The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the North and South entrances of the Bixler Art and Music Center. If you would like the Museum to provide a wheelchair for your use, contact us at 207-859-5610
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Join us for a conversation featuring Martha Tedeschi, Deptuy Director for Art and Research, Art Institute of Chicago, on the transformative role of art museums as centers for teaching, learning, and mentorship. Panelists include Tanya... more >
The artist James McNeill Whistler is known to have popularized “brunch,” or the combination of breakfast and lunch in one luxurious meal. To celebrate this culinary tradition and the two Whistler exhibitions on view, the... more >
Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Fellow Justin McCann will discuss how Whistler battled the elements to capture evocative atmospheric conditions in his paintings and pastels of London and Venice.
Pamela Fletcher, professor of art history at Bowdoin College, teaches courses on British art and exhibition culture and recently co-edited the book The Rise of the Modern Art Market in London, 1850-1939, with Anne Helmreich. She... more >