"Four Sporting Boys: Baseball," Norman Rockwell, 1951. 13 1/2” x 12”. Collection of Williams High School Alumni Association on permanent loan to Norman Rockwell Museum. ©NRELC: Niles, IL.

FAMILY FESTIVAL DAY: Home Run! An All American Baseball Day

July 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT

FAMILY FESTIVAL DAY
Home Run! An All American Baseball Day
Saturday, July 7
1 – 5 p.m.

A national pastime, baseball has also been a favorite subject of America’s most popular illustrators. Celebrate summer with a tribute to the sport and the artists who captured the excitement of the game. Hands-on art making, tours, special presentations, a game of catch on the lawn, and more will make this a fun-filled day.  Larry Moore, Museum and Outreach Educator from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, will explore the history and evolution of baseball equipment; Curator of Education Tom Daly will discuss the book, Baseball in the Berkshires. Toss the ball with the Pittsfield Suns and members of the Berkshire County Adult Baseball League.

Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.

Throughout the Day: 1  to 5 p.m.
Pittsfield Suns in Conversation, with Catch on the Lawn

  • Andy Mickle Sliding Across the Curriculum
  • Larry Moore, Education Department, Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Baseball in the Berkshires, Artifacts Relating to Baseball and Art

Art Activity: 1  to 5 p.m.
Create Your Own Baseball Card

Talk: 1:30 p.m.
Norman Rockwell and Baseball, with Curator of Education Tom Daly.  Stockbridge Room

Performance: 2:30 p.m.
Sandy McKnight, Baseball Songs

Talk: 3:30 p.m.
Baseball in the Berkshires, with Curator of Education Tom Daly

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Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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