The museum welcomes individuals and small groups to visit its exhibitions without an appointment; please check our exhibitions listing when planning your visit.

Exhibition tours are not just for curricular connections; you can bring your club, team, floor, or house to visit the museum for a tour! The museum’s educators can be on-hand to lead discussion about the exhibition, or to merely assist with scheduling your visit, at your preference. 

To assist you, the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs will need your name; the number of students expected to attend and, if appropriate, your club or organization; the exhibition/s you would like to explore; and the dates and time of day you are most interest in. Contact the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs now to begin planning your visit.

Did you know that the collection includes noted 21^st century artists, and also works by Marsden Hartley; Cézanne; Dürer; Kollwitz; Picasso; Pre-Columbian, African, and Asian art; and more? Being able to see artworks up close can be a dynamic complement to both your coursework and your extracurricular interests.  The museum’s education staff can be on-hand to lead discussion about the objects in our collection or to merely present them, at your preference. To support teaching and learning at Bates, the Museum of Art’s permanent collection of over 8,000 objects is now available and searchable online. Please keep in mind, the database is not complete; it is an ongoing project.

If you are conducting research and would like to request more information about object records, please contact our Assistant Collections Manager/Registrar, Corie Audette, at caudette@bates.edu.

Click here for more information about features and use of our online database.

To view the Museum’s online collection, please visit museum.bates.edu.

To assist you, the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs will need your name; the number of students you plan to attend and, if appropriate, your club or organization; the exhibition/s you would like to explore; and the dates and time of day you are most interest in. Contact the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs now to begin planning your visit. 

Bates students are the primary audience for the museum’s exhibitions, collections, and events and activities. If you have an idea for an event that you think will connect the museum to the academic, cultural, and social life of the college, please let us know by contacting the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs or Education Curator.