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Mead Art Museum

Mead Art Museum
Mead Art Museum

Mead Art Museum is an art museum in Amherst, United States.

About Mead Art Museum

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 (class of 1867), of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College. The museum, a member of Museums10, is free and open to the public.

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Founded
2020

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Artworks shown from Mead Art Museum are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.