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The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is the college’s cornerstone of culture and the arts. It is one of the country’s earliest collegiate collections of art, established at the request of James Bowdoin III in 1811 with a collection of 140 master drawings and 70 European paintings. The art collection has grown throughout the years and now totals over 20,000 works of art, including decorative arts, works on paper, sculpture, and paintings. There are also artifacts dating back to prehistory up through modern day from many civilizations throughout the world. The collection of antiquities consists of more than 1,8000 objects.

245 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011, Phone: 207-725-3275

Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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