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Williams College

Williams College is one of the country's finest small liberal arts schools, and is consistently ranked among the nation's best small colleges. Founded in 1793, it is the second oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college enrolls 2,000 students, mostly undergraduates with a small number of graduate students studying Art History and Development Economics. Williams sponsors a variety of lectures, concerts, and performances, many of which are open to the public. www.williams.edu

Williams College Museum of Art

One of the finest college art museums in the country, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) houses 12,000 works that span the history of art. Within the broad range of time periods and cultures represented, the collection emphasizes modern and contemporary art, American art from the late 18th century to present, and the art of world cultures. Admission to the museum is always free, as are a host of educational programs that are available to the public. www.wcma.org

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is a world-renowned art museum and a center for research and higher education, dedicated to advancing and extending the public understanding of art. Sterling and Francine Clark were private art collectors who developed a remarkable collection of paintings, sculpture and other works including pieces by Degas, Renoir, Monet, Sargent and others over the first decades of the 20th century. In 1950 the Clarks founded the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute as a permanent home for their collection, and the museum first opened to the public in 1955. Today the Clark houses not only the original collection, but an expanded body of works, an art conservation center and training program and much more. www.clarkart.edu

Taconic Golf Club
	The Taconic Golf Club is consistently rated among the best college golf courses in the nation. Owned by Williams College, this semi-private course was designed by Wayne Stiles and John van Kleek and built in 1895. The Taconic is located just steps from Cable Mills. For more information, call (413) 458-3997. http://www.taconicgolf.com/

Images Cinema
	Williamstown's only movie theatre, Images Cinema is a non-profit film house screening quality independent and foreign films. Images is located on Spring Street, among a variety of shops, restaurants and art galleries, and is a short walk from Cable Mills. www.imagescinema.org

Williamstown Theatre Festival

The Williamstown Theatre Festival is a top-notch summer stock theatre company presenting hundreds of performances each summer. Many WTF productions have gone on to run on Broadway, off-Broadway and in the country's best regional theaters. Founded in 1954, WTF has grown to offer not only great theatre, but also theatrical training and outreach programs. WTF makes its home in Williams College's stunning new '62 Center for the Performing arts, which opened in 2005. www.wtfestival.org

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)

Located in nearby North Adams, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is one of the most unusual and physically largest art museums in the country. MASS MoCA occupies a sprawling 26-building, 13-acre campus that was formerly the manufacturing plant of the Sprague Electric Company. MASS MoCA's mission is to foster and present exciting new work of the highest quality in all media - and in all phases of its production - and to position the arts as a vibrant catalyst for community revitalization. Making use of the unparalleled scale and versatility of the complex's industrial spaces, MASS MoCA strives to create a dialogue between the facility's past and the new life it has as the country's largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts. www.massmoca.org

The Beautiful Berkshires

By no means last among Williamstown's attractions, the beautiful scenery of the Berkshire mountains is a prime reason that Williamstown is known as the Village Beautiful. Surrounded by the rolling Berkshire hills, and neighbored by Vermont's Green mountains to the north and New York State's Taconic Crest to the west, Williamstown is a natural gem. Opportunities for hiking, biking, canoeing and fishing can be found in almost any direction. For more information visit: