Steeped in history and home to renowned authors and artists, the Pioneer Valley offers a rich cultural life. Experience our first-class performing arts, galleries and museums for yourself!

Art

• Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst)
• Massachusetts  Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMOCA) (North Adams)
• Mead Art Museum (Amherst)
• Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge)
• Paradise City Arts Festival (Northampton)
• Smith College Museum of Art (Northampton)
• Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown)
• Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown)

Historical Sites

• Arrowhead, Herman Melville's Home (Pittsfield)
• Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum (Lenox)
• Crane Museum of Papermaking (Dalton)
• Emily Dickinson Homestead (Amherst)
• Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield)
• Historic Deerfield
• Mark Twain House (Hartford, CT)
• Memorial Hall Museum at Old Deerfield
• The Mount, Edith Wharton Estate (Lenox)
• Springfield Armory
• Old Sturbridge Village

Music

• The Iron Horse (Northampton)
• The Mullins Center (Amherst)
• Northampton Community Music Center
• Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra (Greenfield)
• Springfield Symphony Orchestra
• Tanglewood - Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Lenox)

Theater/Dance

• Academy of Music Theatre (Northampton)
• Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield)
• Berkshire Theatre Festival (Stockbridge)
• City Stage and Symphony Hall (Springfield)
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Becket)
• Old Deerfield Productions
• Pioneer Valley Ballet (Easthampton)
• Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
• Shakespeare and Company (Lenox)
• Shea Theater (Turners Falls)

Lecture Series

• Springfield Public Forum

Museums

• Amherst College Museum of Natural History
• Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum (Northampton)
• Dr. Seuss National Memorial (Springfield)
• National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst)
• New England Air Museum (Windsor Locks, CT)
• The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle
  • George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
  • Springfield Science Museum
  • Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
  • Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
  • Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History