In April 2020, we introduced our history series, Bidwell Lore. In this feature, we share stories about the Bidwell Family,...
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Bidwell Lore – The Death of Margaret Hull
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 168! This week we have a short post about the end of the life of Margaret...
Bidwell Lore – Visiting Evergreen Hill
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 167! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family. As we near the...
Bidwell Lore – Peggy Hull and Morris Potter
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 166! This week we will share some deeds pertaining to the sale of Agrippa’s land holdings after...
Bidwell Lore – Peggy Hull and Joab Kellis
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 165! This week we will talk about the property Peggy Hull inherited from Agrippa and her boarder, Joab Kellis....
A wonderful video filmed in the summer of 2019, in which Board Member and Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University John Demos talks about why we should care about history. Professor Demos wrote this speech when he was the honoree at our summer 2019 fundraiser.
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About The Museum
The Bidwell House Museum, set in the Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts, is an elegant Georgian saltbox originally built circa 1760 as a parsonage. Authentically restored, filled with period furnishings, and surrounded by 192 acres of beautiful grounds and hiking trails, the museum tells the story of the early settlement of the Berkshires. Guided tours are available by appointment. The grounds and gardens are open every day, year-round, free of charge.
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The grounds and gardens are open all year!
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Heather Kowalski
Executive Director
Heather Kowalski joined the Bidwell House Museum staff in the fall of 2015 after moving to the Berkshires with her husband and two children. She became Executive Director in 2017. Prior to working at the Bidwell House Museum, Heather served as Registrar for the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh for 11 years and before that she spent six year as Assistant Registrar at the Carnegie Museum of Art, also in Pittsburgh. Heather grew up in nearby Niskayuna, NY and holds a BA in Art History from Penn State University.
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