📸 Photo Gallery

Aerial shot of Johnson Chapel in the fall

Amherst College is celebrating 200 years!

View of Holyoke Mountain Range over Memorial Hill

Exterior shot of older white New England building with brick walkway in forefront.

Wilson Admission Center

Admission deans and members of our QuestBridge community pose with their Tusks Up!

Bright purple folder with Amherst seal on it.

An Amherst Admission Packet

Kirby Memorial Theater

Group of students acting out a scene from Peer Gynt on stage.

Students perform Amherst’s contemporary adaptation of Henrick Ibsen’s Peer Gynt in Kirby Theater.

Five dancers practicing on stage with the empty audience seats in the background.

Dance Master Class taught in Kirby Theater.

First-year quad in summer.

Large outdoor green space with mountains in the background in fall

First-year quad in fall.

Large open field with people hanging on hammocks, playing, and laying on blankets.

First-year quad in early winter.

Exterior shot of Frost Library with snow on ground and people walking by. Large decorate gingerbread house on top.

Frost Library in the winter.

Frost Library

Student squatting down in aisle of book stacks looking for a book.

Student searching among the many book stacks.

Johnson Chapel

An enthusiastic Emma Cape ’22 waves to the crowd as her a cappella group, The Sabrinas, takes a bow following their set at a Family Weekend event in Johnson Chapel.

Interior shot of Johnson Chapel with two men on stage and crowd looking on as paintings on wall are unveiled.

Unveiling of Emily Dickinson Paintings in Johnson Chapel. Pendant portraits of Emily Dickinson by Bob Sweeney, the William R. Mead Professor of Art.

Exterior shot of backdoor of Valentine Dining Hall with students walking by

Valentine Dining Hall Quad Entrance

Exterior shot of Valentine Dining Hall with leaves around main stairwell.

Valentine Dining Hall in Fall

Pictured here: asparagus, roasted fennel, potatoe salad, and a vegetable blend of sweet potatoes.

Executive chef Stefaia Patinella and the dining team prep for Commencement. Pictured here: asparagus, roasted fennel, potatoe salad, and a vegetable blend of sweet potatoes.

Group of people tour the Beneski Museum.

Beneski Tour

Students and faculty look under magnifying glass at fossils.

Research in Beneski

Interior shot of Science Center lobby full of visiting families.

Science Center during Family Weekend

Converse Hall

Students presenting research on white boards in Science Center lobby.

Every summer, dozens of Amherst College students engage in research in the physical sciences, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. From laboratories to archives to the field, students can spend six or more weeks extending their classroom research, working on their senior theses or assisting in faculty experiments. The Summer Research Poster Session is an opportunity for student researchers to share works in progress, summer research stories, thesis ideas and experimental results.

Group of students standing in Queer Resource Center

Resource Centers Team Open House during Mammoth Week.

Keefe Campus Center

Loeb Center staff member sits with student in office

Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning staff members serve as thought partners to help you think about steps you can take to begin or continue your career development process.

Students roasting marshmallows by fire pit

The Keefe Campus Center hosted an End-of-Year Community Celebration. Students, staff, and faculty came together to celebrate the end of the academic year, build community, and cultivate joy with live music, food, s’mores, raffle prizes, and a photo booth.

Science Center

Beneski Hall and Museum of Natural History

Aerial shot of Johnson Chapel in the fall

Athletic Center

Inside shot of LeFrak Gymnasium with peaked roof and women's basketball team playing.

Home of Amherst basketball and volleyball, the space features unique architecture, a main competition court, and a secondary practice court. Opening its doors in 1976 and dubbed the New Gymnasium, a fire destroyed the original facility in 1985 before it was rebuilt with the generous support of Richard LeFrak ’67 and the Richard and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation. Renamed LeFrak Gym, the space still thrives today and has hosted countless athletic triumphs & indoor events.

A 25-yard, six-lane facility with a separate two-lane warm up area, Pratt Pool runs seven to 14 feet deep and features stadium seating along one side and a wall of windows on the other for spectators to enjoy the competition while in the Friends of Amherst room. The facility also includes a state-of-the-art Colorado Timing and video board system as well as a fitness, strength and stretching area above the pool deck.

Converse Hall in Fall

President Biddy Martin handing a student an award in a meeting room with red rug

Cole Assembly Room in Converse Hall

College Hall in Spring

Two facilitators present to small group of students

Next Gen Leadership Institute is an interterm program designed for first-generation and/or low-income students to cultivate and highlight existing social and cultural capital in their personal and professional lives coordinated by the Loeb Center & Office of Campus Diversity & Student Leadership.

Black and white illustration of college campus

Coalition for College Tour