Visitor's Guide 2015

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LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE Fort Rd on Southern Maine Community College Campus, South Portland, ME 04106 207-699-2676 springpointlight.org Step into history! A caisson-style lighthouse open every Saturday and Sunday in July and August. See how the keepers lived. Observe incredible views of Portland Harbor and the Islands. TATE HOUSE MUSEUM B5 1267 Westbrook St, Portland, ME 04102 207-774-6177 tatehouse.org Built in 1755, mast agent Captain George Tate’s Georgian Home features period furnishings and herb gardens. Check web or call for special events and family activities. Gift shop open year round. Hourly tours June-Oct. VICTORIA MANSION E5 One of the country’s most important historic homes of the mid-Victorian period. Built 1858- 1860, the Mansion’s intact interiors still boast over 90% of their original furnishings. Decorated for the holidays. 109 Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101 207-772-4841 victoriamansion.org Historic Sites & Museums BEYOND GREATER PORTLAND BOOTHBAY RAILWAY VILLAGE 586 Wiscasset Rd, Boothbay, ME 04537 207-633-4727 railwayvillage.org Nowhere else in New England can you experience a steam train ride, an outstanding collection of over 50 antique automobiles, all in an historic village setting with an exciting I4 Kennebunk’s historic district with a collection of 70,000+ items. Exhibitions and programs for all ages are offered year-round. Open Tue-Fri. FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM AND WYETH CENTER H5 16 Museum St, Rockland, ME 04841 207-596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org Collection of 10,000+ works tracing the development of art in Maine within the larger context of American art. Campus includes 9 museum galleries, 3 Wyeth Center galleries, adjacent Victorian Homestead. MAINE ART MUSEUM TRAIL maineartmuseums.org From Ogunquit to Bangor, the seven art museums on The Maine Art Museum Trail offer 53,000 works of art, from ancient to contemporary. See Maine art from Andrew Wyeth to Alex Katz. events schedule. Open June-Oct. BRICK STORE MUSEUM 117 Main St, Kennebunk, ME 04043 207-985-4802 brickstoremuseum.org Discover fascinating history and art in J3

Artful COLLECTION Highlights from Maine’s most-renowned museums will be on view together for the first time from May 21 through September 20, 2015 at the Portland Museum of Art. Photo: Chenoweth Hall (United States, 1908–1999), Beach at Corea, Maine, 1936, watercolor on paper, 13 x 20 inches. Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of Miriam Colwell, 1996.30.2

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Art and culture has defined the identity of Maine ever since artists began visit- ing Monhegan Island and trekking up Mount Katahdin. This magnificent environment and the art it inspired has captured the public imagination for centuries, and to this day a growing number of visitors from around the world continue to affirm that Maine’s galleries, studios, and art museums are unlike any in the world. The Maine Art Museum Trail is comprised of seven leading museums offering a dazzling array of collections, from ancient to contemporary. Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art MuseumTrail lets us see these museums through the eyes of their directors, who have specially curated selections of Maine master- pieces from their respective museums’ collections. The artists and artworks presented in this exhibition embody quintessentially Maine ideals of fierce independence, innovation, and self- sufficiency, as well as a strength of character that is built from admiration and respect for the rugged and un- spoiled qualities of this land. This is the Maine that inspired Berenice Abbott, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, John Marin, Louise

Nevelson, N.C. Wyeth, and Marguerite Zorach. This is the Maine that continues to inspire contemporary artists Ahmed Alsoudani, Lois Dodd, David Driskell, Lauren Fensterstock, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Richard Tuttle, and Jamie Wyeth. Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art MuseumTrail shares the rich cultural legacy of our state while providing a platform to highlight the visionary artists of our future. The world holds an enduring fascination with Maine, and the art displayed at this exhibit helps demonstrate why. If your visit doesn’t coincide with this special exhibition, you can make your own pilgrimage along the Maine Art Museum Trail Museum, exploring Maine’s spectacular coastline, countryside, and urban landscapes. The journey will take you from Port- land’s panoramic waterfront, to historic downtown Bangor, to Rockland and Ogunquit with their lively shops and galleries, to the campuses of Bowdoin, Bates, andColbyColleges. Eachmuseum community offers unique opportunities to discover shops, cafés, galleries, his- toric architecture, theatre, music, and other cultural attractions that make each destination a special pleasure.

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