Bates College Museum of Art
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Bates College's Museum of Art
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| Established | 1955 |
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| Location | Lewiston, Maine |
| Director | Dan Mills |
| Website | [1] |
The Bates College Museum of Art is an art museum at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. It holds various mediums of arts that showcase Maine and the greater American area.
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] In the 1930s, the college secured a private holding from the Museum of Modern Art of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night.[3]
See also
References
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- ↑ 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
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External links
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