Williams College Museum of Art — Attraction in Williamstown

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 it's a temporary exhibit. Hopefully they'll get something equally good...

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...

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. There's no entry fee, so certainly worth a visit to expand one's...