Amherst College, Amherst

Name: Amherst College
Address: 61 Quadrangle Dr, Amherst, United States
Telephone: +1 413-542-2000

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Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts. The institution was named after the town, which in turn had been named after Jeffery, Lord Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of British forces of North America during the French and Indian War. Originally established as a men's college, Amherst became coeducational in 1975. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1821 (203 years ago)Coordinates: 42°22'15"N, 72°30'59"W

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61 Quadrangle DrAmherst United States

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+1 413-542-2000

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

Nearby attractions include: Emily Dickinson Museum, Mead Art Museum, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Beneski Museum of Natural History.

0.4 miN
Emily Dickinson, Museum, Historical place
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
10 min walk • The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.
~250 ftE
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
2 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.
1.3 miN
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst
34 min walk • The University Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The UMCA has been housed in the university's Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962.
~780 ftNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
4 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.
~1590 ftW
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
8 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
1.2 miNW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Fine Arts Center, Amherst
30 min walk • The Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an arts center located just north of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts and contains a concert hall and a contemporary art gallery.
0.6 miN
Emily Dickinson, Cemetery
Amherst West Cemetery, Amherst
16 min walk • Amherst West Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Triangle Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 4 acres cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of Hadley elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct. When the area was separated as Amherst in 1786, the property was taken over by the newly established town.
0.4 miNW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Strong House, Amherst
12 min walk • The Strong House is a historic house at 67 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. Built about 1744, it is one of Amherst's oldest surviving houses, and a fine example of mid-18th century Connecticut River Valley architecture.
0.4 miNW
Library
Jones Library, Amherst
12 min walk • The Jones Library of Amherst, Massachusetts is a public library with three locations, the main building and two branches. The library was established in 1919 by a fund set up in the will of lumberman Samuel Minot Jones.
0.5 miSW
Observatories and planetariums
Wilder Observatory, Amherst
14 min walk • Wilder Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned by Amherst College. It is located on Snell Street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White.
~870 ftNW
Museum, Art museum
Amherst Center for Russian Culture, Amherst
5 min walk • The Amherst Center for Russian Culture was created by Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts after the gift of a major collection of Russian books, manuscripts, periodicals and ephemera by Thomas P. Whitney in 1991.

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Which popular attractions are close to Amherst College?

Nearby attractions include Mead Art Museum, Amherst (2 min walk), Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst (4 min walk), Amherst Center for Russian Culture, Amherst (5 min walk), Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst (8 min walk).