Museums in Amherst AreaTotal found in this region of Massachusetts: 12Amherst History Museum 67 Amity Street Amherst, MA Type: Historic House Built circa 1750 by Nehemiah Strong Belchertown Firefighters Museum 25 North Main Street Belchertown, MA Type: History Former 1901 fire station that is now a museum; Address is approximate. Beneski Museum of Natural History 11 Barrett Hill Road (Amherst College, at Routes 9 & 116) Amherst, MA Type: Science, Natural History A museum which has displays of specimens of local extinct animals, including skeletons of a mammoth, cave bear, and saber-tooth ... Emily Dickinson Museum 280 Main Street Amherst, MA Type: History Birthplace and home of poet Emily Dickinson Hadley Farm Museum 147 Russell Street (Route 9) Hadley, MA Type: History Status: Seasonal "The Hadley Farm Museum houses an incredible collection of vehicles and equipment used on New England farms and farmhouses from ... Joseph Allen Skinner Museum 33 Woodbridge Street (Route 116, Mount Holyoke College) South Hadley, MA Type: History Status: Seasonal "The Museum consists of the diverse collections of Joseph Skinner (1867-1946), a local manufacturer and philanthropist. Skinner ... Mead Art Museum Amherst College Amherst, MA Type: Art Works ranging from antiquity to present Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Lower Lake Road (Mount Holyoke College) South Hadley, MA Type: Art Diverse collection of ancient to contemporary art Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum 130 River Drive (Route 47) Hadley, MA Type: History Built in 1752; continuously occupied by a single family for over 200 years; no structural changes since 1800 The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 125 West Bay Road (Hampshire College) Amherst, MA Type: Art Museum of national and international picture book art; Eric Carle is an llustrator of children's books The Stone House Museum 20 Maple Street (Route 202) Belchertown, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal The University Gallery Fine Arts Center, off Massachusetts Avenue, UMASS Amherst, MA Type: Art |