Founded
1882, Oldest and largest art museum in the state of Maine.
Number of objects in collection
More than 17,000
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Annual attendance
150,000
Highest annual attendance
188,197 in 2000
Number of members
7,600
Out of America's 170 major art museums, the PMA ranks 2nd in per capita membership, with more than 8,100 active members.
Annual budget
$4.7 million
Number of staff
80
Number of volunteers
215
Architectural Facts
Preservation Project
- Restoration and Construction costs: $8.6 million
- Construction began in October 2000, completed in October 2002
- Principal Architect: Pamela W. Hawkes of Ann Beha Architects, Massachusetts
- Contractor: Pizzagalli Construction Company, South Portland, Maine
McLellan House
- Federal-style three-story mansion
- Built 1801
- Architect: John Kimball, Sr.
- Original construction cost: $20,000
- 5,000 square feet
- 3,300 square feet of exhibition space
- National Historic Landmark, 1970; Official Project of Save America's Treasures, 1999
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries
- Beaux-arts style
- Built 1911
- Architect: John Calvin Stevens
- 7500 square feet
- 4,000 square feet of exhibition space
Charles Shipman Payson Building
- Built 1983
- Architect: Henry Nichols Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners
- Original construction cost: $8.2 million
- 62,790 square feet
- 20,000 square feet of exhibition space
- Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, 1985