Williamstown & the Berkshires

The Berkshires are a wonderful playground of activities.

Williamstown
Just five minutes away, downtown Williamstown is a lively college town with antique shops, boutiques, cafés, and old-fashioned, small-town ambiance.

Museums
Williamstown and the surrounding area boasts many wonderful places to enjoy culture. Several world-class art museums open throughout the year are located there, including:

• Clark Art Institute
• Williams College Museum of Art

A short distance away in North Adams and Stockbridge, you will find cultural centers, such as:

• MassMoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams, is a multi-disciplinary center for visual, performing, and media arts, that presents exhibitions and performances
• Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
• The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, honors this town’s famous native son
• Naumkeag (Trustees property), Stockbridge, is famous for 8 acres of terraced gardens and landscaped grounds surrounded by 40 acres of woodland, meadow, and pasture.
• Mission House (Trustees property), Stockbridge, is a National Historic Landmark that contains an outstanding collection of 18th-century American furniture and decorative arts, and features a beautiful Colonial Revival garden.

Theater and Music
The Berkshires is an arts mecca where visitors enjoy many theatrical productions and musical performances in places such as:

• Williamstown Theatre Festival
• Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at Tanglewood, the BSO’s summer home, Lenox
• Shakespeare & Company’s summer repertory, Lenox
• Edith Wharton's The Mount, Lenox
• Nationally acclaimed Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge
• Jacob’s Pillow Dance Company, Becket

Getting Outdoors
If you’re looking to get outside, you can walk, hike, and ski at:

• Notchview, Windsor, offers terrific cross-country skiing in winter and great hiking in summer (Trustees property)
• Mountain Meadow Preserve, Williamstown (Trustees property)
• Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield (Trustees property)
• Monument Mountain, Great Barrington (Trustees property)
• Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield (Trustees property)
• Cricket Creek Farm, Williamstown

Within an hour’s drive of Williamstown, you can also explore:

• Mt. Greylock State Reservation
• Beartown State Forest
• Historic Deerfield
• Bash Bish Falls State Park

Dining
Choose from more than 30 restaurants in Williamstown, including cuisine such as:

• Thai
• Italian
• Mexican
• Japanese
• Chinese
• Contemporary Fusion

More Information and Trip Planning
For more information about planning a trip to Williamstown and the Berkshires, visit these selected web sites:

• Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
• Berkshire Visitor’s Bureau
• See the Berkshires
• The Berkshire Web