LENOX - Ventfort Hall is thrilled to host a Children’s Evening Story Hour again this year during the holiday season. This enchanting evening will bring families together for a cozy celebration of classic winter stories, hot cocoa, snacks, activities, and a memorable reading experience.

Get Cozy. Arrive in your favorite pajamas and bring blankets to snuggle up with in the mansion library. Allergy-friendly food options are welcome if brought from home.

On December 15th the story hour will feature these cherished books: The Hat by Jan Brett, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, and Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton. 

On December 29th the story hour will feature these cherished books: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, The Mitten, by Jan Brett, Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg, and The Tomten, by Astrid Lingren

Our thanks to Ventfort Hall intern, Sarah Briggs, a student at MCLA, for putting this evening together. Sarah Briggs is a local to Berkshire County and currently a senior at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, interning at Ventfort Hall this semester. She is an Arts Management major and Art History minor, pursuing a career in museum programming and education. Currently Sarah is helping with youth programming and field trips at Ventfort Hall.

Admission to the reading is FREE. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AND LIMITED TO 40 TOTAL ATTENDEES. Please indicate the total number of your party (children and guardians) in your reservation. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian for the entirety of the evening. Please reserve at https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call us at (413) 637-3206.
Ventfort Hall is decorated for the holidays. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as an important partner of the Lenox Cultural District, one of the five such Berkshire County districts, Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion and Museum was built in 1893 for George and Sarah Morgan, the sister of legendary financier J. Pierpont Morgan.

Self-guided tours of the historic mansion are offered daily, as well as Tea & Talks, such exhibitions as the Bellefontaine Collection, concerts, theater, ghost tours and hunts as well as other programs. This elegant Jacobean-Revival Berkshire “cottage” is open to the public year-round and is available for private rental.  Ventfort Hall, also an Official Project of Save America’s Treasures program sponsored by The White House, has undergone substantial restoration, which continues.