Hampshire College, Amherst

Name: Hampshire College
Address: 893 West St, Amherst, 01002-3372, United States
Telephone: +1 413-559-5544

#18 among attractions in Amherst

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Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Together they are known as the Five College Consortium. The campus also houses the National Yiddish Book Center and Eric Carle Museum, and hosts the annual Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1965 (59 years ago)Coordinates: 42°19'34"N, 72°31'56"W

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893 West StAmherst 01002-3372 United States

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+1 413-559-5544

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Hampshire College – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hampshire Mall, Mountain Farms Mall, Mead Art Museum, Yiddish Book Center.

2.2 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Hampshire Mall, Hadley
58 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.
2.2 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mountain Farms Mall, Hadley
57 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.
3.2 miN
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
82 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.
0.4 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Yiddish Book Center, Amherst
10 min walk • 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.
3.2 miSW
State park, Park
Skinner State Park, Hadley
83 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.
3.3 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
85 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.
2.5 miNW
42°21'31"N • 72°33'6"W
Hadley Corner, Hadley
63 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Park
Bare Mountain, Amherst
40 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.
3.1 miN
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
81 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
~1850 ftS
Museum, Art museum
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
9 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.
1.3 miS
Park, Mountain
Mount Holyoke Range State Park, Holyoke
35 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.