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 The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA was founded in 1903 by Zenas Crane, the owner of the famous paper manufacturer Crane & Company. Crane was inspired by museums such as the American Museum for Natural Science, the Smithsonian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He decided to create a museum that brought together the . . . → Read More: Berkshire Museum – Pittsfield, MA  The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is located in the Berkshires in the City of North Adams. The idea for a contemporary arts center in North Adams in a complex of 19th century factory buildings dates back to 1986 when Williams College Museum of Art director Thomas Krenswas was looking for place . . . → Read More: MASS MoCA – North Adams, MA  Located in the Berkshires in Stockbridge, MA, where Norman Rockwell spent the last 25 years of his life, the Norman Rockwell Museum was founded with the help of the artist and his wife in 1969. The museum moved to its current 36-acre location overlooking the Housatonic River Valley in 1993 and the new museum . . . → Read More: Norman Rockwell Museum – Stockbridge, MA  The Peabody Essex Museum has its origins in the establishment of a “cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities,” by the East India Marine Society of Salem in 1799. Its original intent was to store a collection of objects collected by society members. In 1848, two other organizations, the Essex Historical Society (founded in 1821), . . . → Read More: Peabody Essex Museum – Salem, Massachusetts Founded in 1984, the Cahoon Museum of American Art preserves the art and home of Ralph and Martha Cahoon. The museum promotes appreciation of American art with a particular emphasis on the art of Cape Cod and the Northeast. The museum has a collection of folk paintings by the Cahoons as well as a . . . → Read More: Cahoon Museum of American Art – Cotuit, Massachusetts The Cape Cod Museum of Art collects and exhibits works of art from artists that are associated with Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands. The Cape Cod Museum of Art offers: Year-round art classes for both children and adults Seven galleries of collections and exhibitions A sculpture garden A film program featuring independent . . . → Read More: Cape Cod Museum of Art – Dennis, Massachusetts  With her dream of building a museum that would house her vastly growing and rich art collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 – 1924), a wealthy patron of the arts, established the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1903. This Venetian-style Museum welcomes its visitors with a sense of warmth and intimacy enhanced more so by . . . → Read More: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts  One of the largest museums in the United States, and one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world, it’s no wonder that the Museum of Fine Arts Boston draws over one million visitors per year. Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Founded in 1870, the original Museum was located in Copley Square . . . → Read More: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
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