University Museum of Contemporary Art

University Museum of Contemporary Art

Established	1975
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′18″N 72°31′33″W / 42.388235°N 72.525773°W / 42.388235; -72.525773
Director	Loretta Yarlow^[1]
Website	Official website

The University Museum of Contemporary Art (formerly known as the University Gallery) in a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.^[1] The UMCA has been housed in the university's Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962. The museum's collection of about 2,600 pieces from the second half of the 20th century includes 154 photographs taken by Andy Warhol.^[1] The UMCA is a member of the Five College Museums10.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center: UMCA page, 'About'. Last Updated: 2011. Accessed: May 14, 2011.

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Academics

Research

Campus

Facilities	Fine Arts Center John W. Lederle Graduate Research Center Morrill Science Center Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center (Blue Wall Cafe) Orchard Hill Observatory University Museum of Contemporary Art W. E. B. Du Bois Library

Landmarks	Campus Pond Old Chapel Chestnut Ridge Historical Area East Ridge Historical Area Ellis Drive Historical Area

Athletics

Programs	Men's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Men's lacrosse

Facilities	Curry Hicks Cage Earl Lorden Field William D. Mullins Memorial Center UMass Softball Complex Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Rudd Field

History and traditions	UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen Sam the Minuteman UMass Fight Song University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band

Student life

People

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Miscellaneous

1980 campus water shortage
Academic dress

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