Yiddish Book Center, Amherst

Name: Yiddish Book Center
Address: 1021 West St, Amherst, 01002-3375, United States
Telephone: +1 413-256-4900

#5 among attractions in Amherst

Top attraction, Museum, Specialty museum

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The Yiddish Book Center, located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. It is one of ten western Massachusetts museums constituting the Museums10 consortium. ()

Established: 1980 (44 years ago)Coordinates: 42°19'18"N, 72°31'39"W

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1021 West StAmherst 01002-3375 United States

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+1 413-256-4900

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Day trips

Yiddish Book Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hampshire Mall, Mountain Farms Mall, Mead Art Museum, Skinner State Park.

2.6 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Hampshire Mall, Hadley
67 min walk • Hampshire Mall is a primarily one-story shopping mall with a small second floor in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 55 stores owned by The Pyramid Companies.
2.6 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mountain Farms Mall, Hadley
67 min walk • Mountain Farms Mall is a shopping center in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 12 stores. It is located on Route 9, at 335 Russell Street in Hadley, Massachusetts, between Amherst and Northampton, approximately five miles east of Exit 19 off I-91. The mall is owned by S.R. Weiner and WS Development.
3.5 miN
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
88 min walk • Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College.
3.3 miW
State park, Park
Skinner State Park, Hadley
85 min walk • Joseph Allen Skinner State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located in the towns of Hadley and South Hadley in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts.
3.5 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
91 min walk • The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors.
2.8 miNW
42°21'31"N • 72°33'6"W
Hadley Corner, Hadley
73 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Park
Bare Mountain, Amherst
33 min walk • Bare Mountain, 1,014 feet above sea level, is a prominent peak of the Holyoke Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, and part of the greater Metacomet Ridge that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.
3.4 miN
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
87 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Holyoke, Holyoke
87 min walk • Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain, elevation 935 feet, is the westernmost peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile Metacomet Ridge.
~1610 ftW
Museum, Art museum
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
8 min walk • The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and designed by Juster Pope Frazier Architects.
1 miS
Park, Mountain
Mount Holyoke Range State Park, Holyoke
27 min walk • Mount Holyoke Range State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area encompassing the eastern half of the Holyoke Range in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. The state park is adjacent to J. A. Skinner State Park, which occupies the western half of the Holyoke Range.