Bowdoin College Museum of Art
 Walker Art Building | |
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| Established | 1894 |
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| Location | Brunswick, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43°54′30″N 69°57′49″W / 43.90828°N 69.96371°WCoordinates: 43°54′30″N 69°57′49″W / 43.90828°N 69.96371°W |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Director | Anne C. Goodyear, Frank H. Goodyear |
| Architect | McKim, Mead, and White |
| Owner | Bowdoin College |
| Website | www |
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is an art museum located in Brunswick, Maine. Included on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum is located in a building on the campus of Bowdoin College designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White.
History[]
The museum's collection originated from separate donations of art from James Bowdoin III in 1811 and 1826. Having been housed in a number of different locations during its history, the museum found a permanent home in the Walker Art Building in 1894. While the building had been renovated once in 1974, the $20.8 million renovation by architects Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston that finished in 2007 received a great deal of publicity for its creation of a new modern entrance to the museum while preserving the structural integrity of the original building.
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- Museums in Cumberland County, Maine
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- University museums in Maine
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- Bowdoin College
- Buildings and structures in Brunswick, Maine
- Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums
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