Reviews of Williams College Museum of Art (Museum)

Robert R

It's a somewhat small but great museum. It always have interesting and thought provoking exhibits that change frequently enough to keep one coming back but not at a pace that prevents them from being widely seen and enjoyed. The staff is well learned, helpful, generally nice and inviting, and always willing to explain things. Also, the museum holds many talks and lectures on a wide variety of engaging topics.

E. Belkholm

Free art = five stars. Negatives: 90% of the permanent displayed collection is by dead rich white men, for dead rich white men. Bland, boring, all looks the same. Positives: the teaching exhibits were interesting, and gave you a more immersive experience with select objects of the collection, albeit an occasionally confusing one. I much prefer to be confused by art than bored by it. By far the highlight of the museum was African Art Against the State: an extremely interesting, engaging, feeling-inducing exhibit of contemporary art. Unfortunately it's a temporary exhibit. Hopefully they'll get something equally good to replace it.

GM from A-2-Z

Very nice and comfortable!

Sanghee Lee

(Translated by Google) It is a great place for the school attached museum. In particular, there are a lot of historical dances that represent this town. (Original) 학교부설 박물관 치고는 아주 훌륭한 곳. 특히, 이 동네를 대표하는 역사적인 춤 관련 자료가 많음.

RobB Edtech

Picturesque

Steven Dean

We visited in August 2015 to view the Andy Warhol By the Book exhibit. It was a wonderfully laid-out exhibit with illustrations Warhol had done for various books, books he had written, and correspondence related to the books. I just wish the gift shop had some cards or something else I could have purchased with Warhol's art on it. We were also pleasantly surprised by the Museum's Trojan War Art in it's permanent collection

Timea Szabo

Very nice place and complimentary admission! Must see.

Roger Doran

Intimate & interesting.

Jerry Lipchus

Great place to visit, free admission with some fantastic art.

Donald Sjoblom

Very good selection of books

Scott McClintock

Would be cool anyway, but because it's free it's VERY cool :)

Jamol Askarov

It is an amazing exhibition inside. Many valuable expositions are simply put on the display with no security. You can touch, feel, take a picture, enjoy, and review all of them.

Matthew Timothy Bradley

I visited the WCMA on 20 April 2013 along with a group from Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Despite lacking a background in fine art I had a great experience, helped along by the welcoming staff and good exhibition design and signage. The highlights for me were viewing one of twenty-six known copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence and “The Persian Image” exhibition (which included items on loan from the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum). In the latter I learned that the proscription on human portrayals in Islamic art is far from absolute.

Faith Manary

Wonderful! They also change the galleries every few months, so it's a whole new museum every time I go!

Gabrielle Vautrain

I went to this museum last summer and was so happy I did. They mix old with new and abstract to impressionist. The professors write anecdotes from their syllabus' which are amazing and are applicable to their students studies.

Pat Kaufman

A small college museum on a beautiful campus... mostly features very comtemporary, mutli-format student art in various mediums. Not my personal cup of tea, but surely creative. Be sure to visit the rooms with the ancient stone excavations. Very interesting to think how these pieces were acquired back when there were not laws covering archaeological digs. Nonetheless, grateful to the college explorers who excavated and transported these pieces for all of us to enjoy today. There's no entry fee, so certainly worth a visit to expand one's personal horizons!

Michele Caplan

Lovely small college museum. Taganaka show was Excellent

Maarten Uijttenboogaard

Zeer mooi museum. Gratis toegang. Prettige sfeer.

Michael Rozansky

Beautiful museum. Worth the trip

Kevin Carlson

Architecturally interesting, academically inclined, and artistically innovative; stop in to see the exhibits.

Al Heilman

great resource

Shazeen Sherzad

Good work of art and pottery. Soothing and calming environment.

Mercedes Diaz

Es una universidad exelente. Los edificios bellísimos y el nivel educacional miy alto. Alli se graduó mi nieto y estamos felices von este lugar.

Mysterious Mr.L

The eyeball statues outside are very interesting, but there are better museums in the area

Daniel Micah

Really great collection and fun participatory installations as well!

Travel More

Many museums to visit in the Berkshires, make sure this is one pf your stops. A small, multi-level museum full of classical and contemporary art international and American art. A jewel waiting for you to find it. Free admission and a fun gift shop.

Jerre Hoffman

Great art from ancient to modern. The 60 to 62 aquasitons shows the diversity of donations

Drew Jacobsen

Great pieces of art, worth the trip!

Jonathan Bevins

Free art museum. Very nice collection.

allen tweddle

...wow! Free admission, wonderful art, super gift shop.

Richard LaVigne Sr

Excellent

Anthony Whittingham

Beauty amidst these fine rolling hills...

Nick Loy

Good small musieum

K X

Easy free parking nearby. Collections highlight American Abstract Expressionists, Brothers Pendergast, and Edward Hopper. However, one gallery under construction was very noisy.

maximo melendez jr

Nice place

Stephen G

Nice exhibits. Found the student picks for their rooms especially interesting. Not a big museum, but always something new to learn and see.

Ayman Fathalla

Great collection

Jan Kovarik

Very nice art...

R. Michael Lake

Interesting mix of visual arts

Anthony Polukin

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Ashley Laney

Great place, free admission can't wait to go back.

Jennifer Gallant

Wonderful gem of a place! The found room is awesome!

Marta Quintero

(Translated by Google) Wonderful (Original) Maravilloso

Adam Wuoti

Great museum

Andreas Triantafyllou

Simply amazing!

xo xo

Good selection of art

Micah Manary

Small