNDER THE MOON