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Category: Weather and Amherst

The essays in this section explore experiences of weather local to Amherst, Massachusetts. From imagined representations of the tropical climate of the Connecticut River Valley in the Jurassic period to twentieth-century photographs of Amherst College in the snow, these objects tell stories of both specific weather events and changes to the region’s climate over time.

Will Sillin’s Connecticut River Valley Diorama

  • Author By Sofia Zavatone-Zeth '25
  • Categories: 21st Century, Beneski Museum of Natural History, Climate, North America, Painting, Sun, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Science, Weather and Time
Diorama of a group of long necked bipedal dinosaurs at the shore of a lake, set in a corner of a museum gallery and artificially lit.

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.

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.

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.

Will Sillin’s Painting of the Connecticut River Valley

  • Author By Nico Berger '27
  • Categories: 21st Century, Beneski Museum of Natural History, Climate, North America, Painting, Sun, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Science, Weather and Time
A wide view of a rocky prehistoric lakeside with sparse vegetation and tiny grazing dinosaurs under a cloudy sky

Orra White Hitchcock’s Drawing of Vallies

  • Author By Jackson Carter '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Climate, Drawing, Frost Library Archives, North America, Rain, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Science, Weather and Time
Colored stripes undulate across a diagram and form peaks & valleys labeled subsidence, elevation, erosion, & gorge.

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.

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