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A facelift in Portland. (Current and Coming).
The Portland Museum of Art in Maine has recently completed a large renovation project that unites its three architecturally diverse buildings: the McLellan House (1800-1801), the L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries (1911), and the Charles Shipman Payson Building (1983). The museum is now able to display many more works of art than previously The architect for the project was Pamela W. Hawkes of Ann Beha Architects in Boston.
The McLellan House is generally considered to be the most important extant building by the housewright John Kimball Sr. and one of Portland's finest structures of this period. Kimball used pattern books by Abraham Swan and William and James Pain for much of the elaborate interior woodwork The McLellan House interiors have been interpreted to enable visitors to learn about American architecture, social history, and decorative arts. Reproductions of wallpapers and carpets that might have been used in the house in the early nineteenth century form the backdrop for the museum's collection of Federal and Empire ...
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- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques April 1, 2007 700+ words
...m. & Sun 1-4 p.m. PORTLAND: The McLellan House at the Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, 04101. The newly restored McLellan House (1801) is a rare and magnificent example of...
- Historic houses, landmarks & museums of New England & the...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques April 1, 2005 700+ words
...visit www.woodlawnmuseum.com PORTLAND: The McLellan House at the Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, 04101. The newly restored McLellan House (1801) is a rare and magnificent example of...
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- Magazine article from: Engineered Systems Miles, Richard D. Greim, Clifton W. April 1, 2003 700+ words
...part of the Portland Museum of Art in Maine...closure, the McLellan House, built in...bequeathed the McLellan House, along with...1911. The McLellan House and the Sweat...housed the Portland museum's collection...
- Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush on the Preserve America Initiative.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 11, 2003 700+ words
...me. I was here almost this time last year in Portland for the dedication of the McLellan House and the L.D.M. Sweat Galleries as part of the Portland Museum of Art. The gallery is a rich blend of art and heritage, where visitors can literally...
- Longtime Portland museum boss leaves.(Arts & Literature)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 19, 2005 700+ words
...Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Portland museum said Friday. Buchanan has headed the Portland museum for 11 years, bringing it to national...000 objects in its collections. The Portland museum had no word Friday on a possible successor...
- Central Asia Institute and the Portland Museum of Art Announce 'Where Spirits...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 23, 2003 700+ words
...Who: Central Asia Institute, Portland Museum of Art * What: "Where Spirits Soar...Slide Show by Greg Mortenson * Where: Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland...9516, or info@ikat.org; or Portland Museum of Art, +1-207-775-6148 Web...
- Maine's own Mona Lisa mystery.(Portland Museum of Art's painting...
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) July 1, 2006 700+ words
...Leonardo like one of his original works, and Maine's Portland Museum of Art has one--or does it? All summer long, the museum...the Louvre museum in Paris. The painting was given to the Portland Museum of Art in 1983 by Henry H. Reichhold. a summer resident...
- Portland museum?features Jewish artists.(Travel)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) February 3, 2008 700+ words
Portland museum?features Jewish artists PORTLAND - An artistic and spiritual exploration of Torah text, and of personal and artistic journeys...
Source: HighBeam Research, A facelift in Portland. (Current and Coming).