The Mead Art Museum is located at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Museums 10 collective. Named after Amherst College graduate William Rutherford Mead, the Mead Art Museum boasts an extensive collection of almost 18,000 items, including American art and the works of the Hudson River School as well as ancient European and Asian art. The museum is currently gathering Russian modernist works to create a significant collection that will complement those of the Amherst Center for Russian Culture. One of the museum’s most notable benefactors was art collector Herbert L. Pratt, who bequeathed over 80 American miniatures and portraits as well as an enormous collection of decorative arts.
41 Quadrangle Drive, Amherst, MA 01002, Phone: 413-542-2335