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The Berkshires...
Cultural and recreational pastimes abound in the Berkshires, giving residents and visitors alike a vast choice of leisure activities. Look for innovative programs and events for families and individuals; historical sites; exhilarating sports and recreation opportunities; and world-class festivals alive with music, theatre and dance. And don't miss the county's award-winning restaurants, shopping and antiquing galore...every season, year round. You may never want to leave. The Berkshires, America's premiere cultural resort, is a celebration of "the arts."
 To learn more about the Berkshires, visit the the Berkshire Visitor's Bureau at www.berkshires.org.
The Berkshire Museum
 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. He sought to use the museum's varied collection to enrich, educate and delight the county's citizens of all ages. This vision guides the museum to this day. At the heart of the museum's mission is a commitment to playing an active cultural and educational role in the community.
 "Wally," our life-size front lawn-dwelling stegosaurus, was constructed for the Sinclair Dinoland Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair by the renowned wildlife sculptor Louis Paul Jonas. He welcomes visitors to the only art, natural science and history museum in Western Massachusetts. Fourteen galleries, an aquarium, a 291 seat fully equipped, air conditioned theater, classrooms and a museum store make up the Berkshire Museum.
Visit the Berkshire Museum online at: www.berkshiremuseum.org.
Hancock Shaker Village
 The Shakers called this community "The City of Peace." Although you will find Hancock Shaker Village a welcome retreat from today's hectic pace, this name belies the level of activity at this living museum.
Set your watch back a century or two and see the Village come to life through vibrant programs, tours, exhibitions and hands-on activities. Talk with artisans on a tour focused on Shaker daily life. Learn about the heritage breeds of animals that roam the pastures and the heirloom crops in the gardens. Learn to sing "Simple Gifts." Your children can even take a lesson with a Shaker schoolteacher (costumed staff). Or just soak up the beauty of Shaker architecture.
This beautifully restored village, set on 1,200 acres of farm, woodland and pasture, is home to the premier collection of Shaker buildings and artifacts. Graceful Shaker furniture, craft and household items - oval boxes, brooms, baskets and textiles - are exhibited in 20 historic buildings, each an architectural gem. The Round Stone Barn, perhaps the most famous of all Shaker buildings, is a testament to Shaker innovation and design.
Visit the Hancock Shaker Village online at: www.hancockshakervillage.org.
Kripalu
 Just a short walk from Tanglewood, Kripalu is the country's largest and most established center for yoga and holistic health. Once the Shadowbrook estate - home to Andrew Carnegie for a time - Kripalu's grounds include fields, forests, a lakefront beach, and million-dollar views.
Year-round programs with premier instructors guide people to de-stress, explore who they are, and learn practical tools so they  can engage with their lives more fully. Topics include yoga, optimal health, integrative weight loss, Ayurveda, creative expression, and fitness. The healthy environment includes daily yoga classes, delicious natural-foods cuisine, massages and healing arts, whirlpool, sauna, and fitness room, as well as hiking trails, gardens, and lots of fresh mountain air.
To request a free catalog, call 1-800-741-7353 or visit us on the web at www.kripalu.org.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
 If conventional museums are boxes, MASS MoCA is an open platform - a welcoming place that encourages dynamic interchange between making and presenting art, between the visual and performing arts, and between the extraordinary historic factory campus and the patrons, workers and tenants who again inhabit it.
MASS MoCA works hard to make the whole cloth of art-making, presentation and participation a seamless continuum. Performing arts residencies offer well-equipped and professionally staffed technical facilities and stages, and a sophisticated, diverse and sympathetic audience for new work -  especially technically complex work that requires generous allocations of time and space impossible in conventional theatrical settings. Likewise, MASS MoCA's vast galleries and expert fabrication staff give visual artists the tools and time to create works of scale and duration impossible to realize in the time and space-cramped conditions of most museums. MASS MoCA endeavors to expose its audiences to all stages of art production; rehearsals, sculptural fabrication, and developmental workshops are frequently on view to the public, as are finished works of art.
Visit MASS MoCA online at: www.massmoca.org.
The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge
 The Museum houses the world's largest and most significant collection of Rockwell's work, including 574 original paintings and drawings. Rockwell's Stockbridge studio, moved to the Museum site, is open to the public from May through October, and features original art materials, his library, furnishings, and personal items. The Museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 items, including working photographs, letters, personal calendars, fan mail, and business documents.
 Having spent its first 24 years at the Old Corner House on Stockbridge's Main Street, the Museum moved to its present location, a 36-acre site overlooking the Housatonic River Valley, in 1993. Internationally renowned architect Robert A. M. Stern designed the Museum gallery building. Since moving to its new location, the Museum has greatly expanded its educational programming, exhibition schedule, and special events.
One of the great charms of the Museum is its location. Rockwell lived in Stockbridge for the last 25 years of his life. Many of his world-renowned images were drawn from the surrounding community and its residents.
Visit The Norman Rockwell Museum online at: www.nrm.org.
Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
 The Clark is a dynamic art museum welcoming visitors year-round to experience outstanding European, American, and British art in a beautiful, rural setting. Situated on 140 acres of woodlands, meadows, and hiking trails, the Clark's intimately scaled galleries are home to an exceptional collection. The Clark is renowned for its French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, and especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir, with more than thirty paintings by the artist.
 On June 22, the Clark opens Stone Hill Center, designed by Pritzker-prize winning architect Tadao Ando. Blending gracefully into the hillside, Stone Hill Center is integrated into the landscape through a series of paths and trails. The building will house the Williamstown Art Conservation Center (WACC) and two intimate exhibition galleries, as well as a terrace café that offers magnificent views of the Taconic Range and Green Mountains.
On view this summer, the exhibition Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly, brings together 40 master works by important American artists working at the turn of the 20th century in a exploration of this contemplative painting sensibility. Through the Seasons: Japanese Art in Nature is Stone Hill Center's inaugural exhibition featuring traditional painted screens and scrolls along with contemporary Japanese ceramics.
The Clark offers a dynamic program of family events, music, films, and indoor and outdoor activities. For a complete calendar of events and additional information, visit www.clarkart.edu.
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