To teach the basics to volunteers and oversee the carvings of the Berkshire Carousel, a skilled carver was hired. These are ...

As a young baby boomer, I often frequented the Berkshire Museum, but never spent time viewing the paintings on display. It wasn’t until I took an art history course in college that I learned to ...

Built in 1876, the Flying Horses Carousel is the oldest operating platform carousel in the country. The hand-painted horses, housed in a big red barn, have been carefully preserved; most of the ...

Brightly painted horses that once spun on a carousel in Greenport now idle, lined up carefully in a municipal storage building. Across Mitchell Park, other parts of the antique attraction lie ...

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