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Williams College Museum of Art
15 Lawrence Hall Dr, Williamstown, MA 01267, United States
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Tr
Review №1

Many museums to visit in the Berkshires, make sure this is one pf your stops. A small, multi-level museum full of classical and contemporary art international and American art. A jewel waiting for you to find it. Free admission and a fun gift shop.

Ja
Review №2

It is an amazing exhibition inside. Many valuable expositions are simply put on the display with no security. You can touch, feel, take a picture, enjoy, and review all of them.

Sp
Review №3

Really cool place to visit. 2 floors of displays, front desk man explains the process and there are people around to answer any questions.

To
Review №4

Very nice, small museum on the campus of Williams College. My first visit, to see an exhibition of landscape photography. Thoroughly enjoyed my time there.

Vi
Review №5

Interesting special photography exhibit. Excellent selection from the College collection, with close attention to improving diversity of artists represented

OE
Review №6

College is small with a home town safe and sense of belonging and feeling. The campus buildings are ckean, well kept and filled with history and stories. Chapen Hall hosts one of the original drafts of the Declaration OF Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights as well as first edition novels by Frederick Douglas and Susan B Anthony.

St
Review №7

Nice exhibits. Found the student picks for their rooms especially interesting. Not a big museum, but always something new to learn and see.

Ah
Review №8

I visited this college with my son, love the setting and what they offer the tour guide was very friendly,informative which was greatly appreciated

Ro
Review №9

Its a somewhat small but great museum. It always have interesting and thought provoking exhibits that change frequently enough to keep one coming back but not at a pace that prevents them from being widely seen and enjoyed. The staff is well learned, helpful, generally nice and inviting, and always willing to explain things. Also, the museum holds many talks and lectures on a wide variety of engaging topics.

St
Review №10

An interesting small museum with a diverse collection

Ga
Review №11

I went to this museum last summer and was so happy I did. They mix old with new and abstract to impressionist. The professors write anecdotes from their syllabus which are amazing and are applicable to their students studies.

Da
Review №12

Really great collection and fun participatory installations as well!

Fa
Review №13

Great variety, good curator job, free

Fa
Review №14

Wonderful! They also change the galleries every few months, so its a whole new museum every time I go!

Ri
Review №15

Awesome !

Al
Review №16

...wow! Free admission, wonderful art, super gift shop.

St
Review №17

We visited in August 2015 to view the Andy Warhol By the Book exhibit. It was a wonderfully laid-out exhibit with illustrations Warhol had done for various books, books he had written, and correspondence related to the books.I just wish the gift shop had some cards or something else I could have purchased with Warhols art on it.We were also pleasantly surprised by the Museums Trojan War Art in its permanent collection

Lo
Review №18

The eyeball statues outside are very interesting, but there are better museums in the area

E.
Review №19

Free art = five stars.Negatives: 90% of the permanent displayed collection is by dead rich white men, for dead rich white men. Bland, boring, all looks the same.Positives: the teaching exhibits were interesting, and gave you a more immersive experience with select objects of the collection, albeit an occasionally confusing one. I much prefer to be confused by art than bored by it.By far the highlight of the museum was African Art Against the State: an extremely interesting, engaging, feeling-inducing exhibit of contemporary art. Unfortunately its a temporary exhibit. Hopefully theyll get something equally good to replace it.

Pa
Review №20

A small college museum on a beautiful campus... mostly features very comtemporary, mutli-format student art in various mediums. Not my personal cup of tea, but surely creative. Be sure to visit the rooms with the ancient stone excavations. Very interesting to think how these pieces were acquired back when there were not laws covering archaeological digs. Nonetheless, grateful to the college explorers who excavated and transported these pieces for all of us to enjoy today. Theres no entry fee, so certainly worth a visit to expand ones personal horizons!

Mi
Review №21

Lovely small college museum. Taganaka show was Excellent

Dr
Review №22

Great pieces of art, worth the trip!

Ke
Review №23

Architecturally interesting, academically inclined, and artistically innovative; stop in to see the exhibits.

Je
Review №24

Great art from ancient to modern. The 60 to 62 aquasitons shows the diversity of donations

Ca
Review №25

Free various exhibits many by students

Ma
Review №26

I visited the WCMA on 20 April 2013 along with a group from Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Despite lacking a background in fine art I had a great experience, helped along by the welcoming staff and good exhibition design and signage.The highlights for me were viewing one of twenty-six known copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence and “The Persian Image” exhibition (which included items on loan from the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum). In the latter I learned that the proscription on human portrayals in Islamic art is far from absolute.

Ro
Review №27

Picturesque

ar
Review №28

Nice museum

Mi
Review №29

Beautiful museum. Worth the trip

Sh
Review №30

Good work of art and pottery. Soothing and calming environment.

Je
Review №31

Wonderful gem of a place! The found room is awesome!

Je
Review №32

Great place to visit, free admission with some fantastic art.

Sc
Review №33

Would be cool anyway, but because its free its VERY cool :)

GM
Review №34

Very nice and comfortable!

As
Review №35

Great place, free admission cant wait to go back.

Ti
Review №36

Very nice place and complimentary admission! Must see.

ma
Review №37

Nice place

Do
Review №38

Very good selection of books

R.
Review №39

Interesting mix of visual arts

An
Review №40

We

Ay
Review №41

Great collection

Jo
Review №42

Free art museum. Very nice collection.

Ih
Review №43

Good selection of art

Ri
Review №44

Excellent

Ad
Review №45

Great museum

An
Review №46

Simply amazing!

Ja
Review №47

Very nice art...

Mi
Review №48

Small

Ro
Review №49

Intimate & interesting.

Al
Review №50

Great resource

An
Review №51

Beauty amidst these fine rolling hills...

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  • Address:15 Lawrence Hall Dr, Williamstown, MA 01267, United States
  • Site:http://artmuseum.williams.edu/
  • Phone:+1 413-597-2429
Categories
  • Art museum
  • Museum
  • Tourist attraction
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Restaurant:No
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