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1. www.amherst.edu › museums › naturalhistoryMuseums | Beneski Museum of Natural History | Amherst College

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   Dazzling mineral specimens from around the world and meteorites from beyond Earth. T he museum is located on the Amherst College campus in the Beneski Earth Sciences building, often referred to as simply “Beneski,” where students and faculty move seamlessly between state-of-the-art geology teaching labs and the museum.

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   The Mead Art Museum houses the art collection of Amherst College, spanning 5,000 years and encompassing the creative achievements of many world cultures. Mead Art Museum. About. Give Now—Friends of the Mead. Visit.

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   The Beneski Museum of Natural History houses the most extensive collection of fossil dinosaur tracks in the world. Specimens on exhibit and in storage show a vast array of track morphologies (shapes).

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   Amherst College is home to seven museums and galleries, including the Mead Art Museum, the Beneski Museum of Natural History, the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Russian Center Art Gallery, the Eli Marsh Art Gallery, Wilder Observatory, and Bassett Planetarium (currently closed for renovations), as well Archives and Special Collections, which ...

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   The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors.

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   Amherst is home three world-renowned museums that annually welcome more than 70,000 visitors. Our campus galleries display works by influential Russian artists and contemporary art by student, faculty, alumni and visiting artists.

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   What is the Amherst history museum?

   • "Housed in the 1750 era Strong House, the Amherst History Museum takes visitors on a journey from the towns colonial past, through its industrial age and into the computer driven present...The Amherst History Museum opened in 1916, governed by the Amherst Historical Society, founded in 1899." --From the museum web site.

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   Does Amherst College have a museum?

   • Admission is always free of charge. The museum is fully accessible; a wheelchair and walker are available for use on site. GPS-friendly address: 11 Barrett Hill Dr., Amherst, MA 01002 The museum is located on the Amherst College campus.

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   Where is the Amherst College geology museum located?

   • Step inside the museum and you’ll find: T he museum is located on the Amherst College campus in the Beneski Earth Sciences building, often referred to as simply “Beneski,” where students and faculty move seamlessly between state-of-the-art geology teaching labs and the museum.

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   How many people visit Amherst College Museum?

   • Since 2006 the museum has welcomed more than 95,000 visitors. "We enjoy having people visit us," Wellspring said, noting that the museum was designed to be a teaching tool for Amherst College and other college students. "We're delighted other people also enjoy the museum."It is part of Museums 10, a consortium of 10 Western Massachusetts museums.

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   How many students were at Amherst College?

   • At its opening, Amherst had forty-seven students. Fifteen of these had followed Moore from Williams College. Those fifteen represented about one-third of the total students at Amherst, and about one-fifth of the whole number in the three classes to which they belonged in Williams College.

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   Why was Amherst College founded?

   • Amherst was founded as a non-sectarian institution "for the classical education of indigent young men of piety and talents for the Christian ministry" (Tyler, A History of Amherst College ). One of the hallmarks of the new college was its Charity Fund, an early form of financial aid that paid the tuition of poorer students.

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    T he Beneski Museum offers free admission to visitors of all ages, year-round. Whether you’re on your own, with a friend, or with a group, you’re invited to explore our three floors of exhibits with more than 1,700 specimens on display.