W.E.B. Du Bois Center is a non-profit education center providing the community with meaningful programs and exhibits that perpetuate civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois’s legacy of social justice.
Contact information
W.E.B. Du Bois Center is located at 684 South Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Phone: 413-644-9595
Email: duboiscenter@gmail.com
Web: https://www.duboiscentergb.org
Great Barrington Historical Society’s goal is to stimulate interest in local history and to collect and preserve records and articles relevant to our town in a museum for viewing and active research.
Contact information
Great Barrington Historical Society is located in Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Email: gbhs@bcn.net
Web: https://www.greatbarringtonhistoricalsociety.org
Friends of the Du Bois Homesite has been working with the University of Massachusetts/Amherst to restore the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite, a National Historic Landmark to the Great Barrington native, leading scholar and civil rights activist.
Contact information
Friends of the Du Bois Homesite is located on Route 23, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Phone: 413-528-3391
Email: info@DuBoisHomesite.org
Web: https://www.duboishomesite.org
Natural Bridge State Park. Discover a geologic wonder at this 48 acre park. Examine the only naturally formed white marble arch and man-made white marble dam in North America, and tour an abandoned marble quarry.
Contact information
Natural Bridge State Park is located at Route 8, North Adams, MA 01247.
Phone: (413) 663-6392
Email: massparks@state.ma.us
Web: https://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/nbdg.htm
Western Gateway Heritage State Park. A former railroad yard, this urban park uses historical artifacts and exhibits to bring to life the controversial and danger-filled construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.
Contact information
Western Gateway Heritage State Park is located at 115 State Street, Building 4, North Adams, MA 01247.
Phone: (413) 663-6312
Email: massparks@state.ma.us
Web: https://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/wghp.htm