Berkshire Museum. The Berkshire Museum is a museum of art, natural history and ancient civilization that is located in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
The Berkshire Museum, founded by local paper magnate Zenas Crane, opened in 1903. The building was designed by the local architect Henry Seaver.
When Ellen Crane, his wife, died in 1934, she left a bequest of $100,000 to the museum. The Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation opened in March 2008.
This new hall falls in line with the museum's traditional curiosity cabinet appeal and is dedicated to local innovators. In October 2014, Berkshire Museum's Dino Dig paleontology exhibition was replaced by Spark!Lab, a hands-on, inventors laboratory space developed by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History.
In July 2017, the Board of Directors at the Berkshire Museum announced a plan to sell the most significant portion of their art collection including two Norman Rockwell paintings, Blacksmith's Boy-Heel and Toe, 1940, and Shuffleton's Barbershop that were given to the museum by Norman Rockwell himself. They contracted with Sotheby's to auction a total of 40 pieces from their collection. The art was removed from the museum before the sale was announced, and museum officials initially refused to name the works that were to be sold. The estimated proceed
The Berkshire Museum, founded by local paper magnate Zenas Crane, opened in 1903. The building was designed by the local architect Henry Seaver.
When Ellen Crane, his wife, died in 1934, she left a bequest of $100,000 to the museum. The Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation opened in March 2008.
This new hall falls in line with the museum's traditional curiosity cabinet appeal and is dedicated to local innovators. In October 2014, Berkshire Museum's Dino Dig paleontology exhibition was replaced by Spark!Lab, a hands-on, inventors laboratory space developed by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History.
In July 2017, the Board of Directors at the Berkshire Museum announced a plan to sell the most significant portion of their art collection including two Norman Rockwell paintings, Blacksmith's Boy-Heel and Toe, 1940, and Shuffleton's Barbershop that were given to the museum by Norman Rockwell himself. They contracted with Sotheby's to auction a total of 40 pieces from their collection. The art was removed from the museum before the sale was announced, and museum officials initially refused to name the works that were to be sold. The estimated proceed
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