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Colby College Museum of Art

Colby College Museum of Art

Colby is the 12th-oldest private liberal arts college in the country. Located in central Maine, our 714-acre Mayflower Hill campus overlooks downtown Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley.
Location
Waterville, United States
Founded in
1813

Today and upcoming events

Manufacturer unidentified, previously attributed to Rochester Iron Works, New Hampshire, Horse, c. 1880. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Into the wind: American weathervanes
9 Nov 2024 — 8 Jun 2025
Rafael Ferrer, Apuesta? 1997. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Square + triangle: home
6 Dec 2024 — 21 Apr 2025

Current events

Tony Abeyta (Diné/Navajo), Citadel, 2021. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Some American stories
26 Sep 2024 — 26 Sep 2026
Edgar Degas, Les blanchisseuses (the laundresses), 1879. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Surface tension: etchings from the collection
13 Jul 2024 — 12 Jan 2025
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, Alive and kicking, exhibition view. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Alive and kicking
26 Jun — 11 Nov 2024
Eastman Johnson, Eastman Johnson and Maine, exhibition view. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Eastman Johnson and Maine
6 Jun — 8 Dec 2024
Alex Katz, Allen Ginsberg, 1985. Courtesy of the Colby College Museum of Art
Repetitions
31 Mar 2023 — 29 Mar 2026

Past events

Sarah Cain, The Sun Will Not Wait, 2019, Installation view, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. © Sarah Cain, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York.
Sarah Cain
31 Mar — 13 Dec 2020
Hew Locke. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Hew Locke
20 Feb — 7 Jun 2020
The Kelley Collection. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
The Kelley Collection
1 Oct 2019 — 18 May 2020
SEED-O-MATIC. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
SEED-O-MATIC
2 Sep 2019 — 8 May 2020
River Works. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
River Works
6 Aug 2019 — 8 May 2020
India, Rajasthan, Kota, c. 1660, Attributed to the Hada Master, Rao Jagat Singh of Kota in His Garden (detail). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, 10 5/8 x 7 in. (27 x 17.7 cm). Stuart Cary Welch Collection.
The Sea in a Jug
20 Feb — 3 May 2020
Alex Katz. Moby-Dick. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Alex Katz. Moby-Dick
25 Jun 2019 — 1 Mar 2020
Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry
20 Jul 2019 — 12 Jan 2020
Occupy Colby. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Occupy Colby
20 Jul 2019 — 5 Jan 2020
I Am Not a Stranger. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
I Am Not a Stranger
19 Sep — 15 Dec 2019
Theaster Gates. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Theaster Gates
12 Mar — 8 Sep 2019
Intersecting Lines. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Intersecting Lines
6 Jun — 25 Aug 2019
A Vision for Composition. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
A Vision for Composition
14 Feb — 16 Jun 2019
Flooded McDonald’s. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Flooded McDonald’s
14 Feb — 26 Apr 2019
Currents 8. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Currents 8
25 Sep 2018 — 17 Feb 2019
Nancy Spero. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Nancy Spero
13 Sep 2018 — 20 Jan 2019
Darkness Visible. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Darkness Visible
13 Sep 2018 — 20 Jan 2019
Self and Society. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Self and Society
14 Jul 2018 — 13 Jan 2019
Torkwase Dyson. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Torkwase Dyson
4 Oct 2018 — 6 Jan 2019
City of Ambition. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
City of Ambition
15 Feb — 16 Sep 2018
Modern Wonder. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Modern Wonder
5 Jun — 19 Aug 2018
Marsden Hartley’s Maine. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Marsden Hartley’s Maine
8 Jul — 12 Nov 2017
Graphic Matters. George Bellows and World War I. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Graphic Matters. George Bellows and World War I
9 Feb — 3 Sep 2017
Visionary Painting. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Visionary Painting
1 Jun — 27 Aug 2017
Robert Indiana. Placeholder. Courtesy of Colby College Museum of Art
Robert Indiana. Placeholder
16 Jun — 27 Aug 2017

Colby College Museum of Art

44.55605
-69.65321
Mayflower Hill, 5600
Waterville 04901 United States
+1 207 859 5600
www.colby.edu
Opening hours

Tuesday to Saturday
From 10am to 5pm
Sunday from 12am to 5pm

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