Each year, thousands of people come to the museum to experience breathtaking floral designs—all inspired by artworks in the PMA collection, btw—and take part in a wide array of special, springtime programming. Be sure to visit Wednesday, March 20 through Sunday, March 24, and don’t miss some of these highlights!
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YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.
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Check out what’s new in PMA Films!
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Like many museums, municipal, and cultural organizations, we continue to be adversely impacted by the instability of the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum is therefore reducing its staff size by thirteen positions. These positions include salaried managers and employees, as well as hourly employees. Frontline support staff, including Gallery Ambassadors and Security Associates, are not impacted by these reductions.
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PMA Films Specialist Chris Gray shares his list of personal favorites from the last year in cinema.
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Check out what’s new in PMA Films!
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Portland Museum of Art’s ‘+ collection’ expands narrative about curation and exhibition process.
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This exhibition explores the humor and sharp wit of one of the most insightful visual and literary artists of the 20th century.
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Save the dates for upcoming Family Days at the PMA.
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Check out what’s new in PMA Films!
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[Fragments of Epic Memory is] a celebration of kaleidoscopic talent and – with its companion display of 19th-century photography – extraordinary resilience.
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Explore the PMA with our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, taking you behind the scenes with exclusive multimedia perspectives from artists, curators, and more.
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There are more than 19,000 artworks in the PMA collection—each one of them has a story.
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The city received 2,000 responses from the public during an uncommonly collaborative selection process. Much has been made of the selected plan’s homage to the Wabanaki and of its use of “mass timber,” an environmentally friendly category of wood product that the museum wants to source here in Maine.
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Submissions are now closed for Art in Bloom 2024.
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Give a year’s worth of art experiences with a gift membership.
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Make your own waterless snow globe as a fun decoration for the holiday season!
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The first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist in an American fine art museum set to debut in 2024.
Third Thursdays are now free for all, all day!
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Take a look into the process behind reimagining the Winslow Homer Studio and bringing tours back to Prouts Neck.
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