This fall, the Mead unveils its renovated main gallery and opens six new exhibitions and installations that offer a fresh perspective on the Amherst College art collection:
This exhibition celebrates the idiosyncratic nature of museum collections. Over time, as objects of value and curiosity accumulate in a museum, they enrich our understandings of cultures and ourselves.
Learn moreRepresenting over two centuries of American art and artistry, the works on view in these galleries chart the early days in the building of a nation, and a museum.
Learn morePrinces, scholars, and merchants alike placed their precious objects and art made of rare materials in small rooms known as cabinets of curiosity, predecessors to the modern museum.
Learn moreThis fall, the historic Rotherwas Room meets contemporary art as the Mead inaugurates its biannual exhibition series, the Rotherwas Project. Seattle-born artist Amanda Valdez brings a new palette and iconography to the historic oak-paneled room.
Learn moreThis exhibition presents highlights from Whitney’s collection, most of which he gave, toward the end of the century and near the end of his life, to his alma mater.
Learn moreThe majority of the works on view in this installation were gifts of two brothers, both Amherst alumni: Barry Maurer, Class of 1959, and Evan Maurer, Class of 1966.
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Small but spacious corner room with stunning view. High ceilings. Gleaming hardwood floor. Perfect spot for one or more.
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