www.museums10.org www.museums10.org www.museums10.org 10 Destinations in Western Your Map to the Museums Beneski Museum of Natural History Fall 2013 Exhibitions and Events , Amherst, MA | 413.542.2165 amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory Open Tues–Fri 11 am–4 pm | Sat & Sun 10am–5 pm | Admission: Free Museum The Homestead and The Evergreens | Amherst, MA 413.542.8161 | emilydickinsonmuseum.org Historic Deerfield Open Wed-Sun, 11 am–4 pm through December 29, 2013. Closed Jan and Feb. Reopens March 1, 2014 | Admission: $ Beneski Museum of Natural History Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Amherst, MA | 413.658.1100 | carlemuseum.org DEERFIELD Open Tues–Fri, 10 am–4 pm | Sat 10 am–5 pm | Sun 12–5 pm Emily Dickinson Museum Closed Nov. 28, Dec. 24-25, & Jan. 1 | Admission: $ Art Gallery University Museum of Hampshire College Art Gallery Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst Amherst, MA | 413.559.5544 | hampshire.edu/library/gallery.htm The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Open Mon–Fri 10:30 am–4:30 pm | Closed January | Admission: Free Historic Deerfield

Emily Deerfield, MA | 413.775.7214 | historic-deerfield.org Dickinson Open Daily 9:30 am–4:30 pm through December 29, 2013 Museum (except Nov. 28 and Dec. 24–25) | Admission: $ at Amherst College Amherst, MA | 413.542.2335 | amherst.edu/mead Historic Deerfield NORTHAMPTON Beneski Museum Open Tues–Thurs & Sun 9 am–midnight | Fri 9 am–8 pm Mead Art Museum of Natural History, Sat 9 am–5 pm | Admission: Free at Amherst College Amherst College Art Museum AMHERST South Hadley, MA | 413.538.2245 | mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum Mead Art Museum Open Tues–Fri 11 am–5 pm | Sat–Sun 1–5 pm | Admission: Free at Amherst College Museum of Art Yiddish Book Center Yiddish Book Center Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA | 413.256.4900 | yiddishbookcenter.org Open Sun–Fri 10 am–4 pm | Closed Saturdays, legal Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Hampshire College Art Gallery and Jewish holidays | Admission: Suggested Donation Smith College Museum of Art The Eric Carle Museum Northampton, MA | 413.585.2760 | smith.edu/artmuseum of Picture Book Art Open Tues–Sat 10 am–4 pm | Sun 12–4 pm Second Fridays 10 am–8 pm (FREE 4–8) | Admission: $ Smith College Museum of Art SOUTH University Museum of Contemporary Art HADLEY at UMass Amherst Amherst, MA | 413. 545.3670 | umass.edu/umca Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Open Tues–Fri 11 am–4:30 pm | Sat–Sun 2–5 pm | Opens Sept 10 Closed academic breaks and state holidays | Admission: Free University Museum of Contemporary Art

10 Destinations in FALL 2013 Exhibitions and Events

Beneski Museum of Natural History Mead Art Museum at Amherst College BMNH is an exciting place to explore and learn. This year, the This Just In! Additions to the Collection from Pompeii to Today Dryosaurus altus dinosaur was added NEW to our collection On view August 16–December 29; of more than 1,700 specimens of plants, animals, rocks, fossils, and Opening reception September 6 at 4:30 pm artifacts from all over the world and across time. These collections Featuring major artworks on view for the first time EVER at the help us understand how the Earth and its inhabitants have changed Mead, including a rare and exquisite Renaissance engraving by over time. Expanded weekend hours starting the Fall of 2013. Albrecht Dürer and a Roman sarcophagus inscribed with an important memorial poem

Dryosaurus altus (iguanodont) amherst.edu/mead | 413.542.2335 Detail of: Albrecht Dürer, The Virgin and Child with the Monkey, ca. 1498. Mead Art Museum.

Emily Dickinson Museum Mount Holyoke College Art Museum September 20, 3–8 pm and 21, 7 am–5 pm. Emily Dickinson EXHIBITIONS: 30 August–17 December 2013 Poetry Marathon, a participatory reading of all 1,789 poems. Lorna Bieber: Of Echoes and Grace | In the Guise of the Brush: The At 5:30 pm on September 21, we celebrate the Dickinson Homestead’s Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcut | To Be at the Farther Edge: Photo- 200th anniversary and the Museum’s 10th. graphs along the New England Trail by Barbara Bosworth November 9. Emily Dickinson and the Gettysburg Address. DEDICATION: 3 September 2013 @ 4:15 PM A talk by Walter Powell. Dale Chihuly: Clear and Gold Tower December 10. The second annual Tell It Slant Award PRESENTATION: 26 September 2013 @ 5:30 PM presentation honoring poet Richard Wilbur. Scott McCloud: Comics, Innovation, and Visual Communication Lorna Bieber, Eden, 2012-13 (detail)

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Yiddish Book Center Seriously Silly: A Decade of Art and Whimsy by Mo Willems The World’s First Yiddish Museum Through February 23, 2014 Permanent and visiting exhibits, films, lectures, educational Robert R. Zakanitch: A Garden of Ordinary Miracles programs, English-language bookstore, and more. Through November 10, 2013 Sunday, September 29, Danny Kaye - A multi-media presentation; The Art of Eric Carle: Friends Sunday, October 21, Community Open House - talks, tours, concert September 17, 2013–March 23, 2014 all free and open to the public. Saturday, November 16, The Yiddish Barbara McClintock and Natalie Merchant: Leave Your Sleep Book Center presents Yidstock in the Berkshires, The Klezmatics at November 26, 2013–May 4, 2014 The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA.

Hampshire College Art Gallery Smith College Museum of Art Anchor House Artists October 4, 2013–January 5, 2014 September 2–27, Reception September 12, 6:30–8 pm River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte Established in 1997 by artist Michael Tillyer, Anchor House of Artists October 11–December 15, 2013 works to subsidize and promote the interests of artists living with Art Stories: Personal Experiences with SCMA’s Collection mental illness. Not always, but many times, these artists work from Plus: World-class permanent collection + FREE Second Friday outside of the academic tradition, producing indubitably authentic each month for all ages from 4–8 pm works that are visually engaging and emotionally evocative.

G.M. Burnett, “Portrait of Me as Embossed gold plaque, ca. a Little Girl,” oil on canvas, 1995. 700-900 ce. Univ. of Penn. Mus. of Arch. and Anthro.

Historic Deerfield University Museum of Contemporary Art From Nature to Color: Fun with Natural Dyes at UMass Amherst Weekends September 14–November 30 September 10–December 8. Du Bois In Our Time. Furniture Masterworks: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary art inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois. Western Massachusetts October 15. The Suppression of Sound. An Evening with New exhibition opening September 28. Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis. 2013 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show October 19. Bus Trip: Guided Tour of the W.E.B. Du Bois Columbus Day Weekend, October 12 & 13 Homesite

Heritage HolidayDaily December 7–29 (excluding December 24 & 25). Capture November 4. Du Bois: The Early Social Practitioner. With Urban Planner and Artist Theaster Gates Detail of: Mary Evans, Held the holiday spirit with a month-long series of traditional festive activities. February 23, 2013; cut craft paper; photo by Remi Abudu

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