Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville

Name: Colby College Museum of Art
Address: 5600 Mayflower Hl, Waterville, 04901-8856, United States
Telephone: +1 207-859-5600

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The Colby College Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1959 and now comprising five wings, nearly 8,000 works and more than 38,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Colby College Museum of Art has built a collection that specializes in American and contemporary art with additional, select collections of Chinese antiquities and European paintings and works on paper. The Museum serves as a teaching resource for Colby College and is a major cultural destination for the residents of Maine and visitors to the state. ()

Established: 1959 (65 years ago)Coordinates: 44°33'53"N, 69°39'39"W

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5600 Mayflower HlWaterville 04901-8856 United States

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+1 207-859-5600

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Colby College Museum of Art – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Two Cent Bridge, Waterville Opera House and City Hall, Perkins Arboretum, Redington Museum.

2 miSE
Bridge
Two Cent Bridge, Waterville
50 min walk • The Ticonic Footbridge, popularly known as the Two Cent Bridge or the Two Penny Bridge, is a suspension bridge that spans the Kennebec River between the city of Waterville and the town of Winslow in Kennebec County, Maine.
1.9 miSE
Performing arts, City hall
Waterville Opera House and City Hall, Waterville
48 min walk • The Waterville Opera House and City Hall is a historic civic building at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville, Maine. Built at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of a small number of multifunction civic buildings, housing both a live performance venue and municipal facilities, functions it continues to perform today.
0.6 miSE
Botanical garden
Perkins Arboretum, Waterville
16 min walk • The Perkins Arboretum is the Colby College arboretum, located at 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive in Waterville, Maine, United States. It is used for teaching and research, but its trails are also open to the public. The Arboretum was established in 1946, later dedicated to the memory of Professor and Mrs.
1.8 miSE
Museum, History museum
Redington Museum, Waterville
47 min walk • The Redington Museum or Redington House is a historic house and museum in Waterville, Maine that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum is the headquarters of the Waterville Historical Society. Built in 1814, it is one of the best-preserved houses of the period in the city.
2.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort Halifax, Winslow
66 min walk • Fort Halifax is a former British colonial outpost on the banks of the Sebasticook River, just above its mouth at the Kennebec River, in Winslow, Maine.
1.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Universalist-Unitarian Church, Waterville
45 min walk • The Universalist Unitarian Church is a historic church on Silver Street and Elm Street in Waterville, Maine in the United States.
2.3 miS
44°31'54"N • 69°39'48"W
Pine Ridge Golf Course, Waterville
59 min walk • Golf
1.9 miSE
44°32'58"N • 69°37'46"W
Common Street Arts, Waterville
48 min walk • Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
1.7 miSE
Library
Waterville Public Library, Waterville
44 min walk • The Waterville Public Library is the public library serving Waterville, Maine.
3.2 miSW
Memorial
Memorial Hall, Oakland
82 min walk • Memorial Hall is a historic civic building at Church and West School Streets in Oakland, Maine. It was built in 1870 as a memorial to the community's American Civil War dead.
1.8 miSE
Museum
Redington Museum, Waterville
46 min walk • The Redington Museum or Redington House is a historic house and museum in Waterville, Maine that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum is the headquarters of the Waterville Historical Society. Built in 1814, it is one of the best-preserved houses of the period in the city.