You know those museums that are really quiet and you can’t touch anything? These are definitely not those museums. Take the Boston Children’s Museum. It’s one-of-a-kind, world-renowned center for enrichment. But the kids don’t care about that. They just like that it’s as fun as a barrel of monkeys. The Museum of Science has scary dinosaurs, loud electric bursts, and an Imax screen the size of a basketball court, and it’s still extremely educational. The Kidspace at Mass MoCA has really mind-blowing art, including some uniquely interactive work. At the Discovery Museums in Acton, kids can bounce a ball three stories high or engineer their own train track. Of course, if your family loves those quiet museums, we have plenty of those too.
Watch a video on Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox.
Arrowhead
Pittsfield
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield
Hancock Shaker Village
Pittsfield
Artscape
Pittsfield
Ongoing outdoor gallery that changes each year. more
Berkshire Artisans/Lichenstein Center for the Arts
Pittsfield
Municipal arts center; galleries, workshops, public mural program. more
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Arrowhead
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793 - B
Berkshire Museum
39 South St (route 7)
Pittsfield
413-443-7171 - C
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 W Housatonic St. (routes 20 & 41)
Po Box 927
Pittsfield
413-443-0188 - D
Artscape
Lichtenstein Center For The Arts
28 Renne Avenue
Pittsfield
413-499-9348 - E
Berkshire Artisans/Lichenstein Center for the Arts
28 Renne Ave.
Pittsfield
413-499-9348
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