Newly flush Berkshire Museum seeks public help Appeal follows final accounting to AG’s office on art sale proceeds

December 7, 2019
Berkshire Museum

With investment income now covering one-third of its budget, the Berkshire Museum is back in supporters' mailboxes with an upbeat report — and a different kind of "ask."

Berkshire Museum takes steps to improve ‘best practices,’ art sales net $47 million

June 20, 2018
Berkshire Museum

Four months after their landmark accord, key points of dispute between the Berkshire Museum and the Attorney General's Office are back in play.

Berkshire Museum… To Our Community:

May 31, 2018
Berkshire Museum

Our most important goal has always been to secure the future of the Berkshire Museum.

Sanctions Are Imposed on Berkshire Museum for Sale of Artworks

May 27, 2018
Berkshire Museum

One of the country’s professional museum organizations announced on Friday that its board of trustees had voted to impose sanctions on the Berkshire Museum, which recently sold artworks to support an expansion initiative.

Attorney Quits Posts with New England Group in wake of Berkshire Museum Art Sale Controversy

May 2, 2018
Berkshire Museum

Mark S. Gold said he resigned as an officer and director with the New England Museum Association, for which he served as an officer and board member.

The Berkshire Museum’s financials

August 31, 2017
Berkshire Museum, Financials

by Felix Salmon, Cause & EffectAugust 21, 2017 I just spent a lovely weekend in the Berkshires, which included (of course) a stop at the Berkshire Museum. My trip coincided with the publication of an open letter from the museum’s...

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SAVE THE ART (STA)
A grassroots citizens group established in 2017 with the intent of stopping the sale of the Berkshire Museum’s treasured art collection in order to find an alternate solution to its continued financial shortfall.

MISSION

The mission of Save the Art is to advocate for and protect the Public Trust — the art and objects belonging to all of us that document humankind’s creative and social history through time.

PRESS

We thank the Berkshire Eagle for their extensive investigative coverage, the journalists, op-ed writers and our community for their hundreds of letters of concern. In particular, STA applauds Larry Parnass, Investigations Editor, Berkshire Eagle, for his excellent coverage of the Berkshire Museum and achievement of the 2018 Outstanding Journalism award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.

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