Thanks, @winnvanmeter, for posting the Atlantic article.
I wouldn’t call Williams’ art and art history prowess “lesser known” but the Clark and MassMoCA definitely belong on the list of destination museums on or near college campuses.
http://www.clarkart.edu/
https://massmoca.org/
Both have stellar permanent collections, worldclass exhibitions and starchitect designed buildings, Tadao Ando for the Clark and Simeon Bruner with input from Frank Gehry, Robert Venturi and David Childs for MassMoCA.
Williams College Museum of Art is also impressive in its own right. Quite a few curators and directors of college museums all over the country were influenced by these museums during their time at Williams.
I would also mention Skidmore’s Tang Museum and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.