University of Maine Museum of Art

The University of Maine Museum of Art enriches the cultural life of the citizens of Maine with particular emphasis on the modern and contemporary.

The University of Maine Art Collection was established in 1946. In 1988, it became the University of Maine Museum of Art. The museum relocated in 2002 to downtown Bangor where it has taken on a new role as a regional fine arts center. The museum is in the first floor of Norumbega Hall, a historic downtown building that formerly housed a department store. The Bangor facility allows the museum to showcase a greater proportion of its collection and enhances the burgeoning arts scene of the region's largest city. The Museum of Art remains the only institution owned by the citizens of the State of Maine to house a permanent fine arts collection.

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University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) is an art museum in downtown Bangor, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine, which is located in nearby Orono, Maine. The University of Maine Art Collection was established in 1946, under the leadership of Vincent Hartgen. As the initial faculty member of the Department of Art and curator of the art collection, Hartgen’s goal was to provide the people of Maine with significant opportunities to experience and learn about the visual arts and their diverse histories and cultural meanings.