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High Tech Comes at Hancock Shaker Village Enhances Experience

The Hancock Shaker Village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has introduced audio tours on MP3 players as part of its admission price.
A project two years in the making it continues the tradition of the Shaker community who had no issues embracing new technology.
Hancock Shaker Village President Ellen Spear notes, “The Shakers embraced new technology; they were the [...]

29Jul2009 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Hancock Shaker Village Announces Summer and Fall Events

The Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts has released its event schedule for 2009, and as always it has an ambitious program for the summer and fall. Here is just a selection of events scheduled for this year.
The season at Hancock Shaker Village runs from Saturday, May 23 through Sunday, October 18, 2009. Situated on [...]

16Jun2009 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield – A Place for a Rainy Day Or Respite from all that Berkshires Outdoors!

New England has many fine museums and aquariums but rarely do you find both in one location. But in Pittsfield, in the heart of the Berkshires, there is the Berkshire Museum, which has three floors that melds together a children’s museum, art galleries, and an aquarium.
Pittsfield has seen a lot of recent investment and development [...]

6Aug2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Childhood Memories You Can Revisit in Massachusetts

Remember your first picture books or listening to tales of animals and insects brought to life by your parents reading to you? Remember those days?
Well, take a stroll down memory lane and create some new ones by visiting these destinations in Massachusetts that celebrate the life of some of America’s most memorable authors of children’s [...]

1Aug2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued