Named for its founder, William Rutherford Mead (an 1867 graduate of Amherst College and a partner in the storied architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White), the Mead holds the art collection of Amherst College, celebrated for its American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics,
Tibetan scroll paintings, English paneled room, ancient Assyrian carvings, Russian avant - garde art, West African sculpture and Japanese prints.
The Mead holds the art collection of Amherst College, celebrated for its American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics,
Tibetan scroll paintings, English paneled room, ancient Assyrian carvings, Russian avant - garde art, West African sculpture and Japanese prints.