Museum of Art

Announcement

Closure Notice

The Museum will be closed the morning of Saturday, May 23, 2026 for Commencement Exercises
for the Class of 2026. The galleries will reopen at noon that day.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art looks forward to welcoming you to experience great art in a lively environment. Come see what’s new!

Publication Preview: "Josefina Auslender: Drawing Myself Free"
Published in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition Josefina Auslender: Drawing Myself Free, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) from December 11, 2025–May 31, 2026, this eponymous book offers the first comprehensive survey of work by the Argentine-born artist Josefina Auslender.
In Their Words: Spindleworks Artists on Celebrating Independence!
This May, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will open Celebrating Independence! Fifty Years of Spindleworks, 1976–2026, an exhibition honoring Spindleworks Art Center’s five decades of creative community. We sat down with Spindleworks artists and their artist mentors to hear about what Spindleworks and creative independence means to them.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art news
Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank Goodyear, co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art since 2013, will step down on June 30, 2026. Over their thirteen-year tenure, the Goodyears strengthened the Museum's role as both an academic resource and a public-facing institution in midcoast Maine.