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Bowdoin College Museum of Art Review

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Address: Bath Rd. at Upper Maine St., Brunswick, ME
Phone: 207/725-3275

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Brunswick and the Harpswells

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Fodor's Review:

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is set in a splendid Renaissance Revival-style building designed by Charles F. McKim in 1894. The building closed for expansion and a total upgrade, and reopened in October 2007. The museum displays interesting collections that encompass Assyrian and classical art and works by Dutch, Italian, French, and Flemish old masters; a superb gathering of Colonial and Federal paintings, notably Gilbert Stuart portraits of Madison and Jefferson; and a Winslow Homer gallery of engravings, etchings, and memorabilia (open in summer only). The museum's collection also includes 19th- and 20th-century American painting and sculpture, with works by Mary Cassatt, Andrew Wyeth, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Cost: Free
Open: Tues., Wed., and Sat. 10-5; Thurs. 10-8; Sun. 1-5

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