The Amherst College
Bicentennial Plate Series

1821 plate large

The Amherst College Bicentennial Plate Series is issued to thank Noah Webster Circle donors ($10,000+ to the Annual Fund) and to commemorate Amherst’s upcoming Bicentennial in 2021.  Each year’s plate will feature a different, custom-engraved campus scene. The inaugural plate featured Johnson Chapel (2011) and subsequent plates have featured the President's House (2012), the Octagon (2013), Charles Pratt Dormitory (2014), and the Beneski Museum of Natural History (2015). Upcoming plates will feature Converse Hall (2016), Stearns Steeple and Mead Art Museum (2017), Fayerwather Hall (2018), Kirby Theater (2019), Morgan Hall (2020), culminating with a bi-centennial platter (2021).