the bright side
Beneski Museum Amherst College
Every year , students stream into Hampshire County
with high aspirations , high IQs , and highly fashionable wardrobes . As 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 .
Bucket List
1 Visit the special collections at the Jones Library in Amherst
2 Catch a Cassatt or a Kandinsky at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum , and tour the museums at the other colleges
3 Watch a world-class performance at the UMass Fine Arts Center
4 Tour the “ living building ” at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment
5 Inspect dinosaur bones at the Beneski Museum of Natural History
Mullins Center UMass Amherst
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