{"id":4900,"date":"2010-10-05T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T16:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/"},"modified":"2010-10-05T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T16:39:35","slug":"hancock-shaker-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/hancock-shaker-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Hancock Shaker Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"social\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"updated\">May 23, 2016<\/span> Article by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveRead\/\" rel=\"author\" class=\"author\">Dave Read<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dcread\"><i class=\"fa fa-lg fa-facebook\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/davecread\"><i class=\"fa fa-lg fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dcread\"><i class=\"fa fa-lg fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/contact-dave-read-berkshirelinks\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-lg fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<strong>Hancock Shaker Village<\/strong> in Pittsfield, MA, bordering on Hancock, is a fully restored Village that contains 18 historic buildings, heirloom medicinal and vegetable gardens, 22,000 examples of <strong>Shaker furniture<\/strong>, crafts, tools, and clothes that depict daily life at the <strong>Shakers&#8217; City of Peace<\/strong> through its 220 years, as well as heritage breed farm animals and spectacular hiking trails. <\/p>\n<p>Visitors will find plenty of things to do, including: daily tours, craft and cooking demonstrations, lectures and workshops, and a variety of activities for children and families. Also, there is a Museum Store and <strong>Shaker-inspired cuisine at the Village Harvest Caf\u00e9<\/strong>. The Discovery Room offers hands-on opportunities for kids of all ages to try their hand at chair seat weaving, working at a loom, trying on Shaker-style clothing, or milking a life-sized replica of a cow. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Get there using GPS<\/strong> &#8211; 34 Lebanon Mountain Rd., Hancock, MA 01237. Or, enter 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA 01201 then proceed 1\/2 mile further West on Rt. 20 to the parking lot.\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end col --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>contact info.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mail: PO Box 927, Pittsfield, MA 01202<\/li>\n<li>Street: 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA 01201<\/li>\n<li>413-443-0188; 800-817-1137<\/li>\n<li>web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hancockshakervillage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">hancockshakervillage.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[mappress mapid=&#8221;83&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;220&#8243; adaptive=&#8221;true&#8221;]\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--end col -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end row --><\/p>\n<h2>Baby lambs May, 2016<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23, 2016 Article by Dave Read Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA, bordering on Hancock, is a fully restored Village that contains 18 historic buildings, heirloom medicinal and vegetable gardens, 22,000 examples of Shaker furniture, crafts, tools, and clothes that depict daily life at the Shakers&#8217; City of Peace through its 220 years, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}