Museum of Art

Announcement

Museum Closure Notice

The second floor galleries of the Museum will be temporary closed beginning Tuesday, December 9, 2025. First floor galleries will remain open until Monday, December 22, 2025.

The Museum will then be fully closed beginning Monday, December 22, 2025 through Monday, January 12, 2026 in observance of the holidays and to help facilitate rotations and renovations. We look forward to welcoming visitors back to the Museum on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

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

Bowdoin College Museum of Art Will Present Landmark Josefina Auslender Retrospective and Hung Liu’s "Happy and Gay"
This winter, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will present two exhibitions, Josefina Auslender: Drawing Myself Free and Hung Liu: Happy and Gay, which explore the power of art to interrogate history, memory, and personal experience—all filtered through the lens of immigration.
Sir Paul Ruddock H’19 on the Wyvern Collection at Bowdoin
A conversation with Sir Paul Ruddock H’19, Chair of the Wyvern Research Institute, offers insight into the significance of and opportunities presented by the arrival of the collection to Bowdoin.
Object of the Month: "Red Snapper" (2023) by Stephanie H. Shih
Edwin Kim ’27, Student Communications & Shop Assistant, discusses Red Snapper (2023) by Stephanie H. Shih.