Williamstown Theater Festival, one of America's preeminent theatres and winner of the 2002 TONY award for Best Regional Theatre, draws world famous actors to its stage regularly.

Berkshire Theater Festival has been staging new and classic drama for over 60 years.

Shakespeare & Company, one of the nation's leading companies performing the plays of William Shakespeare as well as contemporary drama, holds performances throughout the county, including outdoor venues at The Mount, the estate of Edith Wharton.

Williamstown Film Festival, founded in 1998 to honor American filmmaking, WFF partners with Mass MOCA to offer a venue for East Coat premiers of independent films.

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown houses the eclectic, timeless collection featuring more then 30 Renoir paintings and other French impressionist paintings.

Williams College Museum of Art, a short walk or drive from The Orchards, is a leading teaching museum, with one of the most extensive collections of any college museum.

Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts.

The Norman Rockwell Museum holds the lion's share of the quintessential American illustrator's originals, and often features displays of contemporary illustration.

Hancock Shaker Village is a historic Shaker community of preserved homes and a unique circular barn.

The Chapin Library in Williamstown houses an extensive collection of books from the ninth through fourteenth centuries, as well as historic documents from the American revolutionary period.

The Berkshire Museum is the only art, natural science and history museum in Western Massachusetts. With fourteen galleries, an aquarium, a 291 seat fully equipped, air conditioned theater and much more.

Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The Berkshire Opera stages excellent professional productions of both classic and contemporary opera.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the first dance festival in the country, hosts leading classical ballet and modern dance companies from June through August.

Williamstown Jazz Festival - the Williams College department of music, Mass MOCA and the Williamstown Chamber of Commerce collaborate to bring acclaimed Jazz musicians, college Jazz bands, films and much more to the northern Berkshires.

The Berkshires are also a year-round haven for outdoors enthusiasts. When the snow falls, skiers flock to nearby Jiminy Peak, and to the many cross-country trails through the woods.

In the Spring and Summer, the county's many tennis courts and golf courses welcome you, including the renowned Taconic Golf Course, just minutes from the hotel, or Waubeeka Golf Links an 18-hole public golf course at the base of the Taconic Mountain Range.

In the fall, the simple beauty of the changing colors can be appreciated from a trail in the woods - or a window by a fire.

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