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SPRING POINT I7
LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE
Fort Rd on Southern Maine Community
College Campus, South Portland, ME 04106
207-699-2676
Step into history! A caisson-style lighthouse open
every Saturday and Sunday in July and August.
See how the keepers lived. Observe incredible
views of Portland Harbor and the Islands.
TATE HOUSE MUSEUM B5
1267 Westbrook St, Portland, ME 04102
207-774-6177
Built in 1755, mast agent Captain George Tate’s
Georgian Home features period furnishings
and herb gardens. Check web or call for special
events and family activities. Gift shop open
year round. Hourly tours June-Oct.
VICTORIA MANSION E5
109 Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101
207-772-4841
One of the country’s most important historic
homes of the mid-Victorian period. Built 1858-
1860, the Mansion’s intact interiors still boast
over 90% of their original furnishings.
Decorated for the holidays.
Historic Sites & Museums
BEYOND GREATER PORTLAND
BOOTHBAY RAILWAY VILLAGE I4
586 Wiscasset Rd, Boothbay, ME 04537
207-633-4727
Nowhere else in New England can you
experience a steam train ride, an outstanding
collection of over 50 antique automobiles, all
in an historic village setting with an exciting
events schedule. Open June-Oct.
BRICK STORE MUSEUM J3
117 Main St, Kennebunk, ME 04043
207-985-4802
Discover fascinating history and art in
Kennebunk’s historic district with a collection
of 70,000+ items. Exhibitions and programs for
all ages are offered year-round. Open Tue-Fri.
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM
AND WYETH CENTER H5
16 Museum St, Rockland, ME 04841
207-596-6457
Collection of 10,000+ works tracing the
development of art in Maine within the larger
context of American art. Campus includes 9
museum galleries, 3 Wyeth Center galleries,
adjacent Victorian Homestead.
MAINE ART MUSEUM TRAIL
From Ogunquit to Bangor, the seven art
museums on The Maine Art Museum Trail
offer 53,000 works of art, from ancient to
contemporary. See Maine art from Andrew
Wyeth to Alex Katz.
Artful COLLECTION
Highlights from Maine’s most-renowned museums will be on
view together for the first time from May 21 through September
20, 2015 at the Portland Museum of Art.
Art and culture has defined the identity
of Maine ever since artists began visit-
ing Monhegan Island and trekking up
Mount Katahdin. This magnificent
environment and the art it inspired has
captured the public imagination for
centuries, and to this day a growing
number of visitors from around the
world continue to affirm that Maine’s
galleries, studios, and art museums are
unlike any in the world.
The Maine Art Museum Trail is
comprised of seven leading museums
offering a dazzling array of collections,
from ancient to contemporary.
Directors’ Cut: Selections from the
Maine Art MuseumTrail lets us see
these museums through the eyes of
their directors, who have specially
curated selections of Maine master-
pieces from their respective museums’
collections. The artists and artworks
presented in this exhibition embody
quintessentially Maine ideals of fierce
independence, innovation, and self-
sufficiency, as well as a strength of
character that is built from admiration
and respect for the rugged and un-
spoiled qualities of this land.
This is the Maine that inspired
Berenice Abbott, Marsden Hartley,
Winslow Homer, John Marin, Louise
Nevelson, N.C. Wyeth, and Marguerite
Zorach. This is the Maine that
continues to inspire contemporary
artists Ahmed Alsoudani, Lois Dodd,
David Driskell, Lauren Fensterstock,
Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Richard
Tuttle, and Jamie Wyeth.
Directors’ Cut: Selections from the
Maine Art MuseumTrail shares the
rich cultural legacy of our state while
providing a platform to highlight the
visionary artists of our future. The
world holds an enduring fascination
with Maine, and the art displayed at
this exhibit helps demonstrate why.
If your visit doesn’t coincide with this
special exhibition, you can make your
own pilgrimage along the Maine Art
Museum Trail Museum, exploring
Maine’s spectacular coastline,
countryside, and urban landscapes.
The journey will take you from Port-
land’s panoramic waterfront, to historic
downtown Bangor, to Rockland and
Ogunquit with their lively shops and
galleries, to the campuses of Bowdoin,
Bates, andColbyColleges. Eachmuseum
community offers unique opportunities
to discover shops, cafés, galleries, his-
toric architecture, theatre, music, and
other cultural attractions that make
each destination a special pleasure.
Photo: Chenoweth Hall (United States, 1908–1999), Beach at Corea, Maine, 1936, watercolor on paper,
13 x 20 inches. Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of Miriam Colwell, 1996.30.2
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