Clark Art Institute
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Art

Clark Art Institute

Williamstown, Massachusetts

About

The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts is one of the premier art museums in New England and the world, known for the exceptional quality of its collection and its serene Berkshire Hills setting. Founded in 1955 by industrialist Robert Sterling Clark, its collection of some 13,000 objects is particularly celebrated for its French Impressionist paintings, Old Masters, and American landscapes. The museum's campus, designed in part by Tadao Ando, features reflecting pools and meadows that merge art with the natural landscape.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

French Impressionism

Renoir, Monet, Degas, and Pissarro in exceptional depth

Old Masters

Important European paintings from the 15th through 18th centuries

Tadao Ando Campus

Reflecting pools and meadows connecting art to the landscape