The Arctic Museum Galleries in the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies are now OPEN!
Hours:
Tuesday thru Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Call (207) 725-3416 or email pmam@bowdoin.edu for more information.
The third floor gallery of the Arctic Museum will be CLOSING TEMPORARILY as of Monday, March 24, 2025, in preparation of a new exhibit opening May 20, 2025.
The second floor gallery will remain open during this time.
Please plan your visit accordingly. Follow the link below for more information.
From the sledge that carried Peary to the North Pole in 1909 to a SmartBUOY that tells contemporary Inuit travelers if the sea ice is safe, this exhibit examines life in the Arctic historically and today.
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait, produced by the Textile Museum of Canada, is on view at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum on the Bowdoin College campus from May 20 to October 26, 2025. The exhibit showcases a recently rediscovered collection of vibrant printed fabrics created in the 1950s and 1960s by Inuit graphic artists in Kinngait (then known as Cape Dorset), Nunavut, located off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. The exhibit introduces audiences to an Inuit artistic endeavor that is largely unknown, highlighting the creative and entrepreneurial activities of the Kinngait graphic artists.
