Since its founding in 1959, the Colby College Museum of Art has been an educational asset for the college, a cultural resource in Central Maine, and an active contributor to the field of American art and museums.
The museum has an outstanding collection of eleven thousand works that emphasizes American art and contemporary art within holdings that span cultures and time periods.
In 2013, Colby Museum inaugurated the Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion and unveiled the gift of the Lunder Collection. The museum expanded to downtown Waterville with the opening of The Paul J. Schupf Art Center in December 2022, home to the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art. The gallery provided a 25 percent increase in exhibition space and an equivalent increase in creative engagement programs with and for local city and Colby community members.
With a dynamic exhibitions schedule, scholarly publications, and diverse programming, the museum serves both as a cornerstone of a liberal arts education and as a cultural resource to Waterville residents and visitors to the state.
Contact Information
Colby Campus
5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine 04901
207.859.5600
Downtown
The Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art
at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center
93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine
Hours
Colby Campus
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, Noon – 5 p.m.
Open Thursdays until 9 p.m. September – May
Closed Mondays
Downtown
Wednesday through Monday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Closed Tuesdays
Admission Information
Free admission.
