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No, the museum is free and open to everyone.

There are many ways! Visit our Learn & Explore, Current Exhibitions, and Upcoming Events pages, ask to receive our Museum News email, like us on , follow us on , and Become a Friend of the Museum.

Contact us at museum@bates.edu to inquire about tours (type 鈥淭ours鈥� in the subject). Guided group tours are available by appointment.

No. Food and beverages are allowed in the atrium, but not in the galleries.

Yes. We encourage families to visit!

Visitors are allowed to take non-flash photographs. On occasion certain exhibitions have photography restrictions, which are identified on wall labels and at the visitors鈥� service desk. Photography for commercial use or distribution is prohibited.

Professional photography requests
Exhibitions: To request a professional shoot for press or educational purposes, or to request high resolution art and exhibition images, contact museum@bates.edu (type 鈥淓xhibition Photography Request鈥� in the subject).

Collections: To request a digital image of a work in permanent collection, contact museum@bates.edu (type 鈥淐ollections Photography Request鈥� in the subject).

Yes. Please inquire at the Front Desk in person or at 207-786-6158.

Yes, there are accessible parking spots off of the circle in front of the Olin Arts Center/Museum entrance.

In accordance with titles II and III of the , the Museum welcomes service dogs only. Service dogs must be housebroken as well as harnessed, leashed, or tethered to their accompanying individual.

The Museum cannot endorse specific conservators. Excellent information about selecting a conservator is available on the  website. To learn about what questions to ask regarding the most current conservation methods, click .

There are many matting and framing businesses in Maine from which to choose. We cannot recommend any specific one but if you wish to search for one, type 鈥淢aine Framers鈥� in a web browser. To learn about framing and art care, click .

The Museum cannot identify, authenticate, or appraise works of art from private collections, or recommend appraisers. The following online resources may be useful:

Moving large works of art is best handled by an experienced fine art shipper.

For crating or shipping in Maine, search 鈥淢aine Fine Art Shipping鈥� on the web.

For crating or shipping in New England, consult the .

For national/international services, consult the . The Museum does not endorse specific art handling and shipping companies.

Yes. Each year, the Museum collaborates with the Art & Visual Culture department to present the Annual Senior Thesis Exhibition.聽Click here聽for a link to a recent thesis exhibition.

Thank you for your interest in the Museum. While we welcome submissions for consideration, we recommend that prior to submitting you consider the Museum鈥檚 mission, educational programming, and current and past exhibitions in order to determine whether your submission is a match with our program. Museum exhibitions are closely tied to 乐播传媒 College鈥檚 curriculum and education needs, and are typically planned several years in advance. Most exhibitions are curated by Museum staff or invited guest curators, and being a small museum, we seldom have available slots to entertain unsolicitated submissions. Because of the volume of unsolicitated proposals we receive, the Museum cannot return artists鈥� materials.

The Museum will not accept actual works of art for consideration.

Thank you for your interest in the Museum. We recommend that you visit the Museum鈥檚 website and review the Collection, Exhibition, and Programming pages in order to determine whether your collection is a match with our program. Then contact the director or curator at museum@bates.edu with information about your collection, so they may be informed about your collection prior to contacting you.

The 乐播传媒 Museum of Art continues to strengthen its collections through select purchases and gifts of works of art. The director and curatorial staff regularly review collections and set priorities for acquisitions. The Museum buys art from galleries, dealers and auction houses, and occasionally from individuals, and rarely makes purchases from unsolicited proposals. If you are considering sending a purchase proposal, we recommend that you first visit the Museum鈥檚 website and review the Collection, Exhibition, and Programming pages to familiarize yourself with the Museum. Purchase offers should be addressed to the attention of the director or curator at museum@bates.edu.

The Museum鈥檚 staff is small, but curators are happy to answer questions about the collection, donations of works of art, and other topics related to the Museum鈥檚 holdings and exhibitions. Please contact us first by email at museum@bates.edu.

The Museum welcomes all offers of gifts of works of art. Potential donors may contact the director or curatorial staff about their intentions to offer a gift. If the potential gift matches collection needs, we may ask the prospective donor to provide information about the work or works being offered, as well as images (digital .jpg images or snapshots are fine). The staff will consider, among other criteria, quality, and whether each work of art is appropriate for the collection. If the gift is accepted, the donor will be asked to fill out a deed of gift, to transfer ownership. For appraisals of charitable donations of works of art, check with your tax preparer or accountant for the proper procedure and paperwork required by the IRS, and refer to the Appraiser question under Art Services. If the work being offered does not fit the Museum鈥檚 collecting needs, the gift will be declined.