The Smith College Museum of Art cultivates inquiry and reflection by connecting people to art, ideas and each other.

Smith College began collecting original works of art in1879, four years after it enrolled its first class. The first iteration of the museum opened in 1919, and today SCMA’s permanent collection includes more than 25,000 artworks created from antiquity to the present day by artists from around the world. Considered one of the finest at an academic museum in the U.S., the collection is comprised of paintings, sculpture, works on paper (prints, drawings and photographs), as well as videos and new media. Galleries are updated, and art works are rotated, on a regular basis to feature longtime favorites as well as new acquisitions. The museum also hosts a robust schedule of changing exhibitions and related programs.