2024-11-15T15:19:28-06:00 2023-12-31 205711238 ADELSON & COMPANY PC 100 NORTH STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 990 2023-01-01 042103878 TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM TRUS 4134437171 39 SOUTH STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 BRIAN TREMBLAY TREASURER 4134437171 2024-11-15 1 0 CAROL J LEIBINGER-HEALEY CPA P00849882 4134436408 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JEFFREY BELAIR 39 SOUTH STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 37657375 0 X WWW.BERKSHIREMUSEUM.ORG X 1932 MA BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR EXPERIENCES THAT SPARK CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING BY MAKING INSPIRING EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIONS AMONG ART, HISTORY, AND NATURAL SCIENCE. 17 15 47 19 0 0 1105764 901419 331062 352884 526350 2260789 161656 116009 2124832 3631101 0 0 0 0 1776832 1597915 0 0 259215 1698238 1963353 3475070 3561268 -1350238 69833 69572516 74725051 155456 144353 69417060 74580698 X BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR EXPERIENCES THAT SPARK CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING BY MAKING INSPIRING EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIONS AMONG ART, HISTORY, AND NATURAL SCIENCE. 0 0 1549901 231216 SEE SCHEDULE OEXHIBITIONS:FOLLOWING ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EXHIBITIONS PRESENTED BY THE MUSEUM IN 2023 - CHILDHOOD CLASSICS:100 YEARS OF ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION FROM THE ART KANDY COLLECTIONWHEN ILLUSTRATIONS WORK WELL WITH A STORY THEY ELABORATE THROUGH COLOR AND DETAIL, AND CAREFULLY INTEGRATE IMAGES WITH TEXT TO AMPLIFY EMOTIONS. TODAY, THE PICTURE BOOK IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MOST CHILDREN'S LIVES. THE AMERICAN AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS PRESENTED IN THIS EXHIBITION ADDRESS ISSUES IN THEIR WORKS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS THAT STILL RESONATE WITH THOSE CLASSIC THEMES: MIND YOUR MANNERS, BE A GOOD CITIZEN/NEIGHBOR/FRIEND, AND LEARN YOUR ABCS. NOW THEY MAKE THOSE POINTS USING HUMOR, CONTEMPORARY SITUATIONS, AND CHARACTERS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICAN LIFE.TY ALLAN JACKSON:IN 2008 TY ALLAN JACKSON WENT TO THE BOOKSTORE IN SEARCH OF A BOOK ABOUT FINANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON. WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE CHILDREN'S BOOK ON THE SUBJECT, HE DECIDED TO WRITE HIS OWN. HIS FIRST BOOK, DANNY DOLLAR MILLIONAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE: THE LEMONADE ESCAPADE, WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. SINCE THEN, HE HAS WRITTEN FIVE MORE BOOKS, FOUNDED BIG HEAD BOOKS, LLC, A LITERACY ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE JOYS OF READING, CO-FOUNDED THE READ OR ELSE MOVEMENT AND THE DANNY DOLLAR ACADEMY, AND BECOME A THREE-TIME TEDX PRESENTER. STORYLAND: A TRIP THROUGH CHILDHOOD FAVORITESSTORYLAND TRANSFORMS PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLAY AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE SIX MAJOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AREAS (AS DEFINED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN, A DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION): PRINT MOTIVATION, PRINT AWARENESS, LETTER KNOWLEDGE, SOUND AWARENESS, VOCABULARY, AND NARRATIVE SKILLS AND COMPREHENSION. CHILDREN EXPLORE EARLY LITERACY SKILLS AND CONCEPTS THROUGH IMAGINATIVE, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES AND DRAMATIC PLAY INSPIRED BY THE STORIES. EMPHASIZING THAT LITERACY DEVELOPMENT BEGINS IN INFANCY AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT CHILDHOOD, THE EXHIBIT ENCOURAGES ADULTS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S LITERACY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPLICIT PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, FOSTERS AN INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY LITERACY LEARNING, AND ENCOURAGES ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER EXPLORING BOOKS.120TH: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES - 1903-1939SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN 1903, THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM HAS BECOME A LEADING CULTURAL CENTER IN THE REGION. OVER THE LAST 120 YEARS, THE BUILDING HAS EXPANDED SEVERAL TIMES, THE COLLECTION HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY, AND THE MUSEUM HAS PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO NEARLY ONE MILLION BERKSHIRE COUNTY RESIDENTS. THE FIRST OF THREE EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATING THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, 1903-1939: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES WILL EXPLORE THE FIRST THIRTY-SIX YEARS OF THE MUSEUM. FROM FOUNDER ZENAS CRANE'S PLAN TO PROVIDE PITTSFIELD WITH A CENTER OF CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, TO THE NATION'S FIRST FEMALE MUSEUM DIRECTOR, LAURA BRAGG, CREATING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO AREA SCHOOLS THROUGH HER CURATED "BRAGG BOXES." THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS OBJECTS FROM THE EARLY COLLECTION, FOCUSING ON THE BREADTH OF MATERIAL ZENAS CRANE COLLECTED FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR DONATION TO THE MUSEUM, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OBJECTS RELATED TO LOCAL HISTORY.ROMANCE & NATURE: ART OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL:THE 19TH CENTURY IN AMERICA WAS FULL OF EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION, WITH A NEW APPRECIATION FOR NATURAL LANDSCAPES. AS THE COUNTRY GREW WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE IN 1803, SETTLERS TURNED WESTWARD TO THE ALLURE OF WHAT THEY SAW AS UNCHARTED, UNTOUCHED LAND. ART DEPICTING SCENES OF PRISTINE NATURE, FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, WAS WILDLY POPULAR, EXEMPLIFYING THE ROMANTICIZATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS EXHIBITION FEATURES THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MUSEUM'S HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL COLLECTION AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF LITHOGRAPHS FROM JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AS WE EXPLORE HOW THE RELATIONSHIP THESE PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS DEVELOPED WITH THE NATURAL WORLD.INSIGHT OUT:INSIGHT OUT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SECOND STREET SECOND CHANCES, INC. (2ND STREET) AND BERKSHIRE MUSEUM THAT WILL PRODUCE AN EXHIBITION OF VISUAL ART CREATED BY PRESENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. INSIGHT OUT IS A COMPANION INITIATIVE TO USING OUR OUTSIDE VOICES THAT WILL RESULT IN THE PUBLICATION OF A COLLECTION OF POETRY, SHORT FICTION, AND OTHER LITERARY WORK AND HEAR ME OUT, ENGAGING PRESENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN THE CREATION OF A LIVE, FULL-LENGTH SHOW INTEGRATING REAL-LIFE STORIES, MUSIC, AND MOVEMENT. 120TH: BUILDING THE MUSEUM - 1939-1978:THE NEXT INSTALLATION OF OUR 120TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TAKES A STEP BACK IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM THROUGH THE HEADLINES OF THE 1940S, '50S, '60S, AND '70S! ONE-OF-A-KIND WONDERS:AMONG THE MANY ITEMS THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE HALLOWED HALLS OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, THERE EXIST MANY UNUSUAL ARTIFACTS ASSEMBLED OVER THE LAST 120 YEARS. STAFF OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF OBJECTS THAT ARE UNIQUE WITHIN OUR COLLECTION, DIFFICULT TO CATEGORIZE, AND EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO FORGET. WE HAVE ISOLATED THOSE MATERIALS AND ARE UNVEILING THEM TO YOU ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EXHIBITION. SEE: THE STONE THAT WAS USED TO BURY THE DEVIL IN TYRINGHAM, AN ASTOUNDING COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY GERMAN DOLLS, A 500-MILLION-YEAR-OLD TRILOBITE FOSSIL, LAVA FROM MT. VESUVIUS, A SECTION OF THE PILLOW CASE ON WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN DREW HIS LAST BREATH, ASSORTED ALBINO ANIMALS, AND A NEWLY DISCOVERED CURIOUS WEAPON BROUGHT TO THE BERKSHIRES FROM VATICAN CITY.FESTIVAL OF TREES: NOSTALGIA:FESTIVAL OF TREES: NOSTALGIA IS A CELEBRATION OF THE DEEP HISTORY OF THE BERKSHIRES AND OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES' ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY-COINCIDING WITH BERKSHIRE MUSEUM'S 120TH-ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.MUH-HE-CON-E-OCK:ORIGINALLY, THE NATIVE PEOPLE WHO MADE UP THE STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE TRIBE CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, AND PENNSYLVANIA. DURING THE 1770S, STOCKBRIDGE-A MIXED NATIVE AND WHITE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY-WAS FORMED IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, LARGELY DRAWING ON MEMBERS OF THE MAHIKAN OR MOHICAN TRIBE WHICH OCCUPIED EASTERN NEW YORK, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND PARTS OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT. IN WISCONSIN, THEY WERE LATER JOINED BY MUNSEES WHO HAD MOVED FROM THEIR HOMELAND IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO CANADA AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE MUNSEE WERE PART OF THE GROUP OF TRIBES CALLED DELAWARE, OR LENNI LENAPE, WHOSE CULTURE WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF NEW ENGLAND ALGONKIANS. OBJECTS AND THEIR STORIES:BERKSHIRE MUSEUM IS HOME TO A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 40,000 HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, WORKS OF ART, AND SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS. LIKE EVERY PERSON, EACH OBJECT HAS A STORY AND A HUMAN CONNECTION. BY ASKING HOW IT WAS MADE OR USED, OR WHERE, OR WHEN, OR WHY, OR BY WHOM, WE CAN DISCOVER UNEXPECTED LINKS BETWEEN TIME AND PLACE TO INSPIRE NEW WAYS OF THINKING. SPANNING CENTURIES AND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EARTH, THESE OBJECTS HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR PLACE IN THE WIDER WORLD. OBJECTS AND THEIR STORIES AIMS TO DO JUST THAT. HERE YOU WILL ENCOUNTER IDEAS AS VARIED AS OUR COLLECTION. SECTIONS WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED, AND NEW PIECES PUT ON DISPLAY SO THAT MORE ARTIFACTS, ARTWORK, AND SPECIMENS CAN BE APPRECIATED. THIS EVER-EVOLVING EXPERIENCE ALLOWS MORE STORIES TO BE SHARED AND NEW CONNECTIONS TO MADE. 761942 46742 SEE SCHEDULE OEDUCATION: FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL PROGRAMS WE UNDERTOOK IN 2023 - SCHOOL-AGE IN-HOUSE PROGRAMMING:THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2023, MUSEUM EDUCATORS HAVE DELIVERED OUR PROGRAMMING TO 29 SCHOOLS OVER 33 FIELD TRIPS, TOTALLY 1059 STUDENTS AND 1898 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 13 PROGRAMS WITH 46 TOTAL LESSONS AVAILABLE: AMAZING REPTILES (EARLY AND LATE ELEMENTARY LEVELS, ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, AQUARIUM EXPLORATIONS (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, MAKE-A-MUSEUM (NEW PROGRAM, TENTATIVE TITLE) (ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, MAMMAL ADAPTATIONS (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, METAMORPHOSIS (EARLY AND LATE ELEMENTARY LEVELS, MOHICANS: THEN AND NOW (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, PHYSICS OF FUN (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS, POETRY OF ART (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, PORTRAITS & IDENTITY (NEW PROGRAM, TENTATIVE TITLE) (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, ROCK ON (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, THE SCIENCE OF EXPLORATION (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, WE SHAPE HISTORY (EARLY ELEMENTARY, LATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, AND MOBILE MUSEUM UNITS (MOMU'S. THROUGH 2023, EDUCATORS HAVE DELIVERED 52 MOMUS TO 19 SCHOOLS AND 8 COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AROUND BERKSHIRE COUNTY, AND BRANCHING OUT INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY AND NEW YORK'S COLUMBIA AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES. EACH MOMU HAS CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. MUSEUM EDUCATORS HAVE RUN 29 PROGRAMS THUS FAR IN 2023, REACHING 891 STUDENTS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 9 MOBILE MUSEUM UNIT THEMES, WITH 3 IN DEVELOPMENT: ANCIENT STORYTELLING (IN DEVELOPMENT), BERKSHIRE HISTORY, BUGS, THE CHEMISTRY OF COLOR, CURRENCY, GEOLOGY, I SHAPE HISTORY (IN DEVELOPMENT), MAMMAL ADAPTATIONS; TEETH VS. FOOD, MATH IN NATURE, MUH-HE-CON-NE-OK: THE PEOPLE OF THE WATERS THAT ARE NEVER STILL, PLANTS (IN DEVELOPMENT, UNDER THE SEA, AND GSK SCIENCE IN THE SUMMER.EDUCATORS DELIVERED 55 SESSIONS OF THE BE A PHYSICIST PROGRAM ACROSS 13 DIFFERENT PARTNER SCHOOLS AND/OR COMMUNITY SITES THROUGHOUT THE BERKSHIRES, REACHING OVER 400 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS RESUMED IN SEPTEMBER AT PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE ESSENCE OF MANGA, OUR LIVING WORLD, AND BRILLIANT BROADCASTERS, REACHING 321 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OVER 36 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING. EARLY LEARNERS - READY FOR KINDERGARTEN: THE MUSEUM HOSTED 8 IN KINDERGARTEN NIGHTS, FOR EACH OF THE PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WITH A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 280 PATRONS, INCLUDING 118 CHILDREN. AT EACH EVENTS, INCOMING KINDERGARTENERS MET THEIR TEACHERS, FELLOW STUDENTS, AND TOOK A BUS RIDE TO THEIR SCHOOL AND BACK.IN KINDERGARTEN BOOKS:SOLD 8868 IN KINDERGARTEN BOOKS TO 25 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, RESOURCE CENTERS, AND LIBRARIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND. 456012 74926 SEE SCHEDULE OPUBLIC PROGRAMMING - FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLICFAMILY PROGRAMMING: FAMILY PROGRAMMING - REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMS, AQUARIUM DISCOVERY TANK, KITCHEN KA-BOOM, POP-UP PLAY DAY, ART CHATS, CHOW TIME, BERKSHIRE BACKYARD EXPLORATION, DROP-IN STORY ARTS AND CRAFTS, WEEMUSE STEM, WEEMUSE: LITTLEST LEARNERS, MEET A FRIEND: ANIMAL AMBASSADOR SPOTLIGHTMUMMY-SIDE CHATS, AND ORRERY DEMONSTRATION.ONE-TIME PROGRAMS: BERKSHIRE CHILDREN'S THEATER PRESENTS SEUSSICAL JR., BIG BUBBLE BONANZA WITH JEFF BOYER, MUSIC FOR YOUNG MINDS, PUMPERNICKEL PUPPETS PRESENTS PETER RABBIT, SONGS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ROMANCE & NATURE GUIDED TOUR, STORYBOOK TIME, SUSTAINABLE GARDENING, AND TEN DAYS OF PLAY.FILM SCREENINGS: OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, ANIMATION, OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY, OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS, AND LIVE-ACTION.ADULT-GEARED PROGRAMMING: OLLI COURSE: THE GREATEST PIANISTS OF ALL TIME (FALL 2023), OLLI COURSE: LANGUAGE OF FILM (FALL 2023), OLLI COURSE: A FRONT ROW VIEW OF HISTORY (FALL 2023), SHAKESPEARE AT THE MUSEUM, BERKSHIRES JAZZ PRESENTS THE ANTON KOT QUINTET, MATTHEW HENSON NARA PROGRAM, AND THE 10X10 JAZZ COMPOSERS SHOWCASE. 2767855 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 1 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA NY X X X CORPORATION 4134437171 39 SOUTH STREET PITTSFIELD MA 012016155 JEFFREY BELAIR PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ETHAN KLEPETAR VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN TREMBLAY TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RACHEL MELENDEZ-MABEE SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JUDITH BOOKBINDER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DOUGLAS CRANE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES GREENFIELD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DENNIS EGAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID GLODT TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA SCRAFONI TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAITLIN PEMBLE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 WENDY GORDON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSH SIMPSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL WYNN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY RUSH TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHUCK WALKER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHYRN JONES TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIMBERLEY BUSH TOMIO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 50.00 X 160977 0 9225 160977 0 9225 1 0 1 0 BRADLEY ARCHITECTS INC 8 BANK ROW PITTSFIELD MA 01201 ARCHITECTURE 290412 1 109477 16520 88252 687170 901419 ADMISSIONS 900099 231216 231216 ADULT PROGRAMS 900099 74926 74926 EDUCATION PROGRAMS 900099 46742 46742 352884 1767938 1767938 34452024 33959173 492851 492851 492851 103815 16520 42617 61198 61198 53517 24484 29033 29033 OTHER 900099 25778 25778 25778 3631101 352884 0 2376798 170202 42550 85102 42550 1123239 898065 97043 128131 217991 149599 56444 11948 86483 56471 20436 9576 27000 27000 165898 165898 14386 14386 100636 99561 1075 63528 49769 13759 398017 348321 46077 3619 6515 6395 120 8018 6412 1606 740572 725761 14811 SERVICE CONTRACTS 125273 110384 14889 SUPPLIES 60303 59834 469 EXHIBITION COSTS 45189 45189 208018 155158 21387 31473 3561268 2767855 534198 259215 X 144969 10020 8207005 7080480 445127 101058 6900 7477 11364 19830 117142 101056 18502244 7387392 11416354 11114852 49223654 56290277 1 1 69572516 74725051 155456 144353 155456 144353 X 68444184 73984833 972876 595865 69417060 74580698 69572516 74725051 69833 5093805 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 818866 857967 969455 438196 893419 3977903 818866 857967 969455 438196 893419 3977903 85996 3891907 1659244 989174 1214356 1235413 1767938 6866125 10748 7264 21187 33201 33778 106178 10950206 1755717 0.35540 0.34820 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 0 48683997 6500 7543834 2614722 53619609 60429682 15000 -9621613 2139072 48683997 54284040 5000 10333646 4193004 60429682 53668646 5000 5389048 4778654 54284040 50612911 5000 3030735 -20000 53668646 0.99270 0.00730 0 0 56971 56971 16952905 6895734 10057171 409874 280441 129433 1082494 211217 871277 11114852 X 8559008 5093805 5093805 3465203 165898 165898 3631101 3395370 0 3395370 165898 165898 3561268 PART III, LINE 4: THE MUSEUM FOLLOWS A PRACTICE OF NOT CAPITALIZING ITS COLLECTIONS. THE COLLECTIONS CARRY A SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MUSEUM'S MISSION OF ENRICHING, EDUCATING AND ENTERTAINING PATRONS AND ARE INCLUDED AS AN ASSET ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION VALUED AT A $1. THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED ASSETS IN THE MONETARY SENSE. THE COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF ACCESSIONED COLLECTIONS OF ART, NATURAL SCIENCE, ANTIQUITIES, OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND LIVING COLLECTIONS. THE MUSEUM'S CATALOGUED COLLECTION CONSISTS OF 3,921 ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING 2241 DECORATIVE ARTS OBJECTS (CERAMICS AND GLASS), 570 PAINTINGS, 346 PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, 166 SCULPTURES, AND 596 WORKS ON PAPER, AS WELL AS 9,522 CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS, INCLUDING 4,068 AMERICAN OBJECTS, 666 ANTIQUITIES OBJECTS, 866 ASIAN OBJECTS, 3468 INDIGENOUS CULTURAL ITEMS, 198 EUROPEAN OBJECTS, AND 256 BOOKS. IN ADDITION, THE COLLECTION INCLUDES MORE THAN 30,000 NATURAL SCIENCE SPECIMENS, INCLUDING ENTOMOLOGY, GEOLOGY, MALACOLOGY, BOTANICAL SPECIMENS, FOSSILS, TAXIDERMY MOUNTS, AND LIVING COLLECTIONS OF FISH AND REPTILES. INVENTORY ESTIMATES FROM THE 1990S INDICATE THAT THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF LESS THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, MANY OF WHICH REMAIN TO BE CATALOGUED. INTERDISCIPLINARY CHANGING EXHIBITIONS ARE EITHER PRODUCED IN HOUSE BY STAFF OR RENTED BY THE MUSEUM. RECENT EXHIBITS HAVE INCLUDED: FESTIVAL OF TREES 2023, 120TH ANNIVERSARY: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, 1903-1939; 120TH ANNIVERSARY: BUILDING THE MUSEUM, 1939-1978; INSIGHT OUT; CHILDHOOD CLASSICS: 100 YEARS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION FROM THE ART KANDY COLLECTION; STORYLAND: A TRIP THROUGH CHILDHOOD FAVORITES; TY ALLEN JACKSON: WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE; ROMANCE & NATURE: THE ART OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL; AND ONE-OF-A-KIND WONDERS. PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS AGAINST THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND BELIEVES THERE ARE NO SUCH TAX POSITIONS REQUIRING ACCOUNTING RECOGNITION. GALA 93320 16520 76800 2995 17730 FESTIVAL OF TREES 27015 27015 10100 11792 0 120335 16520 103815 13095 29522 42617 61198 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIMBERLEY BUSH TOMIO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 160977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9225 0 170202 0 0 0 BRIAN TREMBLAY TREASURER BOARD TREASURER 141989 INDIVIDUAL OWNS THE COMPANY WHICH BROKERS HEALTH, DENTAL AND COLLECTIONS INSURANCE 0 MELISSA SCARAFONI TRUSTEE TRUSTEE 141989 INDIVIDUAL IS MARRIED TO OWNER OF AND WORKS FOR THE COMPANY WHICH BROKERS HEALTH, DENTAL AND COLLECTIONS INSURANCE 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TWO DIRECTORS, BRIAN TREMBLAY AND MELISSA SCARAFONI, HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE 990 ON ITS BEHALF. UPON APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE 990 IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE GOVERNANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEES ANNUALLY REVIEW CURRENT TRUSTEES FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ANY CONFLICTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD FOR RESOLUTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOES A SELF-EVALUATION AND WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE NEMA SALARY SURVEY IS REFERENCED FOR COMPARATIVE DATA ON SALARIES & BENEFITS. SALARY INCREASES, WHERE APPORPRIATE, TAKE THAT INFORMATION INTO ACCOUNT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON SPECIFIC REQUEST.