{"id":21075,"date":"2019-09-08T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=21075"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:28:12","slug":"6-great-art-museums-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/21075\/6-great-art-museums-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Great Art Museums To Visit In Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There&#8217;s lots of great art in Maine!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here are six great museums presented geographically from north to south.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_Colby.jpg\" alt=\"01_Colby\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_Colby.jpg\" alt=\"02_Colby\" width=\"425\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Waterville<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/museum\/\">Colby Museum of Art\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A collecting and teaching museum focussing on American art. It houses and displays the largest collection of John Marin and Alex Katz&#8217; paintings as well as Richard Serra&#8217;s works on paper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_Farnsworth.jpg\" alt=\"01_Farnsworth\" width=\"425\" height=\"273\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_Farnsworth.jpg\" alt=\"02_Farnsworth\" width=\"425\" height=\"311\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/03_Farnsworth.jpg\" alt=\"03_Farnsworth\" width=\"425\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Rockland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.farnsworthmuseum.org\/\">Farnsworth Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There&#8217;s always something new and old on view at the Farnsworth. The museum has one of the nation\u2019s largest collections of works by sculptor Louise Nevelson. Its Wyeth Center features works of Andrew, N.C. and Jamie Wyeth, which is extended by the Olson House (Christina&#8217;s World) in nearby Cushing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_CMCA.jpg\" alt=\"01_CMCA\" width=\"425\" height=\"182\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_CMCA.jpg\" alt=\"02_CMCA\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Rockland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cmcanow.org\/\">Center For Maine Contemporary Art<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A contemporary arts institution, presenting a year-round program of changing exhibitions featuring the work of emerging and established artists with ties to Maine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_Bowdoin.jpg\" alt=\"01_Bowdoin\" width=\"425\" height=\"162\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_Bowdoin.jpg\" alt=\"02_Bowdoin\" width=\"425\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Brunswick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/art-museum\/\">Bowdoin College Museum of Art<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Assyrian reliefs in Maine? And much more! The Bowdoin art collection includes Antiquities, European,and American collections including memorabilia from Winslow Homer&#8217;s nearby studio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_PMA.jpg\" alt=\"01_PMA\" width=\"425\" height=\"317\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_PMA.jpg\" alt=\"02_PMA\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/03_PMA.jpg\" alt=\"03_PMA\" width=\"425\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Portland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmuseum.org\/\">Portland Museum of Art<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Significant holdings of American, European, and contemporary art, as well as iconic works from Maine, the museum brings it all to life with unparalleled programming, from special events, family activities, and community conversations to PMA Films, curator talks, and tours of the Winslow Homer Studio\u2014it\u2019s all happening at the PMA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/01_Ogunquit.jpg\" alt=\"01_Ogunquit\" width=\"425\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21092 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/02_Ogunquit.jpg\" alt=\"28ogunquit - The view from the lobby sculpture gallery at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art has captivated artists--and visitors-- for many years. (Dan Gair\/Ogunquit Museum of American Art)\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ogunquit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ogunquitmuseum.org\/\">Ogunquit Museum of American Art<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Celebrating its origins in Ogunquit&#8217;s art colonies it acquires, preserves, exhibits, and interprets American art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Looking for more fun things to do?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maine-lighthouse-museum-mma01.jpg\" alt=\"maine-lighthouse-museum-mma01\" width=\"425\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Rockland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mainelighthousemuseum.org\">Maine Lighthouse Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the largest lighthouse museums in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-owl-s-head-museum-is-a-hidden-gem-1476934434457-1000x674.jpg\" alt=\"the-owl-s-head-museum-is-a-hidden-gem-1476934434457-1000x674\" width=\"425\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Thomaston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohtm.org\/\">Owl&#8217;s Head Transportation Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Its mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft, ground vehicles, engines and related technologies significant to the evolution of transportation for the purpose of education. Special\u00a0events offer car rallies and air shows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mmm-1.jpg\" alt=\"mmm-1\" width=\"425\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Bath<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mainemaritimemuseum.org\/\">Maine Maritime Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It sits on a 20-acre campus on the banks of the Kennebec River in \u201cThe City of Ships&#8221;.\u00a0Daily cruises visit some of Maine\u2019s most iconic lighthouses from the water and get an up-close look at Navy vessels under construction at Bath Iron Works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s lots of great art in Maine! 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