Museums & Exhibitions

dinosaur skeleton fossil

Beneski Museum of Natural History
Friday, May 24, 10 AM - 4 PM
Saturday, May 25, 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday, May 26, 1 - 5 PM

exterior view of the entrance to the Mead Art Museum

Mead Art Museum
Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25, 9 AM - 5 PM
Closed Sunday, May 26

historical photo of a Black woman posing in formal atire

Robert Frost Library
Friday, May 24, 8 AM - 5 PM
Saturday, May 25, 10 AM - 4 PM
Sunday, May 26, 8 AM - 5 PM
Mezzanine Gallery: Ancestral Bridges: Exhibit of Historical Photographs & Artifacts, by Anika Lopes

Emily Dickinson's small writing desk in her bedroom

Emily Dickinson Museum
280 Main Street
Open Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 26, 10 AM - 5 PM

Recreational Facilities and Trails

Families and guests are welcome to utilize the outdoor tennis courts, sand volleyball court, and outdoor basketball courts, and to visit the College’s Wildlife Sanctuary. Please note that the fitness center is not available to families and guests. 

A chair sitting in front of a brightly lit field

Amherst College Wildlife Sanctuary

The Wildlife Sanctuary comprises four marked trails on approximately 500 acres of open fields, wetlands, flood plain woods, river, upland woods, plantation pines, and ponds, and is located at the southeastern corner of campus.

About the Sanctuary Trails on Campus Map