UMMA to Benefit from State Tourism Grant, Press Herald Reports

The University of Maine Museum of Art will benefit from a fall 2014 Tourism Enterprise Marketing Grant, according to the Portland Press Herald. The Maine Office of Tourism recently announced eight recipients for the grants that aim to support tourism marketing projects in 2015 that will increase visitor traffic to Maine, the article states. The Maine Art Museum Trail, which UMMA is a member, will receive $8,591. The trail is a collaborative of eight art museums that plans to rebrand since it’s initial development in 1997. The funding will go toward efforts such as creating a new brochure, an updated map and distribution of those products, according to the Press Herald.