Reviews of Colby Museum of Art (Museum)

Naida Lehmann

Outstanding, free to the public, museum. Rather than hocking art donations like Harvard does, Colby builds additions. Spacious and beautifully curated. Has hundreds of Whistler works. Several artists donate their work, e.g. Alex Katz. Has a small coffee and snack shop. I love this museum, and visit every time I'm in Maine. I could go on and on with praise. Have posted my favorite work.

Tamra Gage

Excellent. Must see.

Amy Baltzell

Impressive, inspiring collection

Shelly Burnett

Horrible disappointment...the artwork was less artistic than kindergarten art work! I feel like I wasted my time. Thankfully it's free.

adrian tang

Absolutely worth the road trip to this museum in Colby, fantastic collection of sculptures by Remington, Oldenburg, and even Eakins! I also like the contemporary wing of Alex Katz's monumental paintings and cut-outs. The Lunder collection is really impressive ranging from American greats like Whistler to O'Keefe to Rembrandt prints.

Tom Worthington

Thoughtful presentation of multimedia artworks, self guided, staff friendly but disstracted by personal cell phone use.

Wendy Burton

Love this place. They take wonderful care of my dog

LEE TRAHAN

Very interesting and nice seeing great art from famous people in Central Maine

margery gruber

A fabulous experience and FREE!

Jim C

Great art. Very interesting exhibits. Old coins and artifacts. Over a dozen rooms filled with art. FREE!

Keegan Poulin

Great service there. The place is huge. Will take an hour atleast to look at everything. Plus the have a little food stand

Rupert Holden

Great art gallery always changing well worth a visit if you are in the waterville area

Elusia Smith

Interesting

Roberta Sloat Bonney

Beautiful variety of art!

Charles Griswold

Nice varied collection, great any time, especially good on a rainy day

Jacob F. Tande

Beautiful place. Welcoming and free to all. Lots of activities for kids especially on weekends. If you want to learn something about the history of Maine, come here!!!

Cheryl Ramsdell

This is a hidden gem in Central Maine, beautiful exhibits. Best museum.

Tom Hughes

The best college or university art museum on the East Coast, maybe in the country. The choices of art are exquisite and serve equally as a destination museum of art and a teaching museum for the fortunate Colby community. A gem.

Patrick Simpson

Great museum, staff is very friendly and helpful.

Laura Hamilton

Wonderful museum, a jewel

Joshua Weston

Great tour with a knowledgeable guide and great accommodations for the 3rd grade class we brought.

Heather Raymond

Free and always changing

Bill Layton

One of the premier college art museum for American Art in the nation now has the Lunder Institute for American Art. Fabulous collection and staff.

Jeff Chetkauskas

The largeat art museun Maine is located on Colby College's campus and is free to the public. Keep track of events going on throughout the year geared towards families and children. Events include art projects down stairs and sometime catered. There is a mini food station in the lobby with some tables and chairs to eat at. In the summer they have an event with live music and free ice cream.

Lynette Edmonds

Well done local museum.

Matt Johnson

Beautiful museum with an amazing collection. It is also totally free.

Tony Bernard

If you enjoy art, it has a nice collection. I'm not an arts person.

Geoff Mcnickles

Nice art museum. Free admission. Nice campus

Jonathan Appleyard

Wonderful though partially closed off for a new exhibition. Probably hung by now March 1 2019.

peter lessard

Excellent displays and education. Instructors very informative

Cheikh Thiam

Nice small museum..

Germaine Pataki-Thériault

Wonderful collection in a fabulous space.

Christine Patterson

The art museum is beautiful, quite, peaceful and inspiring.

Joel Shapiro

Beautifully arranged and presented artworks of various types, eras, artists. The current special exhibit shows artworks by numerous Native American artists from Maine groups. The museum is free and is quite welcoming.

Bill Brauninger

A wonderful exhibition with impressive holdings including but not limited to one of the best James McNeill Whistler collections that I've ever seen.

Jenitza Camacho

Picasso, Goya, and many more

Armeen Ghafourpour

Great museum with collections of modern, American, folk, western, sculpture, photography, world art, and more. Admission is free which is always a plus. I think you could really see everything in the museum in about 3 hours. Parking is plentiful and there is a small gift store and Cafe on site. Definitely recommended!

Jordan Heath

Excellent selection of art.

ramya spaulding

Great display of art and free admission. Nice facility and not many people so you can take your time looking at the artwork.

Donald Dudley

Arguably the finest art museum in Maine. Go!

Danielle Snyder

Great place to visit, free, plenty to see and good for older kids.

Random Stuff

Really cool stuff in there

Michael Morse

Free, great selection of art. Awesome photo exhibit right now.

Jim Bowe

Best college museum in the US. Broad and diverse collection, special exhibits that are world class, and a warm and inviting environment. Reason enough all by itself to visit central Maine.

Morton Krantz

Great.

Shaughnessey McArthur

Beautiful facility, wonderful staff, always something new on display!

Binga MW

It's worth s visit

Adriana Pellegrini

Free museum; well curated; good for an hour or three, depending on how many plaques you choose to read. Look for the horse weather vane exhibit.

Joshua Vincent

Enjoyed very much. Several pieces by the old masters.

Kayla Girardin

Great art museum!

Ramin Ostad

A hidden gem!!

Kathleen Fernandez

Great little museum with many surprises! Very enjoyable.

Bruce Dawson

Place is a lot larger than I thought with great exhibits.

Dan Bloomer

This museum is such a treasure that we locals take for granted,- or shall I say this particular one has. The permanent collection is incredibly deep but/and there are always new installations of contemporary work that need to be seen. Right now there are 2 new exhibits that just knock my socks off. One an archive of 2700 plus photos and graphics from African-American publications from 50’s and 60’s. The other is the work of a South African (trans?) woman photographer. The photos are all self portraits with fabulous variations in adornment referencing traditional African culture.

Joshua Harris

Amazing show if art staff is amazing and precise.

Dan Fournier

Good muséum stuff

Butch Dawbin

Gorgeous art and outstanding collection a must see if you in the Waterville area

Cristina Gavala

Fantastic collection!

Tamara Clark - Cox

A very comprehensive collection of artwork.

K X

One of the best US university museums. Free admission and parking on campus. Comprehensive collections of German Expressionism and John Marin. Very informative and educating. Spent 3 hours.

Jeff Howe

Small but nice art museum on the Colby College campus. Featured exhibit was a sports photography show, lots of personalities from the 60's to the 80's. Several small John Singer Sargent paintings, less conventional than his more well known portraits we a pleasant surprise. Enjoyed this on the overnight stay on the Trek Across Maine, a nice respite, with espresso in the museum cafe.

Mary Linda Mahoney

This is a most impressive museum on a beautiful college campus. The collection is extensive, and the layout is slightly complicated, but we'll worth the visit.

jack gondela

Maine`s largest art museum. Free and open to the public. Great collection, rotating exhibitions special collections. Go!

Randy Campbell

Not big, but we'll done, free, nice people.

Paul Schupf

Best college museum in America. The staff, buildings and art are wonderful.

Julie Rosenfeld

Wonderful small museum. Also very cool during the heat wave. A great place to spend an afternoon.

Tish L

Great Art Museum. Located at Colby College.

Dave Epstein

Accessable, wide variety of art. Several sculptures as well. One of the best collections American Art you will find. Changing exhibits.

Victor Pati

Enjoy the visit, full of enrichment of fine art collections

Stan Spilecki

This is a very professional art museum with an impressive collection. Parking is free but a little tight during the semester but worth the effort.

William Garver

Hops and Hangers, today only. Plane rides in the Stearman half price, $125

David Dawson

The rotating exhibits have been excellent, but it is always a pleasure to see my old favorites again too. There's something for everyone here.

MKminerHacks

Some exhibits leave something to be desired. Nevertheless very interesting.

cynthia carrasquillo

Not what I was expecting for a museum. It was actually very interesting and I would definitely go back there again. When I am in Maine.

Kelly Hamilton

Good collection. Some of the pieces are very nice. I really liked several of the landscapes, especially and even liked 'East' by Katz and I'm not a modernist fan. Definitely worth spending an hour or so enjoying on winter day.

Robert Blanchette

Marvelous experience.

SarahElizabeth Ducharme

Breathtaking ❤️ GREAT FOR KIDS. the curators are so kind. It's wonderful

Terry Drake

Great local gem!

Matthew Weinberg

Amazing art, as well as an amazing college

Phyllis A Sears

One of my favorite museums in the United States. They have such a great collection of American Art. I could just spend days and days studying and looking. Worth a stop!

Elizabeth Fraser

Fabulous museum!

Kimberly Wallace Landry

Wonderful exhibits and atmosphere. Docents are very knowledgeable. Best thing..admission is,free! Great stuff from local artists,as well.