The Maine Art Museum Trail is a partnership of nine art museums in Maine, which collectively offer more than 80,000 works of art. Spanning 350 miles, these museums offer objects from well-known contemporary artists, native American artists, and Maine artists. Winter is the perfect time to take a multi-day tour. While three museums are closed during the winter months — the Abbe Museum, the Monhegan Museum of Art & History, and The Ogunquit Museum of American Art — there are still six outstanding museums to visit.

The Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston museum houses pre-modern prints, contemporary works on paper, pre-Columbian art, works by Maine artists, and African art. At the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Greek, Greek, Egyptian, and Chinese antiquities predominate. In Waterville, the Colby Museum of Art is famed for its collection of contemporary artworks.

The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland has more than 15,000 works, with a vast collection of the work of Maine artists, including N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth.

The Portland Museum of Art is home to a wide-ranging modern and contemporary art collection and is known for its rotating exhibitions. Finally, the Zillman Art Museum at the University of Maine in Orono houses more than  4,000 works focusing on contemporary art from 1945 to the present day. Visit the Maine Art Museum Trail for more information.