PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Museum of Art has launched a campaign to raise $85 million for a project to accommodate a growing collection and increasing numbers of visitors.
The Portland Press Herald reports the museum will either replace or significantly expand the building where the former Children’s Museum was located.
The art museum bought that building, at 142 Free St., in 2019. The Children's Museum has since relocated to a new, larger building at Thompson's Point.
Museum director Mark Bessire said it was in a good financial position to grow.
There is not yet a timeline for the project but a competition to select an architect will begin after the fundraising campaign launches.