Bates College Museum of Art

The Bates College Museum of Art is an art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

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History

The Bates College Art Museum was founded in 1955 as the Treat Gallery in the newly constructed Pettigrew Building at Bates College. Norma Berger, the niece of Marsden Hartley, a notable Maine artist, donated a large collection at the founding of the museum. In 1986 the gallery moved to the new Olin Art Center gallery. In 2005 the museum reorganized into four galleries: the Bates Gallery, Collection Gallery, the Underground Synergy Seminar space, and the 150 Art Reader Stairwell. As of 2010 the director of the museum is Dan Mills.[1]

Collections and notable exhibitions

In addition to the original Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, the museum contains works by many other notable artists. The museum has focused on collecting works of Maine artists.[2]

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References

  1. ^ http://home.bates.edu/views/2010/09/20/bmca-director-mills/
  2. ^ Victor J. Danilov, University and College Museums, Galleries, and Related Facilities: A Descriptive Directory (Greenwood Press, 1996) ISBN 0-313-28613-2, 978-0-313-28613-1

See also