North Adams Cultural District

The North Adams Cultural District is a vibrant, walkable downtown area that serves as the heart of the city’s creative and community life. It also anchors a broader cultural corridor extending north and south, connecting additional cultural institutions and creative businesses in Adams and Williamstown.

The map below indicates the location of the Cultural District in Downtown North Adams. View this interactive map for attractions, art installations, and places to grab a bite.

Once a post-industrial mill town, North Adams has reinvented itself as a lively cultural hub rooted in contemporary art, public installations, festivals, and local creative enterprises — with the cultural district at its core.

Rather than a single venue, the North Adams Cultural District is a neighborhood experience. It brings together arts institutions, historic sites, performance spaces, and community events.

It reflects North Adams’ broader transformation from manufacturing center to cultural destination in the Berkshires.