LENOX, MA - The holiday season is upon us and we’ve decked the halls with boughs of jolly! Come and visit and enjoy the lavish holiday decorations throughout the mansion. Our dedicated staff and volunteers have done their magic to deck…

Lenox, MA - The popular puppeteer Carl Sprague will return to Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion and Museum in Lenox to charm all ages with Little Red Riding Hood for two holiday vacation week marionette performances. The dates and times are Friday,…

Memos from the Mansion… Read the Fall 2024 Ventfort Hall Association Updates A Note from Haley… Dear Friends of Ventfort Hall, As you know, Ventfort Hall is more than an architectural gem; it’s a testament to what a…

LENOX, MA - Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion & Museum is offering free tour admission now through Dec. 31, 2024 to First Responders and their immediate families as a thank you for keeping us safe during the recent fires in drought conditions. …

LENOX, MA -- Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand…

Little Birdies, Perhaps it’s bit silly to put any amount of whimsy and joy into something such as a regular newsletter. To that I say, “I am a fan of silly and whimsy.” I am also a fan of very old houses with more stories to…

LENOX, MA - Prima Music Foundation brings Jazz to the Berkshires with another concert at Ventfort Hall on Thursday, August 1 at 4 pm. The Jazz of the Gilded Age concert will include works from the Great American Songbook by Gershwin, Porter…

Prima Music Foundation returns to the Berkshires with a series of summer concerts at Ventfort Hall. The first concert in the series will take place on Thursday, June 27 at 4 pm with. There will be a cash bar serving beer and wine and will open one…

LENOX, MA. – Victoria Jennings Ross, an independent scholar who writes and lectures on art, architecture, and social history, will talk about several early Lenox feminists at Ventfort Hall’s Tea & Talk on Tuesday, June 18 at 4 pm. A…

LENOX, MA - Ventfort Hall is pleased to announce they have reached their funding goal and work has begun on their masonry restoration project through multiple generous sources. Ventfort Hall thanks the following generous funders: Mass Historical…

LENOX, MA - Thank you so much to everyone who helped make BerkChique! 2024 a huge success – we raised over $65,000 for Ventfort Hall and four other local non-profits (Berkshire Art Center, Berkshire Humane Society, Community Access to the Arts…

Lenox, MA – Ventfort Hall | Gilded Age Mansion & Museum is thrilled to announce the appointment of Chelsea Gaia as its first-ever Director of Programming & Events. Under the leadership of Executive Director Wendy Healey, who took the…

Memos from the Mansion… “Spring reminds us of the tiny magic seeded in ice back then, breaking hard ground with tender bud to bloom in the presence of adversity and joy alike.” -Margaret Renkl Dear Ventfort Hall Family, If…

BerkChique! at Ventfort Hall: A Responsible Approach to Fashion and Philanthropy LENOX, MA – Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is proud to announce the return of BerkChique!, a unique community-driven event focused on…

LENOX, MA -- Please join us for a fun, musical afternoon at 3:30 pm when Sherri James Buxton, accompanied by Bob Shepherd, returns to entertain at the mansion. A lovely tea will follow the program. This program takes the audience through a…

Donors and supporters like you have made Ventfort Hall a success this year. In my first year as Executive Director, I have enjoyed getting to meet so many of you at events, tours, and for tea. It’s been over a year since I first started…

Ventfort Hall Receives CFF Grant LENOX, MA - MassDevelopment and Mass Cultural Council, two state agencies that jointly administer the Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) recently approved a $149,000 CFF grant to the Ventfort Hall Association.…

LENOX, MA. The great-great-grandson of the literary legend Charles Dickens, British actor Gerald Charles Dickens returns to Ventfort Hall to present a one-man theatrical performance of his ancestor’s classic work A Christmas Carol on Thursday,…

Ventfort Hall will be decorated for Halloween weekend, Friday, October 27 through Monday, October 31, 2021. Guests are invited to wear their Halloween costumes or Halloween themed outfit at any event or visit over the course of the weekend! Visit…

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum announces the appointment of five new members to its board of directors and the election of a new board president and treasurer. Helen Charbonneau, a board member and volunteer, has been elected Board…

Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of…

GHOST TOURS AT VENTFORT HALL LENOX, MA. Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters…

Lenox, MA - Ventfort Hall is pleased to present three collections of hats this season. Gilded Age fashion was extravagant, opulent and over-the-top, and hats were a popular and essential accessory. The exhibit brings a glimpse of that past to…

Lenox, MA - Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum has received the Best Foot Forward Façade Improvement Grant awarded by 1Berkshire with funding support from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development in the amount of $800. The…

Lenox, MA - Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand…

VENTFORT HALL MANSION AND GILDED AGE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ITS SUMMER 2023 SERIES OF TUESDAY TEA & TALKS LENOX, MA Child Labor in the Gilded Age, Ashintully, the McLennans and a Special Friendship and A Thin Veneer: The Berkshires’ Sordid…

Ventfort Hall Receives Grants from Massachusetts Cultural Council Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum has received two grants from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, through its Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizational…

Puppeteer To Present The Princess And The Pea At Ventfort Hall During February School Vacation Week Lenox - The popular puppeteer Carl Sprague will return to Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum in Lenox to charm all ages with the…

VENTFORT HALL ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LENOX, MA. Wendy Healey has joined Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum in Lenox as Executive Director. She was previously a management consultant and entrepreneur with over 25 years of…