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• FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) west to exit 2 in Lee. Take Route 20 north. Route 7 will merge with Route 20 after a few miles in Lenox, and Route 20 will turn offto the left (west) just prior ot getting into downtown Pittsfield. Stay on Route 7 until you get ot the rotary (Park Square). Take your first right off the rotary onto East Street. The Library is located between the first and second rights (Wendell and Bartlett Avenues).
  
  
• FROM THE EAST: Take Route 9 west from th e Northampton area, which will take you into downtown Pittsfeild. Just before you get to the Berkshire Medical Center, take a left onto First Street (Route 7). At the end of First Street is East Street and the Berkshire Athenaeum.
  
  
• FROM THE NORTH: Take Route 7 routh from Williamstown. As you approach downtown Pittsfield (with the Berkshire Medical Center ahead on the right) Route 7 will bear left onto First Street. Stay on route 7. At the end of First Street is East Street and the Berkshire Athenaeum.
  
  
• PARKING: There is a small lot at the rear of the Athenaeum (Bartlett Avenue), and some onstreet parking on both Wendell and Bartlett Avenues (closely monistored for parking violations because of the courthouse close by). There are metered lots on First Street and on East Street, and parking garages at the Crowne Plaza hotel and the corner of West and North Streets at the opposite side of the Park Square rotary.