July 28, 2009
Arrowhead in the News
Arrowhead has been recognized as a 2010 Editors’ Choice in the current Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England. This special edition offers readers insight into some of the places and people that “lend richness to their travel“according to Yankee editor Mel Allen. Featured in a group of 312 notable restaurants, lodgings, attractions and local secrets, the museum was designated a “Melville Primer”.
In A Boston Globe article, entitled “Many Places to Visit, So Little Time”,
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2010 Exhibit at Arrowhead- “The Man Who Lived Among the Cannibals”
June 7th -
In 1840, 21-year-old Herman Melville decided to go to sea for the second time. The family was left destitute by the bankruptcy and subsequent death more
Something Old, Something New: 200 Years of Berkshire Brides
May 23rd - June 8th
Our collaborative summer exhibition, opens at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox, and Naumkeag with the recreation of a wedding more
2010 Fundraising Campaign
It takes a community to preserve an icon. Memberships, tours and sponsorships do not cover all the costs associated with maintaining the home Mr. Melville lovingly called his "old farmhouse". Your support is vitally important to us. Please donate today.
2010 Summer Events at Arrowhead
May 29- Opening Day
June 8- The Premier Brass Quintet offers a free concert and lecture on “The History Of Brass Instruments” 7:00 P.M. in the Arrowhead Barn.
June 23- Lecture on “The Whaling Industry” by Charles Flint. 7:00 P.M. in the Arrowhead Barn.
July 10- Melville Scholar, Dr. John Bryant, of Hofstra University, will speak on Melville’s first two Books, __Typee_ and Omoo. 2:30 in the Arrowhead Barn; tour of the house included in the admission price of $12.00; members free.
July 24-Melville Scholar, Mary K Bercaw-Edwards, of the University of Connecticut and the Williams-Mystic Program, will give a reprise of her book, Sailor Old Me. The book explores the language of sailors, in the multicultural setting of the whaling ship. 2:30 P.M. in the Arrowhead Barn; tour of the house included in the price of $12.00; members free.
July 31-The Annual Ice Cream Social from 12-5 pm. Features antique croquet. music, ice cream and discounted tours of the house. Free admission to the grounds.
August 1-Annual Monument Mountain Hike. Take the hike that commemorates the historic day in 1850 when Melville met Hawthorne. Then come to Arrowhead for a box lunch and readings about the event that changed American Literature. In collaboration with the Trustees of Reservations and Williams College Museum of Art. Hike is free; reservations required for lunch.
August 21- Carl Thornton, past lecturer at Mystic Seaport, will lecture on 19th century navigation. Lecture is at 2:30 P.M. in the Arrowhead Barn. Tour of the house is included in the price of $12.00; members are free. October 16 & 17- Berkshire Free Days. House and Exhibit free to County Residents.
