Learn about Forest Ecology and Tree IDJoin the Bidwell House Museum for our 2nd Housatonic Heritage Walk of 2023, Forest Ecology and Tree Identification with a DCR Forester, on September 9 at 10 am. During this walk visitors will explore the woodland trails of the Bidwell House Museum with Tom Ryan, DCR state forester. Participants...

Learn about Berkshire County's Industrial Heritage Drive around the county, and it’s hard to miss the large, brick building on the corner, behind the trees, or down the street. They’re in almost every town, over 500 of them in the Berkshires by the end of the 1800s, producing textiles, iron, paper, glass, shoes, rakes or...

Explore the history of the Monterey Mills On September 23 the Bidwell House Museum will host its final Housatonic Heritage Walk of the 2023 season at the Monterey Library with Rob Hoogs. The village of Monterey today is small and quaint, but in the 1740s through the late 1800s it was bustling with saw mills,...

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Enjoy a fun, historical afternoon at the Bidwell House Museum! The Bidwell House Museum invites you to spend a fall afternoon on the Museum grounds enjoying makers, music and the company of "Martha Washington"! On Saturday, October 14 from 1-4 pm stop by the Bidwell House to see historic crafts,...

See the Bidwell House Museum in a Whole New Light!There is something magical about visiting the Bidwell House Museum on an early evening in the fall, when the rooms are filled with flickering candlelight and twilight is visible through the abundant south facing windows. This November, the Bidwell House Museum staff and Board of Directors...

See the Bidwell House Museum in a Whole New Light! There is something magical about visiting the Bidwell House Museum on an early evening in the fall, when the rooms are filled with flickering candlelight and twilight is visible through the abundant south facing windows. This November, the Bidwell House Museum staff and Board of...

See the Bidwell House Museum in a Whole New Light! There is something magical about visiting the Bidwell House Museum on an early evening in the fall, when the rooms are filled with flickering candlelight and twilight is visible through the abundant south facing windows. This November, the Bidwell House Museum staff and Board of...

Learn about the hidden histories of several enslaved women in New EnglandWe hope you can join the Bidwell House Museum on January 10 for our first Zoom program of the winter season, Tea with Tammy. Enjoy a warm cup of tea or a glass of wine while listening to a discussion between storyteller and performer...

Enjoy some time in the winter woods!Join Rob Hoogs for an informative winter hike on the Bidwell House Museum trails where you can see not only evidence of the animals who make the woods their winter home but also of the people who lived on this land long ago. If there is snow, plan to...

The Bidwell House Museum is excited to host our second Zoom program of the year on February 28th with a moving performance by Tammy Denease. Sarah Margu is not a name that is widely known, but she was one of the children brought to America on the schooner Amistad. Originally from Sierra Leone, Margu eventually...