Its nice and lit 😝😒🔥🔥👌
I visited with a 5th grade class to see the botanical print exhibit. First visit but it appeared there s a lot more to see and I imagine I will return with my family.
Well laid out, interesting exhibits that were well designed for interactive viewing, reasonable entrance fees, friendly/professional staff. Be sure to visit the artist-decorated bathrooms on the lower level!
Major College Art museum in a modern building with good light and flowing spaces over multiple floors. Their permanent collection offers an overview of Western art from ancient times onward and is supplemented by an active program of special exhibitions. While not at the level of the museums at say Yale or Princeton, Smith nonetheless is worth a stop. They have a small gift shop, but no (longer a) cafe.
I had a delightful visit here a few the years ago. Not only was the staff friendly and helpful , When they found out we were visiting from out of state they stayed open late so we could finish viewing a gallery !
Rude staff. Should look into employing college students instead. Will awkwardly follow you around and make viewing art a very unpleasant experience. Amhest College's Mead Museum and UMass' Contemporary art museum are much much better.
Not to be missed
Way exceeded my expectations for a small liberal arts college. Well worth an afternoon visit..only open till 4pm on Sundays , best $5 museum spend in ages
I like the relatively small space (compared to the Met or MOMA). Gives you the chance to see the exhibit in 1-2 hours.. Easy parking, friendly staff.
Smith college is founded on a very old legacy. Its roots are in upper class elite white women. It shows. Poor students of color are always despised and have a miserable time. The student and staff body is really really heavily racist and transmisogynist (even in comparison to the rest of the Northampton area). The harassment and exploitation queer and trans students of color face is absurd. The social dynamics are so strained often to the point of being violent and abusive. This place really needs to figure out how to allocate resources better.
The art museum has lots of resources, but who's art do they show?it's open to the public and pretty accessible and they show some nice pieces, but for a school with such a large endowment the arts really don't get much. What little they get, they do everything they can with