This free virtual lecture explores Herman Melville’s passion for print collecting and the creation of a website that allows access to 420 works from his collection. More information here.
Marathon Reading of Billy Budd, Sailor – April 7
Help us kick off a months-long celebration of the centennial of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor. Our friends at Hot Plate Brewery in downtown Pittsfield are hosting us and have crafted a special English IPA to mark the occasion. Details here. Sign up to read by using the BOOK NOW button.
BCHS in Pittsfield Public Schools
Read this great article in The Berkshire Eagle about how arts are integrated into Pittsfield public schools. This arts integration program is just one of many school-based programs BCHS participates in.
2024 Officers and New Directors
Welcome to our new board members
Heather Archibald
Matthew Brogan
Linda Cantoni
Michael Dell’Aquila
Cornelius Hoss
Sarah Trudgeon
Jenna Ware
and 2024 officers
John Hamilton. President
Cynthia Farr Brown. Vice President
Robert Salerno, Treasurer
Sharon Coe, Secretary
See a complete list of BCHS’s 2024 Board of directors.
Musing with Melville on New England Public Media
Learn about writer Linda Cantoni’s experience of writing in Melville’s study in this New England Public Media story.
Musing with Melville
Recently Berkshire Eagle reporter Jennifer Huberdeau spent some time writing in Melville’s studio. See her “musings” here BerkshireEagle_20230722.
Arrowhead named favorite indoor destination in Time Out
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County (1830-2012)
The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire County was a project of the Berkshire County Historical Society in the late 1990s. Ethnic groups, most notably the African-American community, have traditionally been overlooked in histories of Berkshire County. The Invisible Community project intended to collect information on the historic presence of African-Americans in Berkshire County, and the role that community has played in the county’s history. Partially funded by a grant from Mass Humanities, this collection includes information concerning specific Berkshire residents, oral histories, as well as institutions & events associated with the African-American community in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Click here to listen to oral history recordings or read transcriptions.