We headed out west along the Mohawk Trail through the hills and valleys of western Massachusetts to the Berkshires, stopping only for a hermit and ice cream at a junk store in Erving en route. We wanted to see MASS MoCA, which was established in a set of disused industrial buildings in North Adams in 1999. The buildings are fine, particularly the Boiler Room installed by the Sprague Electric Company in 1947:
