Campus and Accommodations
At NMH Perennial College, you’ll take classes in our state-of-the-art facilities, dine in the historic Alumni Hall, and enjoy strolls the paths and trails of our beautiful 746-acre campus Connecticut River in western Massachusetts.
You’ll have access to campus facilities including the Calagione Fitness Center, an outdoor track, Schauffler Library, and Memorial Chapel. You’ll stay in one of our newest campus dormitories, with shared restrooms by floor, elevators, and air conditioning in common areas.
Northfield Mount Hermon is a college-preparatory school for day and boarding students in grades 9 to 12, plus a postgraduate year, from across the U.S. and around the globe. NMH was founded in 1879 with the mission of educating the head, heart, and hands of students, engaging their intellect, compassion, and talents and empowering them to act with humanity and purpose.
Please note that medical facilities are not available on campus. Pharmacies, urgent care options, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center are located in nearby Greenfield, Massachusetts.
The Mount, home of Edith Wharton, Lenox, Massachusetts
The Arts
Massachusetts
Amherst: Amherst Cinema, The Drake
Beckett: Jacob’s Pillow
Gill: Antenna Cloud Farm
Greenfield: Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, Greenfield Garden Cinemas, The Green River Festival (June 19 to 21, 2026)
Lenox: Tanglewood
Northampton: The Academy of Music, The Iron Horse Music Hall, The Parlor Room, BOMBYX Center for Arts and Equity
Turners Falls: The Shea Theater Arts Center
Springfield: Symphony Hall, Springfield
Vermont
Brattleboro: The Latchis Theatre, The Stone Church, The Vermont Jazz Center
Putney: Yellow Barn
Weston: Weston Theater Company
New Hampshire:
Keene: The Colonial Theatre
Western Massachusetts Museums
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
The Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown
MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
Berkshire Art Museum, North Adams
The Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton
The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
The Mead Art Museum, Amherst
The Hadley Farm Museum, Hadley
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum and Sculpture Garden, Springfield Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield
The Springfield Museums, Springfield
Historic Deerfield, Deerfield
New England Air Museum, East Granby, Connecticut
Off-Campus Accommodations
Find accommodations near NMH, as well as dining options.
Western Massachusetts Information
The NY Times “36 Hours in the Berkshires”
The Berkshires: Performing Arts and Entertainment
Authors’ Homes and Historic Sites
The Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
Arrowhead, home of Herman Melville, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
The Mount, home of Edith Wharton, Lenox, Massachusetts
Steepletop, home of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Austerlitz, New York
The William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington, Massachusetts
The W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Nearby Towns and Villages
Massachusetts: Shelburne Falls, Northampton, Amherst, Deerfield, Williamstown, Great Barrington
Vermont: Brattleboro, Putney, Walpole
New Hampshire: Keene, Hanover
Nearby Colleges
Massachusetts: The University of Massachusetts Amherst; Amherst College; Smith College; Mount Holyoke College; Hampshire College; Williams College; Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Thomas Aquinas College New England campus
New Hampshire: Keene State College; Dartmouth College
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
