Neill-Cochran House Museum Study Tour # 18
Wednesday, October 18 - Sunday, October 22, 2023
See our trip pictures below!
DAY 1 (Wednesday, October 18) — Travel and intro, dinner included
Flights to Albany
Visit New York State Capitol, a key monument of Beaux-Arts architecture
Transfer to Stockbridge
Hotel check-in: historic Red Lion Inn (1773) 4 nights, breakfast daily
Welcome dinner in our hotel
DAY 2 (Thursday, October 19) — Stockbridge, lunch included
"Chesterwood," 1897 summer estate and studio of the "Lincoln" sculptor, Daniel Chester French; NTHP property
The Mount, home of Edith Wharton; private tour, lunch at Terrace Café Norman Rockwell Museum & Studio, 1969, world's largest collection of Rockwell's original art
DAY 3 (Friday, October 20) — Lennox and Pittsfield, lunch included
Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio (1941 and 1930), dream house of an artistic couple, abstract modernists Hancock Shaker Village, a commune organized in the 1790's, active until 1960; lunch at Bimi's Café "Arrowhead," home to Herman Melville during his most productive years (1850 - 63)
DAY 4 (Saturday, October 21) — North Adams and Williamstown, lunch included
Bennington Museum, home of the largest collection of works by Grandma Moses
Clark Art Institute, known worldwide for its 19th-century art and exhibitions; lunch at Café 7 Susan B. Anthony Museum, "Organize, agitate, educate" - Susan B. Anthony
DAY 5 (Sunday, October 21) — Albany Finale and Travel, brunch included
Farewell brunch at Iron Gate Café
Albany Institute of History and Art, America's first art museum
Transfer to Albany airport for homeward flights