Meeting Facilities at Hampshire

Hampshire College offers a variety of meeting facilities on campus including seminar rooms and classrooms suitable for up to 35 people; lecture halls accommodating up to 200; dance studios; music rooms; theatre space; and a recital hall. Throughout campus there are twenty-five breakout rooms available. We also have several unique, non-traditional spaces to offer for meetings, gatherings, and brainstorming sessions, such as an outdoor pavilion, two living rooms, a tavern, and our rustic Red Barn.

Classroom/Seminar Rooms

Adele Simmons Hall, Cole Science Center, Emily Dickinson Hall, and Franklin Patterson Hall

Conference and Lounge Spaces

Faculty and Staff Lounge, Airport Lounge, and Merrill and Dakin living rooms

Large Conference, Gallery, Lecture, and Studio Spaces

Adele Simmons Hall Auditorium; Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video Gallery; Franklin Patterson East, West, and Main Lecture Halls; Library Gallery; Arts Barn; South Lounge; and Music and Dance Building large and small studios

Computer Labs

Harold F. Johnson Library, 1st Floor and 3rd Floor, Adele Simmons Hall

Event Spaces

Prescott Tavern, Dining Commons Back Room, and Red Barn Banquet Room. The Robert Crown Center Playing Floor may be used for events accommodating groups as large as 550 people.

To view a chart of our meeting spaces, including room capacities, dimensions, and available equipment in each, please click here (pdf).

Recreational Facilities

Hampshire College has indoor and outdoor recreational facilities available for organizations and groups, and may be reserved for exclusive use by special arrangement. Our Robert Crown Center offers a 25-yard glass-enclosed pool, 8,000 square foot playing floor, fitness area, and locker rooms during regularly scheduled hours. Our outdoor facilities include

  • Nature and hiking trails
  • 10 outdoor tennis courts
  • Indoor and outdoor basketball courts
  • 4 multipurpose recreational fields

Additionally, Hampshire College houses two sprung-floor dance studios, one of which converts into a fully equipped performance space, and two black-box theaters with significant lighting and sound capabilities, costume and scene shops, and dressing rooms.