With the July opening of the $15 million Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion, the Colby College Museum of Art will become the largest art museum in Maine.
The event will mark the completion of a six year construction project that began in 2007 when Colby alumnus Peter Lunder and his wife Paula chose to donate the entirety of their $100 million, 500-piece private collection of celebrated American art to the institution.
Joachim Homann, the curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, sees Colby’s recent expansion as an exciting opportunity to discuss the advancement of college art museums.
“It is really a reason for the whole field to celebrate, because it pushes the boundaries of what academic art museums are doing,” said Homann.