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DID YOU KNOW? Peak fall foliage typically occurs October 1 to 14 in the Berkshires, earlier than every other region in the state. Source: Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism photograph from massachusetts office of travel and tourism

    Photo tour: Getting arts smart in Lenox and beyond

    The Mount, author Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, looks spectacular as the trees change color. Ghost tours are held Friday nights. (edithwharton.org, 413-551-5111)
    photograph by David Dashiell | September 7, 2012
    All images by photographer Kevin Sprague, Studio Two. All images are copyright 2005 Edith Wharton Restorations, Inc.

    On Friday evening September 14, the literary Berkshire WordFest weekend commences at The Mount. This year’s theme is “Channeling Edith Wharton,” with acclaimed writers like Adam Gopnik and Francine du Plessix Gray set to speak.
    photograph by Kevin Sprague, Studio Two | September 7, 2012
    Bently Spang, The Modern Warrior Series: War Shirt #1, 1998, collection of Sandra Spang

    Pittsfield’s Berkshire Museum wows visitors with a Native American exhibit of contemporary artworks and historic objects. The show runs until January 6. (berkshiremuseum.org, 413-443-7171)
    photograph from Berkshire Museum | September 7, 2012
    Lenox Ma.12/12/07 Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum's exhibit Les Petites Dames de Mode. The little ladies of fashion is a exhibit featuring 59 miniature fashion models that portray the history of women's fashion from 1855 to 1914. Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff Section:Travel Reporter: slug: SLUG: 26lenox 2 of 11 CREDIT: Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff ONLINE CAPTION: / OUTTAKe 0821

    Ventfort Hall (gildedage.org, 413-637-3206) in Lenox is still undergoing restoration to its Gilded Age magnificence. (The Jacobean Revival estate served as the exterior set for the 1999 film The Cider House Rules.) Already brought back to its original splendor is the charmingly quirky first floor featuring rich, carved wood and Victorian finery. A bonus for fashion lovers: “Les Petites Dames de Mode,” an exhibit of 59 haute couture dolls wearing historically accurate gowns.
    photograph by Jonathan Wiggs/Globe staff/file | September 7, 2012

    The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge showcases the artist’s works. (nrm.org, 413-298-4100)
    photograph by Jeremy Clowe | September 7, 2012
    Norman Rockwell Museum (exterior). Photo by Art Evans. ©Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.

    In addition to many iconic images — and Rockwell’s working studio, relocated from his home — all 323 of the artist’s famous Saturday Evening Post covers are currently on view, along with a sports-themed show with plenty of guy appeal.
    photograph by Art Evans | September 7, 2012
    credit: Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio

    For abstract art lovers, the Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio (frelinghuysen.org, 413-637-0166) in Lenox is a mid-century-modern masterpiece of architecture, furnishings, and paintings.The husband-and-wife owners, George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, were part of the talented patrician painters’ group known as the “Park Avenue Cubists.” The couple filled their strikingly original summer home with paintings by themselves and other artists such as Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger.
    photograph from Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio | September 7, 2012
    North Adams, MA - 09/27/08 - Parking lot lighting and a rooftop sign for MASS MoCA makes its own art against a September sky. (Globe Staff/Mark Wilson; section: Travel; slug: 01northadams ; reporter: unknown ) *** SLUG: 01northadams 3 of 11 CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Globe Staff ONLINE CAPTION: The lighting in the parking lot and a rooftop sign make an artistic scene at MASS MoCA, one of the largest centers for contemporary visual and performing arts in the country. 21williamstown / OUTTAKe 1019

    Mass MoCA (massmoca.org, 413-662-2111) in North Adams provides 110,000 square feet of exhibition space (one gallery alone is the size of a football field) dedicated to showcasing avant-garde and cutting-edge contemporary art — including some rather colossal pieces — all sure to engage, enrage, or just puzzle. A multidisciplinary performance center is also on site.
    photograph by Mark Wilson/Globe staff/file | September 7, 2012
    Berkshire Cottages of the Gilded Age, Photo of the east facade of Naumkeag. Jaci Conry. -- Library Tag 09072008 Travel

    For anyone with delusions of grandeur, Naumkeag (thetrustees.org, 413-298-3239) in Stockbridge is what you might call a manageable mansion — less ostentatious than the Newport “cottages” — but pretty darn grand, with rooms luxuriously furnished much as they were when the Choate family of New York summered there. Designed in 1885 by renowned architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, the house has killer views of the surrounding hills and gardens.
    photograph from The Boston Globe/file | September 7, 2012

    DID YOU KNOW? Peak fall foliage typically occurs October 1 to 14 in the Berkshires, earlier than every other region in the state. Source: Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
    photograph from massachusetts office of travel and tourism | September 7, 2012