Stylized outlines of a floral pattern against a dark background

Escape the heat and enjoy great art here at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. This month we open a new exhibition of recently acquired war photographs by the early 20th-century Japanese artist Ogawa Kazumasa. In addition, be sure to see other current exhibitions, including Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time and Tom Burckhardt: Informal Worship. A huge thank you to this summer’s cohort of student interns, who wrap up their work at the museum this month. They have done an outstanding job conducting research on the museum’s collection, helping to develop future exhibitions, and leading tours and other programs. We look forward to crossing paths with them again during the upcoming academic year.

See you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

A black and white photograph shows three people on cots in a military field hospital

Now Open

Witnessing War: Ogawa Kazumasa and Visual Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Japan

The exhibition explores the social, cultural, and political changes taking place in Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1868–1912) through the work of Ogawa Kazumasa.

A museum gallery space with wooden floors displays dozens of small colorful images set against white walls

Closing Soon

Tom Burckhardt: Informal Worship

The exhibition brings together several hundred of Burckhardt’s small drawings to create an immersive environment of connected words, shapes, and color.

spotlight

A museum gallery space with wooden floors and purple and gray walls holds mixed media sculpture and displays exhibition text

On View Now

Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time Brings the Artist's Unique Explorations of Community Narratives to Maine

news

A formal portrait painting in muted colors shows a dark skinned male figure in three-quarter view dressed in early 19th-century attire

On the Road

Experience BCMA Collections at Other Museums

A painting shows people dressed in early 20th-century clothing strolling through and recreating in an urban park

Object of the Month

Marianna Zingone ’26 writes about Sunday Afternoon in Union Square by John Sloan

calendar

August 8, 2024

Film Screening and Discussion with Artist Tom Burckhardt

4:30 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

August 9, 2024

2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Museum of Art

4 - 7 p.m. | BCMA

Museum Hours

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 pm | Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. | Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed on Mondays and national holidays.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art | 9400 College Station | Brunswick, ME 04011 | 207.725.3275

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Banner image: Untitled (Japanese Kata-gami) (detail), early 20th century?, Japanese (Mulberry?) paper, by Artist Unidentified. Gift of David Thorndike, 2005.15.9.