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All programs and events take place in-person at the Portland Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.

 

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Access for All on Third Thursdays

Every third Thursday of the month the PMA is free throughout the entire day and during extended hours, making Access for All last from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with an evening party with musicians, food trucks, artists, and more.

Programs & Events
Access for All on Third Thursday
Jul 17
Access for All on Third Thursday
Access for All on Third Thursday
Aug 21
Access for All on Third Thursday
Access for All on Third Thursday
Sep 18
Access for All on Third Thursday
 

Free Fridays

We’re free each and every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. with concerts, special events, activities, and more.  

PMA Films

Experience Maine’s best selection of indie, foreign, art house, and award-winning cinema you can’t find anywhere else.  

Programs & Events
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace
Jun 22
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace

116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.

PMA Films: "David Lynch: Only in Dreams": Inland Empire (2006)
Jun 22
PMA Films: "David Lynch: Only in Dreams": Inland Empire (2006)

180 minutes. Rated R. Directed by David Lynch. In English and Polish with English subtitles. DCP.

David Lynch’s final feature film – the great work of early digital cinema – is an epic tumble through the rabbit hole, featuring a career-best performance by Laura Dern.

PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace
Jun 25
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace

116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.

PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace
Jun 25
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace

116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.

PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace
Jun 26
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace

116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.

PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace
Jun 26
PMA Films: Blue Sun Palace

116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.

Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jun 27
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jun 28
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: "Summer of '75": The Passenger (1975)
Jun 28
PMA Films: "Summer of '75": The Passenger (1975)

126 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. In English, German, Spanish, and French with English subtitles. DCP.

Michelangelo Antonioni’s stunning existentialist travelogue and romantic thriller, starring a rarely-better Jack Nicholson, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.

PMA Films: "Summer of '75": The Passenger (1975)
Jun 29
PMA Films: "Summer of '75": The Passenger (1975)

126 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. In English, German, Spanish, and French with English subtitles. DCP.

Michelangelo Antonioni’s stunning existentialist travelogue and romantic thriller, starring a rarely-better Jack Nicholson, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.

PMA Films: "David Lynch: Only in Dreams": Wild at Heart (1990)
Jun 29
PMA Films: "David Lynch: Only in Dreams": Wild at Heart (1990)

124 minutes. Rated R. Directed by David Lynch. In English. DCP.

Edgy and controversial, David Lynch’s road-tripping neo-noir fantasia, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, concludes our retrospective of the director’s work.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jul 2
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jul 2
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jul 3
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle
Jul 3
PMA Films: The Gullspång Miracle

110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.

In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 5
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 5
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 6
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 6
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 9
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 9
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 10
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 10
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Jul 11
PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

162 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP.

Akira Kurosawa’s final action epic – a stunning and sumptuous adaptation of King Lear – screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.

PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude
Jul 11
PMA Films: Afternoons of Solitude

125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.

The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.

PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Jul 12
PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

162 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP.

Akira Kurosawa’s final action epic – a stunning and sumptuous adaptation of King Lear – screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.

PMA Films: "Summer of '75": Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Jul 12
PMA Films: "Summer of '75": Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

92 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. In English. DCP.

Monty Python’s first original feature film, an irreverent and classic riff on Arthurian legend, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.

PMA Films: "Summer of '75": Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Jul 13
PMA Films: "Summer of '75": Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

92 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. In English. DCP.

Monty Python’s first original feature film, an irreverent and classic riff on Arthurian legend, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.

PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Jul 13
PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

162 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP.

Akira Kurosawa’s final action epic – a stunning and sumptuous adaptation of King Lear – screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.

PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Jul 16
PMA Films: Ran (1985) (40th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

162 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. DCP.

Akira Kurosawa’s final action epic – a stunning and sumptuous adaptation of King Lear – screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.

Marquee PMA Programs

Stay up to date with the tried and true programs that define the PMA.

PMA Magazine
Art in Bloom
Art in Bloom

Featuring floral work by designers, artists, farmers, and florists from across southern Maine, the museum comes alive with fragrant blooms, extravagant displays, and incredible floral installations of all types—each inspired by an artwork from the museum’s collection.

Portland Press Herald: Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art’s Summer Party is straight-up good time
Portland Press Herald: Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art’s Summer Party is straight-up good time

"Museum supporters mingled in the sculpture garden, enjoying refreshments and each other."—The Portland Press Herald

Friends of the Collection
Friends of the Collection

The Friends of the Collection creates an opportunity for you to directly support the addition of specific artworks to the PMA’s collection, and this year’s acquisition focus is The Sights and Sounds of Night by Vincent Smith.

Youth Art Month 2025
Youth Art Month 2025

YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.

Judy Glickman Lauder Lecture
Judy Glickman Lauder Lecture

The Judy Glickman Lecture provides in-depth insight into the people, perspectives, and culture of photography.

Barnet Scholars Lecture
Barnet Scholars Lecture

As one of the PMA’s marquee programs, The Barnet Scholars Lecture is designed to have an established scholar lead conversations with museum colleagues on topics related to 20th-century American art.

Nelson Social Justice Lecture
Nelson Social Justice Lecture

The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.

PMA Bash
PMA Bash

Each year Winter Bash transforms the Portland Museum of Art into a vibrant and lively venue, bringing together the region’s most dynamic entrepreneurs, community leaders, and creatives. Experience the symphony of colors, textures, and forms, while savoring delectable bites and crafted cocktails. 

Bernard Osher Lecture Series
Bernard Osher Lecture Series

The PMA's flagship annual event, welcoming visionary cultural leaders, scholars, and thinkers to Maine.