Smith College Museum of Art
Each year the Museum welcomes over 33,000 visitors who enjoy the permanent collection, a wide range of changing exhibitions, educational programs, special events, and amenities that include the Museum Shop, artist-designed restrooms, and hand-crafted gallery benches.
Hours
Tue to Sun 11am–4 pm
closed Mondays and major holidays
Smith College Museum of Art, Second Fridays
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAJoin us for an evening of art, making, and community at the Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of Art! From 4–7pm Hands-on Art Making Layers upon layers upon layers! Inspired by Younes Rahmoun’s Zahra-Saghira (Flower-Small) and Markib (Boat), celebrate spring by mindfully creating multilayered flowers. Draw with a spirograph tool or fold origami to build upon…
Smith College Museum of Art, Smith Arts Day
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MALearn more about all Smith College campus events here: www.smith.edu/smithartsday Smith Arts Day events at SCMA include: Campus School of Smith College Sixth-Grade Pop-Up Exhibition (11am–4pm, Cunningham Center) Abstracting Nature: Drawings in Chalk Pastel Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe (11am–4pm, Museum Atrium) Experiences With Art @ SCMA (1:30–2:30PM, Meet in Lobby) Curator-Led Tour of Younes Rahmoun, Here, Now (2:30–3:30pm,…
Smith College Museum of Art, Spring Student Art Sale
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAThe Smith Office for the Arts will be hosting the Spring Student Art Sale as a kickoff event to Smith Arts Day. This event is a chance for student makers to share (and sell) their work—including ceramics, prints, photographs, fashion, jewelry, and more. Presented by Smith Office for the Arts in partnership with the Smith…
Smith College Museum of Art, Lecture
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MA‘Excavating Hung Liu’s Archive: The Refusal of Historical Erasure’ by Dorothy Moss ’95 April 10, 2025 5pm Klingenstein Browsing Room, Neilson Library This lecture and free and open to all. Learn more about this lecture: https://bit.ly/3Y4sRr1 Join us for this 'Excavating the Image' lecture with Dorothy Moss ’95, founding director of the the Hung Liu Estate.…
Smith College Museum of Art, Miller Lecture
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAMiller Lecture in Art History will be given by Dr. Hannah Feldman. Dr. Feldman is a historian and theorist of contemporary art and visuality, urban space, and decolonization/decoloniality. She is currently the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Associate Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania and was one of the contributors for the Younes Rahmoun:…
Smith College Museum of Art, Exhibit
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAThe Trans Agenda is an Full Life Span: Selected portraits of Trans and Nonbinary Elders and Young People March 14, 2025 4–8pm Cunningham Center, Smith College Museum of Art This pop-up exhibition is open to all. Drop by the museum’s Cunningham Center for Prints, Drawings and Photographs on SCMA’s second floor to see a special…
Smith College Museum of Art, Playdates
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAArtful adventures in and around the museum for 2–5 year-olds and their caregivers! Explore a different theme in each session on selected Fridays throughout the year. Registered families can join us in the Atrium of the Smith College Museum of Art for open play and art experiences from 9:30–11:30 a.m. Upon arrival, sign up for…
Smith College Museum of Art, Bag Day
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAStop by the Museum Shop at the Smith College Museum of Art on Northampton Bag Day weekend, November 23–24 from 11a.m.–4 p.m,. and receive 20% off your entire purchase! This event is in-person as well as online! For online purchases, use code Holiday20. Check out all the SCMA Shop has to offer! SCMAshop.smith.edu About the…
Smith College Museum of Art, Bag Day
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAStop by the Museum Shop at the Smith College Museum of Art on Northampton Bag Day weekend, November 23–24 from 11a.m.–4 p.m,. and receive 20% off your entire purchase! This event is in-person as well as online! For online purchases, use code Holiday20. Check out all the SCMA Shop has to offer! SCMAshop.smith.edu About the…
Smith College Museum of Art, National Go to an Art Museum Day
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAToday, come to the art museum and discover something new! Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now August 30, 2024 – July 13, 2025 "Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now" is the first survey for multidisciplinary artist Younes Rahmoun. Born in 1975 in Tetouan, Morocco, where he continues to live and work, Rahmoun is a leading figure in contemporary art…
Smith College Museum of Art, Sidewalk Sales
Smith College Museum of Art 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, MAJoin us for Northampton Sidewalk Sales 2024 and enjoy 40-60% off original prices. In-Store Only! Shop Hours are 11am–4pm. Check out all the SCMA Shop has to offer! SCMAshop.smith.edu About the SCMA Shop Located just beyond the visitors’ desk at the museum entrance, our shop features unique and creative objects that have been sourced from…
