the bright side
Chemistry Lab Hampshire College
Every year , students stream into Hampshire County with high aspirations , high IQs , and highly fashionable ( if not questionable ) wardrobes . Our students inject a youthful enthusiasm that keeps us all on our toes . As a home to the “ Five Colleges ,” we have some of the top colleges and universities in the nation : Amherst College , Hampshire College , Mount Holyoke College , Smith College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst . Enjoy all of the benefits of going to college — famous guest lecturers , competitive sports , historic libraries —
without all the studying and soul searching . Returning alumni remember their favorite haunts and find new ones , sometimes picking up real estate guides before they leave . Hampshire County has a magnetic draw for graduates who return here for greener pastures . Prospective students , with their families in tow , can tour colleges , take in the scene , and tell their parents that this feels like home away from home .
Yiddish Book Center Amherst
For the kiddos : Inspect dinosaur bones and fossils at the Beneski Museum of Natural History
Bucket List
1 Learn about poet Robert Frost in the special collections at the Jones Library in Amherst
2 Tour the Smith College Museum of Art , the Mead Art
Museum at Amherst College , the Yiddish Book Center on the Hampshire College campus , the Mt . Holyoke College Art Museum , and the beautiful campus at the Williston Northampton School
3 Catch a world-class act at the UMass Fine Arts Center
4 Tour the “ living building ” at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment
5 Browse one of our many independent , local book stores . visithampshirecounty . com 63