![]() ![]() It is the recipient of a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. They also offer Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabarets, readings, workshops and other education programs. They produce classic plays as well as new productions. The Williamstown Theatre Festival: Since 1955, the festival has brought to the Berkshires some of America’s finest actors directors, designers and playwrights. Williamstown, MAĮclipse Mill Artist Lofts: If you have time, you might check out Eclipse Mill Artists Lofts to visit the resident artist studios and galleries located in a building from the 1800’s. Williams College Museum of ArtĪfter a day of art in Williamstown, make sure to stop in at Tunnel City Coffee for a break at 100 Spring St. Their permanent collection also includes works by Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer and George Inness. The museum is the world’s largest repository of the works by Maurice and Charles Prendergast including watercolors, oils, sketchbook, studio materials, photographs and diaries. If you have time make sure to visit the museum to see its special exhibitions as well as its permanent collection. Near downtown Williamstown is the Williams College Museum of Art at 15 Lawrence Hall Drive. On the way out of town towards Williamstown, Gramercy Bistro Next to the museum, I just read that there is the Porches Inn, a 47 room inn located in a row of 19th century, Victorian row houses. I enjoyed the poached shrimp salad with tomato, cucumber, strawberries, mango, farmers cheese and an orange vinaigrette. They have a locally sourced menu and are open for lunch, dinner and brunch. It is across the museum and has both indoor and patio dining. Gramercy Bistro, located at MASS MoCa at 87 Marshall St., is a great spot for lunch while visiting the Museum. The museum has several dining opportunities from Gramercy Bistro, a museum cafe, coffee shop, microbrewery and BBQ spot. ![]() They also feature outdoor concerts in the summer months plus films and theater, alternative cabaret and dance performances. Make sure to walk outside to visit the former power plant and to see the current exhibitions of the Hall Art Foundation in its dedicated gallery space. My favorite part was seeing the exhibition Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective which will be there until 2033. In 1999, the Museum opened and brought new life to the complex as one of the country’s largest centers for contemporary visual and performing arts. From 1942 to 1985 it was the home of Sprague Electric, an electronics plant. It then housed Arnold Print Works, one of the largest producers of printed textiles. It also features works by the famed artist, James Turrell.įrom the late 1700’s to the early 1800’s, the site housed a brickyard, saw mill, machine shops, marble works, wagon and sleigh maker, an ironworks that later forged the armor plates for the Civil War ship, the Monitor. It recently underwent a major expansion which added double amount of gallery space and filled a new three story building, #6. I love looking at contemporary art in an historic setting. There are 26 buildings that are linked by an elaborate system of interlocking courtyards, passageways, bridges, viaducts, elevated walkways and red brick facades. The Museum is located in an amazing complex of buildings which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. MASS MoCa: This contemporary art museum is located in North Adams, MA, a short drive east of Williamstown. ![]() The Lunder Center at Stone Hill, a shuttle away, has two exhibition galleries and the Stone Hill Cafe. One of the highlights is the new wing, The Clark Center, designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando that includes the restaurant Cafe 7 and Francine’s casual cafe, the Museum Store and temporary exhibition space. I also saw an amazing traveling Van Gogh exhibition. I loved seeing its works by Renoir, Degas, Gauguin,Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Manet as well as the American paintings by Homer, Inness and Remington. The Clark Art Institute: Located in Williamstown MA, The Clark is an incredible museum that is known for it collection of Impressionist and Old Masters Paintings.
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