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Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
October 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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Published
October 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.
Published
September 9, 2023

Portland Museum of Art seeks city approval to tear down former Children’s Museum

The PMA's chosen renovation design would require demolishing the building, which is considered a 'contributing structure' to a historic district.
Published
July 31, 2023

Replicas of famous paintings mark trails at Maine state parks

The Portland Museum of Art has expanded a program that showcases its collection to people enjoying the outdoors.
Published
June 4, 2023

Portland Museum of Art brings items out of storage and up to date

Outside advisers brought new perspectives to the reinstallation of the museum's permanent collection.
Published
June 4, 2023

5 things you’ve never seen before at the Portland Museum of Art