ART MUSEUMS > MAINE

Bowdoin College Museum of Art
9400 College Station, Brunswick, ME (map)
207.725.3275
artmuseum@bowdoin.edu
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/artmuseum

"Ars Antiqua" is on view in Hubbard Hall while the Museum of Art remains closed for renovation. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 2 to 5 pm. Free.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art
162 Russell Ave, Rockport ME (map)
207.236.2875
info@artsmaine.org
http://www.artsmaine.org

Featuring work by Maine artists. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Admission is $5, free for children and Rockport residents.

THROUGH JULY 21 "Alan Magee: From the Underground River," "Altered Nature: Manipulated Photographs"
THROUGH JULY 28 "Joe Kievitt: Photosynthetics," "Mercedes Gilbert: Unstill Waters"

Colby College Museum of Art
5600 Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville ME (map)
207.859.5600
museum@colby.edu
http://www.colby.edu/museum

Permanent collection includes 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century American art. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 4:30 pm, and on Sun from noon to 4:30 pm.

THROUGH JUNE 17 "Bernard Langlais: Abstractions and Reliefs"
THROUGH JULY 1 "Attraction: Abstraction!" "Personae: Two Decades of Feminist Video"
THROUGH JULY 2 "Comtemporary Works from the Permanent Collection"
THROUGH SEPT 9 "Whistler and Printmaking"

Farnsworth Art Museum & Wyeth Center
16 Museum St, Rockland ME (map)
207.596.6457
farnsworth@midcoast.com
http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org

Permanent collection includes American art with a focus on art related to Maine. Museum also features the Wyeth Center, the Farnsworth Homestead, and (in Cushing, Maine) the Olson House, where Andrew Wyeth painted some of his best-known works. Main museum and Wyeth Center open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Farnsworth Homestead open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Olson House open daily from 11 am to 4 pm. Museum and Homestead admission is $10, $8 for seniors and students, free for children under 17 and Rockland residents. Olson House separate admission $4, free when combined with main museum admission.

ONGOING "Alex Katz: Early Works," "Maine in America: Works from the Permanent Collection"
THROUGH JUNE 17 "Elizabeth B. Noyce Bequest, Tenth Anniversary"
THROUGH AUG 26 "Factory Work: Warhol, Wyeth, Basquiat"
THROUGH SEPT 23 "The American-made Alphabet: Aerial Photographs by Margot Balboni"
THROUGH OCT 7 "The Constructed Landscape"
JULY 1 THROUGH OCT 14 "Bo Bartlett: Still Point"
TRHOUGH OCT 21 "Andrew Wyeth: Maine Drawings from the Artist's Collection"
THROUGH OCT 28 "Andrew Wyeth at 90"

Institute of Contemporary Art
Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland ME (map)
207.879.5742
info@meca.edu
http://www.meca.edu

The ICA showcases new perspectives and trends in contemporary art in a range of media. Open Wed through Sun from 11 am to 5 pm, on Thurs until 7 pm, and on the first Fri of every month until 8 pm.

JUNE 15 THROUGH AUG 12 "Corridoor at Sea: The Performative Object"
AUG 29 THROUGH OCT 6 "Anthromorph"

Maine Historical Society
489 Congress St., Portland ME (map)
207.774.1822
info@mainehistory.org
http://www.mainehistory.org

The Maine Historical Society honors, preserves, and teaches Maine history through exhibitions, tours, lectures, research, trips, and events. See Web site for hours.

Museum of African Tribal Art
122 Spring St, Portland ME (map)
207.871.7188
africart@museumafricanculture.org
http://www.museumafricanculture.org

This museum is devoted exclusively to Sub-Saharan African Tribal Art. The museum's collection includes over 1500 pieces ranging from carved wooden masks to copper allow figures. Open Tues. through Fri. from 10:30 am to 4 pm, and on Sat. from 12:30 pm to 4 pm. A $5 donation is requested for admission.

Ogunquit Museum of American Art
543 Shore Rd., Ogunquit ME (map)
207.646.4909
ogunquitmuseum@aol.com
http://www.ogunquitmuseum.org

A small museum dedicated solely to 20th-century American art located in picturesque "Narrow Cove," with over 1300 pieces in its collection. Open July 1 through Oct 15, Mon through Sat from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun. from 2 p.m. to 5 pm. Closed Labor Day and four days in Aug. $5, seniors $4, students $3, museum members and children under 12 are free.

Portland Museum of Art
7 Congress Sq, Portland ME (map)
207.775.6148
info@portlandmuseum.org
http://www.portlandmuseum.org

The museum features an extensive collection of decorative and fine arts dating from the 18th century to the present. Permanent exhibits include the Joan Whitney Payson Collection, with works by Renoir, Degas, Monet, Picasso, and other masters. Guided tours daily at 2 pm. Open Sat through Thurs from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Fri until 9 pm. Admission $10, $8 for students and seniors, $4 for children 6 to 17. Free on Fri after 5 pm.

ONGOING "Selected N. C. Wyeth Masterworks"
THROUGH JUNE 10 "Portland Museum of Art Biennial"
THROUGH AUG 26 "Getting Personal: Maine Architects Design Furniture"
JUNE 28 THROUGH OCT 8 "Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful"
THROUGH SEPT 9 "Vividly True to Nature: Harrison Bird Brown, 1831-1915"

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum
707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME (map)
207.926.4597
usshakers@aol.com
http://www.shaker.lib.me.us

Located at the world's only active and functioning Shaker community, the museum has 27 exhibit rooms cataloguing more than 200 years of Shaker history in Maine communities. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 4:30 pm. Guided tours of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village premises last 75 minutes. Check the Web site for tour times. Museum and store admission free. Tours $6.50, $2 for children six to 12.

Tate House Museum
1270 Westbrook St., Portland ME (map)
207.774.6177
info@tatehouse.org
http://www.tatehouse.org

The only pre-Revolutionary home in Greater Portland open to the public. Colonial garden tours on Wed. and architectural tours on Tues. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm on Tues. through Sat., and 1 to 4 pm on Sun. Admission is $7, seniors $5, children $2.

University of Maine Museum of Art
Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St, Bangor ME (map)
207.561.3350
http://umma.umaine.edu

Maine's only citizen-owned permanent fine-arts collection. The 5700-piece collection includes works by Winslow Homer, Roy Lichtenstein, Braque, and Picasso. Open Mon through Sat from 9 am to 5 pm. Admission $3.

THROUGH JUNE 30 "Linda Butler Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath the Lake," "Barbara Sullivan Repair: The Workshop"
JULY 13 THROUGH OCT 6 "Millions Taken Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere"