Amherst College
Amherst College is a school in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Amherst College is situated nearby to Mead Art Museum, as well as near Beneski Museum of Natural History.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mead Art Museum and Beneski Museum of Natural History.
Mead Art Museum
Museum
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
Beneski Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. Beneski Museum of Natural History is situated 700 feet northeast of Amherst College.
Emily Dickinson Museum
Museum
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The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death. Emily Dickinson Museum is situated 2,000 feet north of Amherst College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.
Amherst
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Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.
East Village Historic District
Neighborhood
The East Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.
South Amherst
Suburb
South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. South Amherst is situated 2 miles south of Amherst College.
Amherst College
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Amherst Academy”
- Category: education
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37092° or 42° 22′ 15″ northLongitude
-72.5162° or 72° 30′ 58″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
87J99FCM+9GGeoNames ID
4929024
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Amherst College” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “安默斯特學院”
- Georgian: “ამჰერსტის კოლეჯი”
- Greek: “Κολλέγιο Άμερστ”
- Japanese: “アマースト大学”
- Korean: “애머스트 칼리지”
- Persian: “کالج آمهرست”
- Russian: “Амхерстский колледж”
- Western Panjabi: “امہرسٹ کالج”
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