Item 22439 - Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910

Item 22439 - Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910
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Item 22439
Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910
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The home of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Walker Art Building on the college campus in Brunswick was dedicated in 1894.

Sisters Harriet and Sophia Walker donated the building in honor of their uncle Theophilus Walker, a Boston entrepreneur and businessman.

The sisters were collectors and supporters of art education.

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