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From exhibition openings, guest lectures and gallery tours to family programs, community events and screenings of the world’s most impactful films—the PMA is your place to get together with family, friends, and loved ones.
All programs and events take place in-person at the Portland Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.
PMA Picks
Our favorite upcoming events, programs, and experiences. You might even say they’re curated.
Join Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, for an in-gallery tour of + collection.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Join Mark Bessire, Judy and Leonard Lauder Director of the Portland Museum of Art, for an in-gallery tour of + collection.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Join Kirk Hoffman, Chief Preparator, for an in-gallery tour about collection care of permanent collection artwork.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Full Calendar
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.
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.
99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Ilker Çatak. In German, Turkish, Polish, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An idealistic young teacher is rattled after a series of thefts in her German middle school. Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards.
99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Ilker Çatak. In German, Turkish, Polish, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An idealistic young teacher is rattled after a series of thefts in her German middle school. Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards.
84 minutes. Rated G. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. In English.
One of the triumphs of Disney’s 1990s renaissance screens for free as part of March’s Family Day activities.
99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Ilker Çatak. In German, Turkish, Polish, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An idealistic young teacher is rattled after a series of thefts in her German middle school. Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards.
99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Ilker Çatak. In German, Turkish, Polish, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An idealistic young teacher is rattled after a series of thefts in her German middle school. Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards.
99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Ilker Çatak. In German, Turkish, Polish, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An idealistic young teacher is rattled after a series of thefts in her German middle school. Nominated for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards.
108 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mike Cheslik. In English.
Mike Cheslik’s inventive slapstick comedy—a cult sensation in the making—follows a drunk 19th-century applejack salesman as he battles wits with an army of beavers.
108 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mike Cheslik. In English.
Mike Cheslik’s inventive slapstick comedy—a cult sensation in the making—follows a drunk 19th-century applejack salesman as he battles wits with an army of beavers.
237 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin, Shanghainese, and Taiwanese with English subtitles. DCP.
Edward Yang’s sprawling teen crime drama, one of the masterpieces of Taiwanese cinema, begins a partial retrospective of the director’s work. Named one of the 100 greatest films of all time in Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ poll and screening in a 4K restoration.
108 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mike Cheslik. In English.
Mike Cheslik’s inventive slapstick comedy—a cult sensation in the making—follows a drunk 19th-century applejack salesman as he battles wits with an army of beavers.
26 minutes (followed by panel discussion). Not Rated. Directed by David Washburn. In English.
Screening and panel discussion with special guests from Maine renown ceramics and craft community. Filmmaker in attendance. Sponsored by Reboot and The Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods.
130 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) haunted by a lost love teams up with a squad of tomb raiders in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy as Lazzaro) lively and sumptuous consideration of the life beneath our feet.
130 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) haunted by a lost love teams up with a squad of tomb raiders in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy as Lazzaro) lively and sumptuous consideration of the life beneath our feet.
130 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) haunted by a lost love teams up with a squad of tomb raiders in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy as Lazzaro) lively and sumptuous consideration of the life beneath our feet.
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles. DCP.
Art versus commerce, friendship versus status, independence versus conformity—values clash and collide in Edward Yang’s study of an increasingly Westernized country heading into the twenty-first century without moral guideposts. Screening in a brand-new 4K restoration.
130 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) haunted by a lost love teams up with a squad of tomb raiders in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy as Lazzaro) lively and sumptuous consideration of the life beneath our feet.
130 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian and English with English subtitles. DCP.
An archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) haunted by a lost love teams up with a squad of tomb raiders in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy as Lazzaro) lively and sumptuous consideration of the life beneath our feet.
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. In Russian and Italian with English subtitles. DCP.
Screening in a new 4K restoration, Tarkovsky’s late masterpiece follows a Russian intellectual in Italy as he becomes obsessed with his Italian translator and a nihilistic wanderer.
79 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Abel. In English.
This Boston Globe documentary investigates the massive development of Boston’s Seaport district as climate change threatens the city’s coastline with increasing frequency and severity.
71 minutes. Rated G. Directed by Bill Kroyer. In English.
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus. Screens for free as part of April’s Family Day activities.
121 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Edward Yang’s penultimate film is an acerbic, sprawling tragicomedy, a poison love letter to Taipei as a rising cosmopolis of big money, big dreams, and big cons. Screening in a brand-new 4K restoration.
79 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Abel. In English.
This Boston Globe documentary investigates the massive development of Boston’s Seaport district as climate change threatens the city’s coastline with increasing frequency and severity.
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. In Russian and Italian with English subtitles. DCP.
Screening in a new 4K restoration, Tarkovsky’s late masterpiece follows a Russian intellectual in Italy as he becomes obsessed with his Italian translator and a nihilistic wanderer.
173 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
Edward Yang’s final masterpiece follows a middle-class Taipei family over the course of one year. Widely considered one of the best films of the 21st century, Yi Yi placed in the top 100 greatest films of all time in Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ poll.
Marquee PMA Programs
Stay up to date with the tried and true programs that define the PMA.
YAM is an annual exhibition showcasing the incredible talent in Maine’s art education programs.
The Judy Glickman Lecture provides in-depth insight into the people, perspectives, and culture of photography.
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.
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.
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.
The Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund honors artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work.
One of the biggest parties of the year and the perfect place to meet like-minded leaders, coming together to champion our region’s unique culture.
The PMA's flagship annual event, welcoming visionary cultural leaders, scholars, and thinkers to Maine.