The Opening Day Celebration on Saturday, January 21, includes family-friendly activities from 10 a.m. to noon: build a Bowerbird house; participate in a Brainy Bird Quiz Show; or try the Audubon Art Station and create drawings and watercolors.
Two presentations will be offered: Days of Their Lives: the Life & Art of John James & Lucy Audubon will be given at 2 p.m. by Nancy Powell, curator of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove in Audubon, Pennsylvania, and at 4 p.m., Mill Grove & Audubon: Where It All Began, will be given by Jean Bochnowski, director of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove. All Opening Day events are free with museum admission: $13 adults, $6 children, museum members & children age 3 and under enjoy free admission.
An Opening Reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. when visitors can enjoy refreshments and view the new exhibition, Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds. Open to the public; Museum admission free after 5 p.m.
Berkshire Museum tickets contact information
- 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
- 413-443-7171
- Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
- Berkshire Museum