Mead Art Museum — Attraction in Amherst

Enter the museum with heart ready to accept the past tragic overwhelming or almost cruel planned needless? annhiliation of Native Inhabitant "Indians" by the English colonialists.What remains alive today in form of creativity art cooking textiles books sentiments are very well honestly displayed here in many audio visual ways .If you are not moved Stand in Front of Sullys' Portrait and read about him .Nice that today's generations accept these facts and try heal the wounds .Salutes to Meads for sponsoring this free to visit museum in the Amherst College Campus.When here follow the Spire with chimes but no Chapel seen from far to locate this on top...

Stopped at the Mead Art Museum on a quiet fall weekend while heading home from camping up north. The museum is fairly small, but the variety of work on display was impressive. I captured a few nice photos of the galleries without much foot traffic to work around. Afterward, we sat in Adirondack chairs on the campus green to catch the sun and take in the distant view of Mount Holyoke. A peaceful, worthwhile stop if you’re passing through Amherst and want a low-key art and...

Small and beautiful gallery to me. I visited Mead when it exhibited Michael Rakowitz and Early Amherst College collections. I enjoyed it and appreciate the college attitude towards respecting different opinions and allowing voices to be presented and heard even for criticism. The exhibition inspired my deeper thinking about right and wrong, concepts and social...