Williams College Museum of Art
Main Street (Rte. 2)
Williamstown, MA 01267
Telephone: (413) 597-2429

Open year round, except on Mondays and certain holidays, no admission fee charged, wheelchair accessible. Call the Museum for membership information

Williamstown is uniquely blessed with art and culture seemingly disproportionate to its quaint New England college vistas. The WCMA is one of this nation's most outstanding examples of a museum on a college campus. A unique blend of traditional and modern, the neoclassical octagonal rotunda, designed by Thomas Tefft, was constructed in 1846 as the first Williams College library; in the mid 1980's, newer multistory sections were added by architect Charles Moore. The combined effect is both structurally striking yet charmingly good humored. This remarkable structure is the most "public" building at Williams College, attracting over 45,000 visitors annually.

The museum's fourteen galleries house over eleven thousand pieces, representing a broad range of eras and societies, with the many disciplines of art from Western and non-Western traditions alike. The collection is regularly augmented by traveling exhibitions. In addition to the large permanent collection, there are approximately 25 new exhibitions annually. The celebrated works of impressionist artists/brothers Charles and Maurice Prendergast hold a special place here, well represented and studied due to a generous bequest by Charles.