Bowdoin College Museum of Art
This domed building on Bowdoin’s main quad is one of the best small museums in New England—and it’s free. The grand rotunda entrance announces the building’s presence: It was designed by the prominent architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. Collections are small but superb. The holdings include a number of American artists—some with close ties to Maine such as the Wyeths, Winslow Homer, and other landscape painters—but there’s also a significant collection of work from classic European painters, and plenty of modern art. The older, upstairs galleries have soft, diffused lighting from skylights high above; the basement galleries, which feature rotating exhibits, are modern and spacious thanks to a thorough redesign in 2008 by an Argentine architect, which brought in light, color, and style.
This domed building on Bowdoin’s main quad is one of the best small museums in New England—and it’s free. The grand rotunda entrance announces the building’s presence: It was designed by the prominent architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. Collections are small but superb. The holdings include a number of American artists—some with close ties to Maine such as the Wyeths, Winslow Homer, and other landscape painters—but there’s also a significant collection of work from classic European painters, and plenty of modern art. The older, upstairs galleries have soft, diffused lighting from skylights high above; the basement galleries, which feature rotating exhibits, are modern and spacious thanks to a thorough redesign in 2008 by an Argentine architect, which brought in light, color, and style.
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