backstairs tour

Cancelled – Naumkeag Backstairs Tour

Step behind the blue velvet curtain that hid the servants’ staircase and discover the secrets of running a Gilded Age country estate. Beginning in the work yard, guests will visit rarely seen areas of Naumkeag as they ascend from the basement kitchens to the third-floor maid’s quarters, stopping along the… Read More

glendale

Waterfall Adventure Tour with Adventure East

Join us for the day in exploring three iconic waterfalls in Western Massachusetts. Our first waterfall destination will be in Middlefield at Glendale Falls. Being one of the state’s highest and longest waterfalls, this is a must see! Next up will be the Chesterfield Gorge, a dramatic rock canyon,… Read More

Bryant Homestead

Literary Legacy: A Guided Tour of the William Cullen Bryant Homestead

Reopening Summer 2025 for the first time since 2019!! Step into the world of 19th-century poet, journalist, and conservationist William Cullen Bryant at his beloved family homestead in Cummington, Massachusetts. This guided tour offers a look inside Bryant’s thoughtfully preserved country estate, where he spent his… Read More

mission house

Mohicans, Missionaries and Migrating Colonists: A Guided Tour

New England’s Colonial history—from the perspective of the colonists as well as the indigenous peoples who preceded them—comes alive inside the home to the first missionary to the Mohicans. This National Historic Landmark was originally built around 1742 by the Rev. John Sergeant, the first missionary to… Read More