To select a museum, click “Details/Reserve”, then select which Pass to reserve.
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
413-443-0188 https://hancockshakervillage.org/
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Hancock Shaker Village is a living history museum which celebrates the history and legacy of the Shakers, a religious group that lived communally and promoted values of equality and pacificism. This site, on the National Register of Historic Places, was active until 1960. The grounds consist of 20 historic buildings and a working farm and garden, surrounded by 750 acres of pasture, woods and hiking trails. Of particular interest are the Round Stone Barn (1826), the Brick Building that served as a dormitory (1830), and the Museum which houses permanent and changing exhibitions. Staff demonstrate traditional Shaker trade crafts on a rotating schedule in various locations. There is a café and gift shop on the premises. The Village is open seasonally, so please check the website for up-to-date details.
Categories: Architecture, Children, Family, History
Pass Benefits
PICKUP/RETURN PASS. This pass entitles the bearer to free admission for two adults, two youths (ages 13-17), and all children 12 and under.
Historic Deerfield
84B Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342
413-774-5581 https://www.historic-deerfield.org/
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Founded in 1952, Historic Deerfield is an outdoor museum that presents the history and culture of early New England and the Connecticut River Valley. Visitors can tour 12 carefully-preserved antique houses dating from 1730 to 1850 which sit on a mile-long street laid out in 1671, and explore collections of regional furniture, silver, textiles, and other decorative arts on display in the houses and in the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. The museum's collections include more than 25,000 objects made or used in America between 1650 and 1850. In addition to the structures on the property, there is a footpath—open seasonally—that leads to the Deerfield River, and a garden that contains heirloom plants and herbs used in colonial New England. An map of the grounds is available to download on the website. As the availability of houses and tours may change, please check the website on the day of your visit for details.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History, Nature
Pass Benefits
PICKUP/RETURN PASS. The Historic Deerfield Pass provides free admission for up to 4 guests.
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford,, CT 06105
860-247-0998 https://marktwainhouse.org/
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At the heart of the Mark Twain House & Museum, located in Hartford, CT, is the restored 25-room Victorian home where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. It was here that Twain wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” Among other impressive rooms, this National Historic Landmark features a dramatic grand hall, a lush glass conservatory, a library and the billiard room, where the author wrote. Only the first floor is wheelchair accessible. One accesses the site at the Webster Bank Museum Center (fully wheelchair accessible), which is home to exhibits, a theatre showing a Ken Burns mini-documentary on Twain, a museum store and café.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History, Tours
Pass Benefits
PRINTABLE PASS. This pass provides one complimentary adult admission with the purchase of one adult admission OR two complimentary child admissions with the purchase of one adult admission but not a combination of the two. The pass is not usable the day after Thanksgiving or the day after Christmas. Admission includes a guided tour (one hour) and access to the Museum Center.
To book your tickets call the ticket desk at (860) 247-0998 or Rebecca at (860) 280-3128.
MASS MoCA
1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
413-662-2111 https://www.massmoca.org/
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MASS MoCA occupies a complex of 19th-century mill buildings on a 16-acre site in downtown North Adams, MA. Opened to the public in 1999, the museum exhibits art by both well-known and emerging artists, focusing on large-scale, immersive installations that would be impossible to realize in conventional museums. Exhibitions take place in both inside galleries and on the grounds. Among others, permanent exhibits include important works by Sol LeWitt, Joseph Beuys, and Anselm Kiefer. A museum shop and a number of eating and drinking opportunities are on the premises.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Family
Pass Benefits
PRINTABLE PASS. This pass admits 2 adults and 2 children age 16 and under. Pass is for gallery admission only. Children under 5 admitted for free. You must print this pass. It serves as your entrance to the Museum.
Porter-Phelps-Huntington-House Museum
130 River Drive, Hadley, MA 01035
413-584-4699 https://www.pphmuseum.org/
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The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum is located in a well-preserved, eighteenth-century house which contains the belongings of the single family which occupied it, items accumulated and preserved over the course of 300 years. The house—listed on the National Register of Historic Places—is surrounded by over 350 acres of protected farmland, forest, and river frontage retaining its original rural setting. A system of hiking trails allows for some exploration of the grounds. Tours within the house include multiple staircases, so will not be accessible to all. The Museum follows a seasonal schedule; please check the website on the day of your visit for details.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History, Nature, Tours
Pass Benefits
PRINTABLE PASS. The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House museum pass is valid for four free admissions for a guided tour. The museum is closed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the passes are only valid for times when the museum is open to the public.