Ventfort Hall is an imposing Elizabethan-style mansion built in 1893 for Sarah Morgan, the sister of J. P. Morgan. Designed by the architects Rotch & Tilden, it is located in Lenox, Massachusetts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and declared an official project of “Save America’s Treasures,” a Millennium program of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Ventfort Hall is the home of The Museum of the Gilded Age.
Ventfort Hall was one of the approximately seventy-five so-called “Cottages” built in Lenox in the last century when the village became a popular Gilded Age resort. Located on spacious grounds in the heart of the village, it is partially restored and open to the public. Through lectures, exhibits, theatrical performances and other events, The Museum of the Gilded Age interprets the great changes that occurred in American life, industry, and society during the Nineteenth Century, a fascinating period of American history
LENOX, MA - Prima Music Foundation brings Jazz to the Berkshires with another concert at Ventfort Hall on Thursday, August 1 at 4 pm. The Jazz of the Gilded Age concert will include works from the Great American Songbook by Gershwin, Porter…
Read More »Prima Music Foundation returns to the Berkshires with a series of summer concerts at Ventfort Hall. The first concert in the series will take place on Thursday, June 27 at 4 pm with. There will be a cash bar serving beer and wine and will open one…
Read More »LENOX, MA. – Victoria Jennings Ross, an independent scholar who writes and lectures on art, architecture, and social history, will talk about several early Lenox feminists at Ventfort Hall’s Tea & Talk on Tuesday, June 18 at 4 pm. A…
Read More »LENOX, MA - Ventfort Hall is pleased to announce they have reached their funding goal and work has begun on their masonry restoration project through multiple generous sources. Ventfort Hall thanks the following generous funders: Mass Historical…
Read More »LENOX, MA - Thank you so much to everyone who helped make BerkChique! 2024 a huge success – we raised over $65,000 for Ventfort Hall and four other local non-profits (Berkshire Art Center, Berkshire Humane Society, Community Access to the Arts…
Read More »Lenox, MA – Ventfort Hall | Gilded Age Mansion & Museum is thrilled to announce the appointment of Chelsea Gaia as its first-ever Director of Programming & Events. Under the leadership of Executive Director Wendy Healey, who took the…
Read More »Memos from the Mansion… “Spring reminds us of the tiny magic seeded in ice back then, breaking hard ground with tender bud to bloom in the presence of adversity and joy alike.” -Margaret Renkl Dear Ventfort Hall Family, If…
Read More »BerkChique! at Ventfort Hall: A Responsible Approach to Fashion and Philanthropy LENOX, MA – Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is proud to announce the return of BerkChique!, a unique community-driven event focused on…
Read More »LENOX, MA -- Please join us for a fun, musical afternoon at 3:30 pm when Sherri James Buxton, accompanied by Bob Shepherd, returns to entertain at the mansion. A lovely tea will follow the program. This program takes the audience through a…
Read More »Donors and supporters like you have made Ventfort Hall a success this year. In my first year as Executive Director, I have enjoyed getting to meet so many of you at events, tours, and for tea. It’s been over a year since I first started…
Read More »Ventfort Hall Receives CFF Grant LENOX, MA - MassDevelopment and Mass Cultural Council, two state agencies that jointly administer the Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) recently approved a $149,000 CFF grant to the Ventfort Hall Association.…
Read More »LENOX, MA. The great-great-grandson of the literary legend Charles Dickens, British actor Gerald Charles Dickens returns to Ventfort Hall to present a one-man theatrical performance of his ancestor’s classic work A Christmas Carol on Thursday,…
Read More »Ventfort Hall will be decorated for Halloween weekend, Friday, October 27 through Monday, October 31, 2021. Guests are invited to wear their Halloween costumes or Halloween themed outfit at any event or visit over the course of the weekend! Visit…
Read More »Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum announces the appointment of five new members to its board of directors and the election of a new board president and treasurer. Helen Charbonneau, a board member and volunteer, has been elected Board…
Read More »Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of…
Read More »GHOST TOURS AT VENTFORT HALL LENOX, MA. Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters…
Read More »Lenox, MA - Ventfort Hall is pleased to present three collections of hats this season. Gilded Age fashion was extravagant, opulent and over-the-top, and hats were a popular and essential accessory. The exhibit brings a glimpse of that past to…
Read More »Lenox, MA - Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum has received the Best Foot Forward Façade Improvement Grant awarded by 1Berkshire with funding support from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development in the amount of $800. The…
Read More »Lenox, MA - Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand…
Read More »VENTFORT HALL MANSION AND GILDED AGE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ITS SUMMER 2023 SERIES OF TUESDAY TEA & TALKS LENOX, MA Child Labor in the Gilded Age, Ashintully, the McLennans and a Special Friendship and A Thin Veneer: The Berkshires’ Sordid…
Read More »Ventfort Hall Receives Grants from Massachusetts Cultural Council Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum has received two grants from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, through its Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizational…
Read More »Puppeteer To Present The Princess And The Pea At Ventfort Hall During February School Vacation Week Lenox - The popular puppeteer Carl Sprague will return to Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum in Lenox to charm all ages with the…
Read More »VENTFORT HALL ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LENOX, MA. Wendy Healey has joined Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum in Lenox as Executive Director. She was previously a management consultant and entrepreneur with over 25 years of…
Read More »ALICE NATHAN NEW BOARD PRESIDENT AT VENTFORT HAL Alice Nathan, formerly Vice President of the Board of Directors at Ventfort Hall, has been appointed Board President. Alice came to the Ventfort Hall Board of Directors at the suggestion of a…
Read More »Ventfort Hall will be decorated for Halloween weekend, Friday, October 28 through Monday, October 31, 2021. Guests are invited to wear their Halloween costumes or Halloween themed outfit at any event or visit over the course of the weekend! Visit…
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