Smith College Museum of Art, University art museum in Northampton, United States.

The Smith College Museum of Art is a university art museum in Northampton, Massachusetts, housed within the Brown Fine Arts Center on the Smith College campus. It holds a large collection spanning many periods and regions, displayed across four floors of gallery space, with a dedicated study room for prints, drawings, and photographs called the Cunningham Center.

The museum was founded in 1870 as part of Smith College, making it one of the older university art museums in the United States. It moved into the Brown Fine Arts Center in 2003, which gave it new and larger spaces.

The museum is part of Smith College, a historically women's college, and that connection shapes what hangs on its walls. Works by women artists and artists of color appear throughout the galleries in a way that feels deliberate and consistent.

Admission is free for all visitors, so no advance planning is needed on that front. The four floors are easy to navigate on foot, and the Cunningham Center is worth visiting separately if you have a particular interest in works on paper or photography.

The Cunningham Center is one of the few places in a US university museum where visitors can handle original works on paper directly, by appointment. This hands-on access is rare in a public institution and draws researchers and students from well beyond the college itself.

• Location: Northampton
• Inception: 1870
• Phone: [phone]
• Website: http://smith.edu/artmuseum
• GPS coordinates: 42.31890,-72.63610
• Latest update: March 3, 2026 08:11