Williams College Museum of Art

The Williams College Museum of Art is a college-affiliated art museum in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is located on the Williams College campus, close to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Clark Art Institute.

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Type: Museum
Description: art museum in Williamstown, Massachusetts
Also known as: “WCMA”
Address: 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Images Cinema and Hopkins Observatory.

Images Cinema

Movie theater

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Images Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 370 feet west of Williams College Museum of Art.

Hopkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1838 by Albert Hopkins, it is the oldest extant observatory in the United States.

Clark Art Institute

Nature reserve

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The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, commonly referred to as the Clark, is an art museum and research institution located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Williamstown and Mill Village Historic District.

Williamstown

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Williamstown is a town in the Berkshires at the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with New York and Vermont. It is a true college town, having hosted Williams College since 1793.

Mill Village Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Mill Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing a well-preserved 19th century mill village in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is located on Cole Avenue and other streets east of Cole and south of the Hoosac River, which provided the mill's power.

Pownal

Village

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Pownal is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,258. The town of Pownal includes the villages of Pownal, North Pownal, and Pownal Center. Pownal is situated 4 miles northwest of Williams College Museum of Art.

Williams College Museum of Art

Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Town of Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.71109° or 42° 42′ 40″ north

Longitude

-73.20276° or 73° 12′ 10″ west

Elevation

702 feet (214 metres)

Open location code

87J8PQ6W+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 214110675

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4955749

Wikidata ID

Q12072937

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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Williams College Museum of Art” goes by many names.

French: “WCMA”
French: “Williams College Museum of Art”
Hebrew: “מוזיאון האמנות של ויליאמס קולג‘”
Italian: “Williams College Museum of Art”
Japanese: “ウィリアム・カレッジ美術館”
Japanese: “ウィリアムズ大学美術館”
Portuguese: “WCMA”
Portuguese: “Williams College Museum of Art”
Spanish: “WCMA”
Spanish: “Williams College Museum of Art”
Swedish: “Williams College Museum of Art”

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