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The Athenaeum is now Pittsfield's public library and contains a collection of more than 150,000 items. Like many New England libraries, the Athenaeum started as a private organization. In 1903 , it assumed the responsibility for the newly created Berkshire Museum , and was both a public library and museum until the museum spun off in 1932 . The current library building is located in the center of Pittsfield, two doors away from the original Athenaeum building it replaced in 1975 . The library's special collections on Local History , Genealogy , local author Herman Melville , and other Berkshire authors are some of the best in the northeast. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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