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PublishedApril 6, 2024
Opinion: Let the Portland Museum of Art build its addition
Our architectural heritage should certainly be protected. But this is not the battle to fight.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
Review: Portland Museum of Art makes case for needing more space with ‘+ collection’
The vast majority of these works were gifted to the museum, which hopes to show how its controversial planned expansion is needed to display more of its collection.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they're not on display.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2024
Access at heart of Portland Museum of Art’s Youth Art Month
The museum showcases young artists' work throughout the month of March with a celebration to be held Saturday.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Portland Planning Board backs historic protection for former Children’s Museum
The Portland Museum of Art wants to tear down the 1830s building at 142 Free St. and replace it as part of a $100 million expansion. The City Council will have the final say.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
Portland Museum of Art is eliminating 13 positions
The museum cites the financial strains caused by the pandemic and a resulting 35% decrease in visitations since 2020.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2024
Portland Museum of Art gallery ambassadors, security guards vote to unionize
The union election, which awaits certification from the National Labor Relations Board, follows a previous dispute over whether museum guards qualified for representation under the museum's first union, formed in 2021.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2023
Portland Museum of Art continues push to demolish historic Free Street building
The winning design to expand the museum would require razing the former home of the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine for new construction 3 times its size.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Portland Museum of Art offering free admission Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day
Numerous special events are planned at the museum.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Portland Museum of Art and preservation group at odds over former children’s museum
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving Portland's architectural past says it is not on board with the Portland Museum of Art's plan to demolish the former children's museum to accommodate its expansion.
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