The Williams College Museum of Art has its origin in the collection that Eliza Peters Field donated in 1897 to the University of Williamstown (Massachusetts). At first the pieces were placed in the library; however, when the library was moved in 1920, the professor of Art History, Karl Weston, decided to transform the building and found the museum in 1926. Among the works from Castilla y León housed in the institution is an alizar from the palace of Curiel de Duero(Valladolid).
