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March 29, 2008-ongoing
Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation
Innovations that originated in the Berkshires have had worldwide influence. Explore 3,000 square feet innovations and innovators that have enhanced people’s lives around the world. Experience innovations in science, technology, business, politics, culture, and the arts through original historical artifacts, works of art, video, and hands-on, interactive experiences for the whole family. Encounter the past, present, and future from telegraphs to blogs, from paper to plastics, from skiing to movie special effects in the Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation. Made possible by the Feigenbaum Foundation.

April 5, 2008-ongoing
America Seen
19th-century American art and decorative arts fromtheBerkshire Museum collection, including the return of the museum’s Hudson River Schoolpaintings by such artists as Frederick Church, Thomas Cole, and Henry Moore, as well as contemporary American work.

April 12, 2008-ongoing
Native Peoples: Northeast-Northwest
Musical instruments, cooking utensils, hunting tools, baskets, clothing, weapons, pipes, toys, and games used in everyday Native American life, all drawn from the Berkshire Museum's rarely seen collection, tell stories of native people in the northeastern woodlands in from the 18th to the early 20th century. The explores the traditions of the Iroquois, Mohican, Haida, and Tlingit nations. Visitors may play instruments, games, and toys, and try on clothing.

April 12, 2008-ongoing
Clues from the Ancient World
The ancient peoples of Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and Mesopotamia created complex civilizations. They used and made objects that communicated important ideas about their daily lives, their homes and businesses, and their beliefs and practices for the afterlife. This new installation drawn from the Berkshire Museum’s extensive collection of ancient art and artifacts will feature ritual objects, burial objects, every day household objects, and jewelry. Highlights from Ancient Egypt include the mummy Pahat (circa 332 BC), a falcon mummy, canopic jars, and shabti figures in faience, wood, and bronze. New forensic information about Pahat, including CT scans and a 3-D life model, are also included. Ancient Roman glass and bronze household objects, Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, ancient Greek pottery, and terracotta figures from ancient China will also be on view, as will 19th-century plaster casts of the famous ancient Greek sculptures Venus de Milo and Nike of Samothrace.