Directions & Parking

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Neilson Library Young Science Library Hillyer Art Library Josten Performing Arts Library
Mortimer Rare Book Room Sophia Smith Collection College Archives Five College Depostory

Neilson Library front entrance

Neilson Library

The Neilson Library is located off of Green Street in the center of the Smith College campus. See campus map.

Young Science Library

The entrance to Young Science Library is located within Bass Hall in the center of the Smith College campus, behind Neilson Library. See campus map.

Hillyer Art Library

The Hillyer Art Library is housed in the Brown Fine Arts Center on Elm Street at Bedford Terrace. See campus map.

Josten Performing Arts Library

The Josten Library is located in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts off of Green Street. See campus map.

printing press outside the MRBR, Neilson Level 3 north

The Mortimer Rare Book Room is located on the 3rd floor North of Neilson Library. Follow the directions to Neilson Library, then take the stairs or elevator located in the central core area of Neilson up to the 3rd floor and head right (north). See campus map.

Sophia Smith Collection

The Sophia Smith Collection is located in the Alumnae Gymnasium which is adjacent and connected to Neilson Library. There is limited direct access to the Alumnae Gym, and full wheelchair accessibility through Neilson. Enter Neilson's main entrance, take the stairs or elevator down one flight to A level, turn left and follow signs to the south end of the building, and take the glass walkway across to the Alumnae Gym. See campus map.

College Archives

The College Archives shares space with the Sophia Smith Collection and is located in the Alumnae Gymasium, which is adjacent and connected to Neilson Library. There is limited direct access to the Alumnae Gym, and full wheelchair accessibility through Neilson. Enter Neilson's main entrance, take the stairs or elevator down one flight to A level, turn left and follow signs to the south end of the building, and take the glass walkway across to the Alumnae Gym. See campus map.

Five College Depository

The Five College Library Depository (FCLD) is a high density storage facility for the lesser-used materials from the libraries of Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. See map & directions.

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Details

Visitors: Getting to Smith

Interactive Campus Map

Area Map (showing highways)

Parking Information

Parking in campus lots and the Smith College Parking Garage is restricted on weekdays until 5:00 pm. Blue-lined visitor spaces are marked on all levels of the College parking garage.

Visitors may park on the streets surrounding the campus during business hours. Metered and unmetered parking is available on Elm Street, Green Street, Round Hill Road, Henshaw Avenue, Prospect Street, and other city streets close to Smith and Clarke School campuses.

After 5:00 pm, and until 1:00 am, visitors may park in any white or blue-lined space on campus or in the Smith College Parking Garage, located at 42 West Street.

There are also several public parking lots and a covered parking garage in downtown Northampton within 10 to 15 minute walk of the Smith College campus.

Parking in these facilities is inexpensive and plentiful. The garage and largest lots are located between Pleasant and Old South Streets. See Northampton parking information & map.

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