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  • In Melville’s and Hawthorne’s Footsteps: Hike Monument Mountain with Gordon Hyatt

    Monument Mountain Rte 7, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    The annual celebration of the famous literary hike up (and down) Monument Mountain.   In August, 1850, Herman Melville met  Nathaniel Hawthorne at Monument Mountain, striking up an immediate friendship. Commemorate that  occasion with a guided hike, “champagne” toast, and a reading of  “Monument Mountain” by  William Cullen Bryant. Meet in the Monument Mountain parking lot …

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  • workshop: create your own fairy

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Build your own small fairy with Betsy Sherman, using frames created by Michael Melle. Workshop fee: $25 per fairy, limit 2 fairies per family.   If interested, e-mail fairies@berkshirehistory.org

    $25

  • Special tour – Woods to Writing Table

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Hike from the field to Melville's writing table, with Jeff Aldrich.  Call 413.442.1793 x13 for information.  This is the last guided hike of the season.

    $20

  • Tag Sale

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    End of the season fund-raiser for the Berkshire County Historical Society.   Free parking.  No early birds, please. Rain date (if heavy rain): September 15.

  • Open for tours

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    Guided house tours at 10:00 and 12:00.  

  • Open for tours

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    House open only for guided tours, at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 1:00.   Museum shop open 10-2; grounds open daylight hours.

  • Open for tours

    Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    House open only for guided tours, at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 1:00.   Museum shop open 10-2; grounds open daylight hours.