Local Attractions

During your stay at Sunset Farm B&B spend your days visiting any of a multitude of museums or participating in the many outdoor activities that are available in our area.  In the evenings you will enjoy choosing from a wide variety of theatre and musical events

Museums

Arrowhead in Pittsfield is the home of Herman Melville from 1850-1863 wrote his most famous work, Moby-Dick, as well as three other novels, a collection of short stories, all of his magazine stories, and some of his poetry.

Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield was founded in 1903 by Zenas Crane.  His vision was to create an inviting environment for everyone, not just the elite.  This vision guides the museum to this day.

Bidwell House Museum in Monterey is a Georgian saltbox originally built circa 1750 and filled with antiques and surrounded by beautiful grounds and hiking trails.

Clark Art Institute in Williamstown opened to public in 1955 has become one of the most beloved and respected art museums in the world, known for its intimate galleries and stunning natural environment.

Colonel John Ashley House in Sheffield was the center of social, economic, and political life in Western Massachusetts in the eighteenth century. The Sheffield Resolves, a petition against British tyranny was drafted here and published in 1773.

Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio in Lenox is the home of American abstract artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen.  View their paintings, frescoes and sculpture and experience their exquisite collection of American and European Cubist Art.

Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock is a private, not-for-profit educational organization that preserves and presents to the public the Shakers' legacy at their community in Hancock, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams is the largest center for contemporary arts in the United States.  It is dedicated to the creation and presentation of provocative visual and performing arts pieces.

Museum of the Gilded Age in Lenox housed at Ventfort Hall, a restored Elizabethan Revival castle built in 1893 for the sister of J.P. Morgan.

Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge houses the world's largest and most significant collection of original Rockwell art.  Highlights include such enduring favorites as the powerful Four Freedoms, and the nostalgic Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas.

Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown is one of the finest college art museums in the country.  It houses 12,000 works that span the history of art.

Music and Theaters

Berkshire Bach Society in Berkshire presents professional choral and instrumental concerts of Baroque music year round.

Berkshire Opera Company in Pittsfield is dedicated to presenting the finest professional opera performances and enriching the lives of people of all ages in Berkshire County and the surrounding areas.

Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge is one of the oldest performing arts venues in the United States.  Its mission is to sustain, promote and produce theatre for its community through performance and educational activities.

Jacob's Pillow in Becket Founded by dance pioneer Ted Shawn in the 1930s, is America’s premier dance festival and a National Historic Landmark.

Shakespeare and Company in Lenox aspires to create a theatre of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance, and harmony.

South Mountain Concerts in Pittsfield, founded in 1918, is one of America's most distinguished centers for chamber music events.  The music hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings,

Tanglewood in Lenox, the world's oldest summer music festival, is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  It is renowned for its natural beauty and world-class music.

Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown is a summer-long celebration of theater that brings together a vast and impressive array of artists and offers audiences varied cultural experiences.

Skiing

Bousquet in Pittsfield

Butternut Basin in Great Barrington

Otis Ridge in Otis

Summer Outdoor Activities

Berkshire Hiking lists all trails in the vicinity of Sunset Farm B&B.

Ashintully Gardens in Tyringham blend several natural features into an ordered arrangement with both formal and informal beauty.  In 1997 it received the H. Hollis Hunnewell Medal that recognizes gardens of country residences embellished with rare and desirable ornamental trees and shrubs.

Bartholomew's Cobble in Sheffield is a natural rock garden of ferns and rare wildflowers.  A network of trails leads through forest, meadow and pastureland to the top of Hulburt's Hill with its magnificent views of the Housatonic valley.

Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington is the state's most dramatic waterfall. Cascading water tumbles through a series of gorges and finally drops 80 feet over the falls and into a sparkling pool.

Monument Mountain Reservation in Great Barrington is 1,735 feet at its peak.  Three miles of trails lead through the forest of white pine and oaks with tulip trees, maples, chestnut saplings and mountain laurel.  Several streams wind through the forest.

Mount Everett State Reservation in Mount Washington offers informal picnicking at Guilder Pond, the highest freshwater pond in Massachusetts.

Tyringham Cobble in Tyringham is a two mile loop trail runs to the summit of Cobble Hill, 400 feet above the valley.  Several rock outcrops offer sweeping views of Tyringham Valley with Hop Brook and the village below.