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1. Prospective Student Tour

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   1. Benham Gateway

      Benham Gateway is the home to Undergraduate Admissions, Graduate Admissions, Financial Aid, and the Controller's Office. Constructed in 1883, Benham Gateway was originally home to the Bryn Mawr Bookstore and is named for Isabel Benham '31. 
      
      Please see our Undergraduate Admissions website for information about interviews, campus visits, fly-in program, transfer students, college fairs, and the entire application process.
      
      

   2. New Dorm

      New Dorm opened in the Fall of 2015 and consists of single rooms for upperclass and first year students.  New Dorm houses one of two dining halls on campus.

   3. Enid Cook '31 Center

      Named after the first Black woman to graduate from the college, the ECC serves as an affinity space and dorm for students of the Black and Latinx diasporas.

   4. Erdman Hall

      Opened in 1965, Erdman was designed as a modern Scottish castle by renowned architect Louis Kahn. Composed of three connecting units (or "diamonds"), it houses the College's largest dining hall and several meeting spaces. The majority of Erdman bedroom spaces are singles. Upperclass students have the option of drawing into two-person suites, which consist of two bedrooms and a shared common area.

   5. Student Life and Wellness Building

      Opened in 2022, the Student Life and Wellness Building, known as "The Well," is home to three important community offices: the Health and Wellness Center, Career & Civic Engagement Center, and The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding. The building is home to both a halal and kosher kitchen, a prayer room with a foot-washing station, and a multicultural living room.

   6. Pembroke Arch

      One of the most recognizable images on Bryn Mawr's campus, the Pembroke Arch was the first college archway in America. 
      
      

   7. Guild Hall

      Eugenia Chase Guild Hall is a student-centered space that brings together several advising offices and student support services under one roof, including the Office of the Dean of the Undergraduate College, the Office of the Registrar, Access Services, and Global Engagement (study abroad and fellowships). Guild also houses informal work spaces and student lounges.

   8. Taylor Hall

      Constructed in 1879-1884, Taylor Hall is the original administrative/academic building of the College and is essentially intact including a 130 foot high bell tower which is still operational. Still serving both academics and administrative offices, it houses the Office of the President. Dr. Wendy Cadge begins her tenure as Bryn Mawr's 10th president on July 1, 2024. 

   9. Campus Center

      As the hub of non-academic life, the Marie Salant Neuberger Centennial Campus Center houses the Bookshop, the College Mailroom, student mailboxes, lounge areas, meeting rooms, Uncommon Grounds Café, and the offices for Conferences and Events, Residential Life, Student Engagement, and New Student Programs. Students, faculty, and staff use the campus center for informal meetings and discussion groups as well as campus-wide social events and activities.

   10. Park Science Center

       The Park Science Center is the core of the academic and research community for mathematics and the sciences at Bryn Mawr College. It houses faculty offices, science classrooms, laboratories, lecture halls, and the Collier Science Library. The facility is a collection of interconnected buildings that has been built over time. Since 2015, Bryn Mawr has taken on the two-part renovation project to ensure that students and faculty remain at the forefront in STEM fields. The renovation transforms the facility to better meet current and future needs of core academic programs, like the state-of-the-art Optics Lab in the Physics Wing. 

   11. Bern Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center

       The Bern Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center is home to the College's basketball, badminton, swimming and volleyball teams. Renovations made in 2010 through the Smart Women, Strong Women initiative created a 50,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility that is home to the College's Athletic and Physical Education Department. The Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center houses an eight-lane swimming pool; a wood floor for basketball, badminton and volleyball; and a fitness center that includes aerobic equipment, weight-training machines and a multi-purpose room. Augmenting the facility are two playing fields, a practice field, and seven tennis courts

   12. The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding

       The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding (formerly known as the Pensby Center for Community Development and Inclusion while located in the Pensby building)  recently moved to their new home in the Student Life and Wellness Center.  The new space means a much more central location on campus and brings a dramatic increase in common areas for student programming and support. The building is home to both a halal and kosher kitchen, a prayer room with a foot-washing station, and a multicultural living room.
       
       The Impact Center for Community, Equity, and Understanding implements programs and activities that address issues of diversity, power and privilege, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, country of origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and disability, with a goal of improving the campus climate and enhancing community life at Bryn Mawr College.  This is done with a lens that advances anti-racism, wellness, welcome, and belonging for all students, especially those who know the experience of marginalization first-hand. 
       
       The Impact Center staff develops and coordinates leadership development and training programs, organizes key campus cultural events, guides student affinity groups, coordinates College programs to mentor and support students from underrepresented groups, supervises the Community Diversity Assistants and provides informal advising to all students interested in issues of social justice and multiculturalism.

   13. Canaday Library

       Canaday Library houses the humanities and social sciences collections, Special Collections, the College Archives, computer labs, the Writing Center, the Lusty Cup Cafe, and many library staff offices.

       Bryn Mawr College has three libraries—Canaday, Carpenter, and Collier—offering diverse, technology-enabled learning spaces and programs, including computer labs with a breadth of discipline-specific software, individual and group study areas, and multimedia equipment lending. Artwork from the collections are displayed throughout the campus, with numerous faculty-, staff-, and student-curated exhibits on view every year.

   14. Old Library

       Old Library served as the College's library until 1970 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991. Today, it is used for public gatherings, lectures, and performances. The spacious Great Hall, which was the reading room in the old library, was inspired by buildings at Oxford University. The enclosed courtyard, called the Cloisters, is a gathering space and the former site of Lantern Night, a Bryn Mawr tradition.

   15. Cloisters

       The Cloisters is an open, outdoor courtyard in the center of Old Library. Historically, it was the location of Lantern Night, where first-year students are presented with lanterns in their class color. This traditions is meant to represent the light of knowledge being passed from one class to another. 

       The ARCH (Art Remediating College Histories) Project selected Nekisha Durrett to create a monument in the Cloisters titled "Don't Forget to Remember (Me)," which addresses the historical reckoning of the College's previously excluded stories. 

   16. Goodhart Hall

       Goodhart Hall was constructed in 1926-28 and underwent a major renovation in 2009. It is an important campus resource housing the McPherson Auditorium, Hepburn Teaching Theater, and Goodhart Music Room. Goodhart is used for ceremonial events, official academic year events, student productions, and visiting performers.
       
       The address for Goodhart Hall for GPS is 150 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.
       
       Goodhart Hall is at the curve where Merion and Yarrow meet and has a circular stone driveway at the front of the building.
       
       The entrance to McPherson Auditorium is at the front of the building, through the wooden doors. The accessible entrance is located on the right side of the building. Tickets must be picked up from the lobby.
       
       The entrance to the Hepburn Teaching Theater is located on the right side of Goodhart Hall, through the glass doors, and is fully accessible with a ramp.
       
       The entrance to the Music Room is located on the right side of Goodhart Hall, through the glass doors and down one flight of stairs. There is also an elevator.