The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives invites you to The Stockbridge Ice Festival featuring ice sculptures carved by regional artists and an exhibit about the Ice Glen and the ice harvesting business in and around Stockbridge, MA. Photo Credits: Maria Carr On the lawn of The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives, each sculptor will be…
Do you know the history of the land you are on? Have you ever wondered? And do you want to create a more inclusive space? If you have ever been intimated by the idea of a land acknowledgment, then this is the workshop for you. Learn 5 simple steps on how to do a land…
This exhibit features original deeds and documents from the Museum & Archives collection of land transactions related to the Stockbridge Indians and Colonial residents in Stockbridge during the late 18th century.
Author John Hanson will give a talk on Reading Early Epitaphs in the Stockbridge Cemetery on February 5, from 3-4 pm, in the Bement Room at the Stockbridge Library. Hanson has been collecting and studying early New England epitaph verse for years. In this talk, he will share some outstanding examples on old stones in…
Join us on the front lawn of The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to view sculptors craft solid blocks of ice into magnificent sculptures! This event is free and open to the public! The Stockbridge Ice Festival will also feature an outdoor Museum exhibit featuring historical ice harvesting tools! In addition to sculptures and the exhibit,…
To honor the centennial of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Berkshire Magazine has set up self-guided trail around the Berkshires highlighting traces of our 16th President. Pop in to see our two bronze castings and bronze reproduction by Daniel Chester French!
For nearly 200 years the Williams and Son's Country Store has been a staple of the Main Street landscape in Stockbridge. Visit the Procter Gallery in the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to learn more about the history of the Williams and Son's Country Store.
“Gilded Stockbridge” takes a peek inside Mabel Choate's Naumkeag and features some of the home’s treasures, including porcelain pieces from Mabel’s world-renowned “Lowestoft” china collection, artwork by her mother and no-nonsense summer hats and garden tools used to transform Naumkeag into the beautiful public museum and gardens of today. As part of the exhibit, we also invite you to…
Stockbridge Library will be featuring artists from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohicans in Wisconsin from September through November. The show opened on September 8 and will remain on view in the Procter Gallery on the lower level at the entrance to the Museum and Archives through the end of November. Featured artists will be Reva…
Our human experiences are lived out every day in fabric and cloth; whether we make our clothing or buy it from a shop, we use textile for its form, function and to articulate our individual expression. The making of clothing is deeply embedded within the history of artisanal production, creative purpose, commerce, design, and labor…
Explore our current exhibit “Stitching Seams” with SMLA’s Collections Steward, Andrea Caluori. She will give a brief overview of the Museum’s textile collection and guide visitors through the Stitching Seams exhibit’s garments. Furthermore, she will provide an in-depth look into the garments’ construction, history and stories in order to better understand the people who made…
The Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives is pleased to announce the acquisition of the discharge certificate of Agrippa Hull. This document, dated July 24, 1783, is signed by George Washington as well as Joseph Trumbull and Lt. Jacob Town of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. Hull was a free African American soldier from Stockbridge, who served…
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