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Baby Animals at Hancock Shaker Village. A perennial three-week celebration of new life on the farm, Baby Animals (April 17 – May 9) to many Berkshire residents signals the advent of spring. Visitors can meet and greet the new calves, piglets, chicks, lambs and kids in and around the Round Stone Barn, and tour the historic 20-building village ...
The library at Hancock Shaker Village houses 10,000 primary and secondary materials. Visitor Services Hancock Shaker Village is located on the outskirts of Pittsfield, MA (with land in Hancock, Richmond and Pittsfield) in Berkshire County, roughly 3 hours west of Boston and 3 hours north of New York City.
Nov 23, 2020 · Buy a Downtown Pittsfield Gift Card! Dine. ... Hancock Shaker Village (Shaker Mercantile) 1843 West Housatonic Street. Pittsfield, MA 01201 413-443-0188
Feb 7, 2018 · Quick Facts. Hancock Village was established in western Massachusetts in the late 1780s and thrived as an active Shaker community until the 1950s. Hancock was divided into six family groups, and was comprised of communal dwellings, craft shops, a meetinghouse, and barns. Like most Shaker communities, building design was driven by function ...
Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them, August 6, 2020 through January 10, 2021. Organized by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA, Anything but Simple features rare Shaker “gift” or “spirit” drawings created by Shaker women in the mid-1800s, a period known as the Era of Manifestations.
Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960. They offer workshops for children showing them how to spin wool. Nice for a family visit. Read more.
Gather for holiday cocktails by the fire. Let time slow and your spirits rise in this new Berkshire tradition. Hancock Holiday Nights is open 5-8 PM. December 2-5, December 9-12, December 16-19, and December 27-29. Tickets $20 for adults, $10 for kids 6-18, and free for five and under. Advanced purchase timed tickets required.
