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Early Jurassic Slab with Raindrops

  • Author By Donovan Pitts '27
  • Categories: Beneski Museum of Natural History, North America, Prehistory, Rain, Specimen, Weather and Science, Weather and Time
A large, gray slab of rock features a mottled, undulating surface and a jagged edge.

Edward Steichen’s The Flatiron

  • Author By Dulcie McGrath '28
  • Categories: 20th Century, Fog, Mead Art Museum, North America, Photograph, Rain, Weather and the Built Environment
A soft-focused, green toned photograph of the Flatiron building in Manhattan, NYC, at twilight. The view is foggy and blocked by a branch.

Emily Dickinson’s Wind Harp

  • Author By Vita Arce '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Emily Dickinson Museum, Musical Instrument, North America, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Movement, Wind
A rectangular stringed harp, the size of a computer keyboard. There is a floral design carved beneath the strings.

Frances Chickering’s Cloud Crystals

  • Author By Vivi Caruso '27
  • Categories: 19th Century, Book, Frost Library Archives, North America, Snow, Weather and Nature, Weather and Science
Book cover, brown with the title "Cloud Crystals A Snow Flake Album" in gold lettering

Frank Ward’s Photograph of Students in Snow

  • Author By Dominic Udoakang '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Frost Library Archives, North America, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Amherst, Weather and People
Three female and one male Amherst College students enjoy a sled ride in the fresh snow on a clear, brisk day atop Memorial Hill.

Gabriel Cooney’s Photograph of Students in Snow

  • Author By Maisie Stewart '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Frost Library Archives, North America, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Amherst, Weather and People
A man and woman laughing and playfully throwing snowballs at each other under a snow-covered tree in a snowy scene.

Gabriel Cooney’s Photograph of the Campus in Snow

  • Author By Tyson Luna '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Frost Library Archives, North America, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Amherst, Weather and the Built Environment
Fresh snow covers the buildings of the Amherst athletic center, as seen from Memorial Hill.

Geoffrey Hendricks’s Sky Boots

  • Author By Violet Glickman '25
  • Categories: 20th Century, Clouds, Mead Art Museum, North America, Sculpture, Weather and People
A sculpture of creased, worn, lace-up men’s work boots, covered entirely in a painted bright blue sky with white clouds.

George Cruikshank’s A Tailor in a High Wind

  • Author By Ava Zielinski '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Europe, Mead Art Museum, Print, Weather and Culture, Weather and People, Wind
A stylized depiction of a man holding an infant, facing into a strong wind, with their garments—including his wig—soaring into the air. The expressions on their faces show shock and horror.

George Rickey’s Two Lines Oblique Down

  • Author By Tim Souza '26
  • Categories: 20th Century, Mead Art Museum, North America, Sculpture, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Movement, Wind
A wide view of a tall, kinetic sculpture, a Y shaped thin metal post with two thin swinging antennas at the ends installed on a grassy courtyard.
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