Massachusetts
Hampshire
Town of Amherst

Mead Art 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.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Amherst College Art Museum” and “Mead Art Museum at Amherst College”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beneski Museum of Natural History and Emily Dickinson Museum.

Museum
The , Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in . It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. is situated 560 feet northeast of Mead Art Museum.

Museum
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The 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 poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death. is situated 2,000 feet north of Mead Art Museum.

Railway station
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Amherst is a former intercity rail station located in . The station was built by the Amherst and Belchertown Railroad in 1853; it was served by the Central Vermont Railway until 1947. is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Mead Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.

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is a town in the of Western Massachusetts. is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, College, and Hampshire College.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of , United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.

Village
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is a census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. is situated 2 miles south of Mead Art Museum.

Mead Art Museum

Latitude
42.37089° or 42° 22′ 15″ north
Longitude
-72.51547° or 72° 30′ 56″ west
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Open location code
87J99FCM+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 367781250
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4943572
Wiki­data ID
Q6803132
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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Mead Art Museum” goes by many names.
  • French: “Mead Art Museum”
  • French: “Musée d’Art Mead”
  • German: “Kunstmuseum Mead”
  • Japanese: “ミード美術館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mead Art Museum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mead Art Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Mead Art Museum”
  • Russian: “Художественный музей Мида”
  • Turkish: “Mead Art Museum”

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