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The Museum’s landmark Walker Art Building was commissioned for the College by Harriet and Sophia Walker in honor of their uncle, a Boston businessman who had supported the creation of the first small art gallery at Bowdoin in the mid-nineteenth century. Designed by
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in 1811 and 1826. Having been housed in a number of different locations during its history, the museum found a permanent home in the Walker Art Building in 1894. While the building had been renovated once in 1974, the $ 20.8 million renovation by architects
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that finished in 2007 received a great deal of publicity for its creation of a new modern entrance to the museum while preserving the structural integrity of the original building.
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The museum's collection originated from separate donations of art from
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art display, art museum or gallery in the United States
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Brunswick, Maine
Coordinates
43°54′30″N 69°57′49″W / 43.90828°N 69.96371°W / 43.90828; -69.96371
Art Museum
McKim, Mead, and White
Bowdoin College
www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum
Brunswick, Maine
National Register of Historic Places
Bowdoin College
McKim, Mead, and White
Charles Follen McKim
McKim, Mead, & White
Medici lion
James Bowdoin III
Machado and Silvetti Associates
Boston
"Medici Lion, 3D Model"
"About the Bowdoin College Museum of Art"

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