In addition to great hiking trails, Bascom Lodge is nearby many great cultural attractions, activities, and areas of interest.

Art:

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, www.massmoca.org

DownStreet Art, http://www.downstreetart.org/

Sterling and Francis Clark Art Institute, www.clarkart.edu/

Williams College Museum of Art, www.wcma.org

Berkshire Museum, www.berkshiremuseum.org

Ferrin Gallery, http://ferringallery.com/

Sienna Gallery, http://www.siennagallery.com/

Greylock Arts, http://www.greylockarts.net/

Church Street Art Gallery, http://churchstreetart.com

Geoffrey Young Gallery, http://www.geoffreyyoung.com/

Theater:

Barrington Stage, www.barringtonstageco.org

Berkshire Theater Festival, http://www.berkshiretheatre.org/

Williamstown Theater Festival, http://www.wtfestival.org/

Shakespeare & Company, http://www.shakespeare.org/

Music:

The Colonial Theater, http://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/events/colonial-theatre-pittsfield.html

Tanglewood, http://www.bso.org/?aspxerrorpath=/bso/index.jsp

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, http://www.mahaiwe.org/

Dance:

Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, http://www.jacobspillow.org/

Historic Sites:

Chesterwood, http://www.chesterwood.org/index.php 

Naumkeag, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/naumkeag.html

Mission House, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/mission-house.html

Hancock Shaker Village, http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/

Ventfort Hall, http://www.gildedage.org/

Ashley House, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/ashley-house.html

The Mount, http://www.edithwharton.org/

Other Berkshire County Sites:

Ashintully Gardens, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/ashintully-gardens.html

Bartholomew’s Cobble, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/bartholomews-cobble.html

Berkshire Botanical Garden, http://wwwberkshirebotanical.org

Berkshire Grown, www.berkshiregrown.org

Berkshire International Film Festival, http://www.biffma.com/

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, http://www.upperhousatonicheritage.org

Field Farm, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/field-farm.html

Gardens of the Berkshires, http://www.gardensoftheberkshires.org/

Hoosic River Watershed Association, http:hoorwa.org

Mount Greylock Visitors Center, http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/mtGreylock/

Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, http://www.wrlf.org/about.html

Berkshire Visitors Bureau,  www.berkshires.org