Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Berkshire_Museum> ?p ?o }
- Berkshire_Museum abstract "The Berkshire Museum is a museum of natural history, art, and ancient civilization that is located in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.In 1903, Berkshire Museum founder Zenas Crane, inspired by such institutions as the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, decided to blend the best attributes of these establishments in a new museum for the people of Western Massachusetts. Thanks in large part to Crane’s efforts, the broad and varied collections of Berkshire Museum include objects from virtually every continent, from important fine art and sculpture to natural science specimens and ancient artifacts.As the third-generation owner of Crane & Company, a paper manufacturer that was (and continues to be) the official supplier of paper to the U.S. Treasury, Crane invested his wealth in his community. He actively sought out art and artifacts for Berkshire Museum, and encouraged the development of collections that would bring home to the Berkshires a wide cross-section of the world’s wonders. Berkshire Museum became a “window on the world.”Crane purchased many of Berkshire Museum’s first acquisitions, including a sizable group of paintings from the revered Hudson River School. Significant works by Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Edwin Church figure prominently in the collection.The diverse collections also boast artifacts of ancient history and natural science: fossil collections, a 143-pound meteorite, an Egyptian mummy named Pahat, shards of Babylonian cuneiform tablets, samplings of early Mediterranean jewelry, and representations of Berkshire ecosystems including local mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, and minerals.Berkshire Museum is the repository for objects associated with the lives of well-known figures in American history. The first successful expedition to the North Pole by Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson in 1908 and 1909 was supported by Crane, and Henson’s whole-body fur suit, the sledge that made the trip, and other equipment from the venture found a home at Berkshire Museum. The writing desk of Nathanial Hawthorne and the musket believed to have belonged to Israel Bissell (a cohort of Paul Revere who made a midnight ride to Philadelphia to warn that “The British are coming!”) also are part of the extensive permanent collection.Berkshire Museum has exhibited works by some of the most accomplished artists from the United States and abroad: Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Sully, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and John Singer Sargent. In the 1930s, under director Laura Bragg, the Berkshire Museum was the first to commission two site-specific mobiles (then a unique form of art) from Alexander Calder, who became one of the most significant artists in the 20th century. The mobiles can be seen in the theater, on either side of the proscenium. In the 1950s, the Berkshire Museum was the first to display the work of Norman Rockwell as well as pieces by artists that challenged convention, such as Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, and Nancy Graves.Berkshire Museum continues to add to the collections through purchase and gift. In the 21st-century, acquisitions have focused on artists with national and international reputations who have strong connections to the Berkshires: Gregory Crewdson, Peter Garfield, Chet Kalm, Helen Febbo, Morgan Bulkeley, Stephen Hannock, and others.Well-known institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mystic Seaport, the Smithsonian Institution, the Guggenheim, and the Tate Gallery have all borrowed objects from Berkshire Museum’s collections. Original exhibitions created and curated by Berkshire Museum staff, incorporating items from the collections, travel to other museums.".
- Berkshire_Museum location Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location Pittsfield,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location United_States.
- Berkshire_Museum thumbnail Berkshire_Museum_2013.jpg?width=300.
- Berkshire_Museum type Art_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum type Natural_history_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageExternalLink www.berkshiremuseum.org.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageID "3864029".
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageLength "7701".
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageOutDegree "72".
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageRevisionID "707767573".
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Bierstadt.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Calder.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Warhol.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Art.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Art_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:1903_establishments_in_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aquaria_in_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Art_museums_in_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_needing_infobox_zoo.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Association_of_Science-Technology_Centers_member_institutions.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Museums_established_in_1903.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Museums_in_Pittsfield,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Natural_history_museums_in_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Paleontology_in_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Chet_Kalm.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Civilization.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Crane_&_Co..
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Cuneiform_script.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Ellsworth_Kelly.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Frederic_Edwin_Church.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Gilbert_Stuart.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Gregory_Crewdson.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Helen_Febbo.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Hudson_River_School.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Israel_Bissell.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink John_Singer_Sargent.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink John_Singleton_Copley.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Laura_Bragg.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Matthew_Henson.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Meteorite.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Morgan_Bulkeley.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Mystic_Seaport.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Nancy_Graves.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Nathaniel_Hawthorne.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_American_History.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Natural_history.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Natural_history_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Norman_Rockwell.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink North_Pole.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Cézanne.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Revere.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Garfield.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Pierre-Auguste_Renoir.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Pittsfield,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Red_Grooms.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Rembrandt_Peale.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Lewis_Reid.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Peary.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Rauschenberg.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Smithsonian_Affiliations.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Smithsonian_Institution.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_Hannock.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Tate.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Dewing.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Sully.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Western_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink William-Adolphe_Bouguereau.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink Zenas_Crane.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink File:Berkshire_Museum_1911.jpg.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLink File:Berkshire_Museum_Bird_Display.jpg.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Berkshire Museum".
- Berkshire_Museum coordinatesDisplay "inline,title".
- Berkshire_Museum coordinatesRegion "US-MA".
- Berkshire_Museum coordinatesType "type:landmark".
- Berkshire_Museum curator "Maria Mingalone".
- Berkshire_Museum director "Van Shields".
- Berkshire_Museum imagesize "300".
- Berkshire_Museum latitude "42.4473".
- Berkshire_Museum location Berkshire_County,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location Pittsfield,_Massachusetts.
- Berkshire_Museum location United_States.
- Berkshire_Museum longitude "-73.2536".
- Berkshire_Museum name "Berkshire Museum".
- Berkshire_Museum type Art_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum type Natural_history_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum type "*".
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_museum.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Official_website.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Berkshire_Museum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Start_date.