In the early 1800’s, the Hoosac Mountain was a barrier to transporting people and goods between Boston and Albany by rail via Northwestern MA.
North Adams would have never been a mill-town in the first place if it weren’t for the brave men who engineered, blasted and constructed the Hoosac Railroad Tunnel. Western Gateway Heritage State Park Visitor’s Center Museum VISIT: Western Heritage Gateway State Park Visitor’s Center Open 11-5 Wed-Mon (closed Tues), $18 adults, $8 kids over 6. MassMoCA also offers preponderance of performances – from dance to music to film to Cabaret nights with food and drink. Lee Boronson’s Waterfall With Ping Pong Balls Though the three level LeWitt exhibit is for all intents and purposes permanent (its here until 2033), most installations are temporary. The 26-building compound, which once housed a textile dye factory, Arnold Print Works, known for its cutout Victorian cat and dog pillows, and then Sprague Electric (1930-1985), is now a cutting-edge world-renowned art museum, performance space, the fine Gramercy Bistro restaurant, book publishers, lawyer and accountant offices, and other repurposed spaces. Teresita Fernandez 27,000 pieces of Graphite Installation, Mass MoCA Housed in a restored 19 th century mill complex, you’ll find massive sculptural, projection and painted installations from the likes of Sol LeWitt and Anselm Kiefer throughout MassMoCa’s labyrinth of rooms.
VISIT: Western Heritage Gateway State Park Visitor’s Center.VISIT: MassMoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).
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