Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (established 1876) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is located on the Mount Holyoke College campus and is a member of Museums10. It is one of the oldest teaching museums in the country, dedicated to providing firsthand experience with works of significant aesthetic and cultural value.[1] The works in the museum's collection can be searched on the database maintained by the Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield.

Working in conjunction with the Five College museums, its collection includes contemporary works from Asia, Europe, and the United States, as well as classical Egyptian, Greek, and Roman works. Other periods include medieval and Renaissance art.[2] The collection was inaugurated by the purchase of Albert Bierstadt's Hetch Hetchy Canyon (oil, 1875) by Mrs. A. L. Williston and Mrs. E. H. Sawyer in 1876.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "About". Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Collection". Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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Coordinates: 42°15′24″N 72°34′22″W / 42.2568°N 72.5727°W / 42.2568; -72.5727


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