The Berkshire Museum

Opened 1903

City: Pittsfield

Country: USA

State: Massachusetts
 

Species 100



Clownfish. Puffer Fish. Coral Reef. These are not the usual museum offerings! But the Berkshire Museum is not just any museum. The aquarium, housed on the lower floor of the museum, boasts “more than twenty aquarium tanks ranging in size from 30 to 535 gallons.” The self-guided Aquarium Fish Hunt is a great family activity, geared to younger visitors and their grown-up companions. A highlight of the aquarium is the live coral reef. “The Museum’s live coral reef tank contains roughly 25 species of coral, in addition to a variety of other invertebrates and fishes. Coral reefs are the basis of diverse communities of beautiful and fascinating organisms like giant clams, sea cucumbers, shrimp, and cowries. The coral themselves have a symbiotic relationship with the photosynthetic algae that dwell within the coral and produce food consumed by the coral.” More than a museum exhibit, it’s a participatory lesson in biology and ecology.

I don't have any guides of this museum. Does any body know if they made any guides? And where I can get those?

In the years 1928, 1953, 1978 and 2003 they had theire anniversarrys. Have they made any books on this occassion?