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A Day at the Berkshire Musuem

Mummified in the Berkshires As the heat wave continued, the boys and I packed it all up for a full day at The Berkshire Museum, including a performance of The Mummy’s Tale and Other Stories from the Great Beyond. My youngest child is four years old so I was unsure he’d be able to sit through a play. I was even a little nervous that he might be scared of the mummy,… Read More

Category: Berkshire Museum, Karen Bayne, Museum, Pittsfield, Suggested Activity Tags: Berkshire Museum, Berkshires, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian Artifacts, Egyptian Studies, Events in Western Massachusetts, Family Activities, Family Activities in Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Mummies, Mummy, Museums in Western Massachusetts, New England, Pittsfield, Things to do in Western Massachusetts

Mummies Come to the Berkshires

Wrapped! Search for the Essential Mummy Tells the Inside Story of Mummies: both figuratively and literally! Museum visitors often leave an exhibition of Egyptian artifacts with the impression that mummies are all the same and that all mummies were kings or princes during their lives. In reality, mummies are individuals; they vary in terms of their manner of preparation, the decoration of their sarcophagi, and the region in which they lived. And,… Read More

Category: Berkshire Museum, Hilltown Families, Homeschooling, Pittsfield, Suggested Activity Tags: Berkshire Museum, Berkshires, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian Artifacts, Egyptian Studies, King Tutankhamun, Mummies, Mummy, Museum Exhibit, Museums in Western Massachusetts, social studies

Free Admission to Area Museums

Lisa Downing of the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA writes: Free admission to area museums is as easy as a visit to the Forbes Library. Now in the fifth year, the library’s museum pass program enables patrons to borrow a free admission pass to the Children’s Museum of Holyoke, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Historic Deerfield, Mass MoCA, Massachusetts State Parks, Norman Rockwell Museum, Smith College Museum of Art, Springfield… Read More