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Authentic colonial Berkshires home, fully furnished and equipped with 18th and 19th century antiques, 192 acres of fields, forest, trails, stone walls and heirloom gardens. A 1750s classic Georgian saltbox, home of the first minister, tells the story of the early settlement of the Berkshires.

Exhibits

Tours on the hour of more than 1000 "period" furnishings including 18th and 19th c furniture. Tour describes family life and use of hearth ironware, redware, antique quilts, treen, pewter, baskets, farm and garden tools, characterizing a challenging but elegant life on the Massachusetts frontier.

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