Hudson Museum exhibits to mark CCA 30th anniversary season
In celebration of the Collins Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season, the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will open two exhibitions Sept. 12. That evening, the CCA gala will kick off the season with a concert tribute to the music of Billy Joel and Elton John, a dinner and an awards reception.
The museum exhibit, “A Dream Come True: Building the Maine Center for the Arts,” will feature photographs showcasing the construction and opening of the CCA, formerly named the Maine Center for the Arts, and Hudson Museum in 1985. Images in the exhibit were reproduced from the archives of Special Collections at Fogler Library.
Visitors will be invited to write their own memories of the building in the museum’s Minsky Culture Lab.
In the exhibit “Thirty for our 30th,” 30 objects that represent the range of the Hudson Museum’s collections will be on display in the Merritt Gallery. Some of the pieces will be on display for the first time.
The exhibits will run until spring 2016.
The Hudson Museum is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday–Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. It is open during select CCA and Bangor Symphony Orchestra events, including the Sept. 12 gala. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call 581.1904, email hudsonmuseum@umit.maine.edu or visit the Hudson Museum website.