Colby College Museum of Art
The museum is especially strong in American modernism, works on paper, and art connected to Maine, while campus installations and changing projects keep the visit from feeling sealed inside galleries.
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A major teaching collection pairs American art with ambitious contemporary commissions. The museum is especially strong in American modernism, works on paper, and art connected to Maine, while campus installations and changing projects keep the visit from feeling sealed inside galleries.
Start with the Lunder Collection, then follow one material—paper, paint, sculpture, or photography—into a room from another period. Admission is free, but college breaks, installation periods, and campus events can change public access. At Colby College Museum of Art, the most rewarding visit connects objects, spaces, and interpretation instead of treating the institution as a checklist.
- Opened
- 1959
- Admission
- Free
- Institution
- Colby College
Quick guide
- Start with
- Start with the Lunder Collection, then follow one material—paper, paint, sculpture, or photography—into a room from another period.
- Look closely at
- Compare Alex Katz works with campus sculpture; the relationship reveals something the headline feature alone cannot.
Know before you go
- Start with
- Start with the Lunder Collection, then follow one material—paper, paint, sculpture, or photography—into a room from another period.
- Look closely at
- Compare Alex Katz works with campus sculpture; the relationship reveals something the headline feature alone cannot.
- Connect the story
- Let the campus commissions extend the American collection beyond gallery walls and into the college’s everyday landscape.
- Plan around
- Check the official calendar before leaving, then protect time for campus sculpture after Lunder Collection establishes the main story.
Good to know
Admission is free, but college breaks, installation periods, and campus events can change public access.
Notice these
- Lunder Collection
- Alex Katz works
- campus sculpture