Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design is a private art school in Portland, Maine. Founded in 1882, Maine College of Art & Design is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Description: private art college in Portland, Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Maine College of Art”, “Maine College of Art and Design”, “Meca”, “MECA”, and “Portland School of Art”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cross Insurance Arena and Portland Museum of Art.
Cross Insurance Arena
Public building
Photo: Dudesleeper, Public domain.
Cross Insurance Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Portland, Maine. Built in 1977, at a cost of US$8 million, it is the home arena for the Maine Mariners of the ECHL. There are 6,206 permanent seats in the arena, and it seats up to 9,500 for concerts. Cross Insurance Arena is situated 410 feet east of Maine College of Art & Design.
Portland Museum of Art
Museum
Wadsworth-Longfellow House
Museum
Photo: BrianAdler, Public domain.
The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is a historic house and museum in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located at 489 Congress Street and is operated by the Maine Historical Society. Wadsworth-Longfellow House is situated 500 feet north of Maine College of Art & Design.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arts District and Portland.
Arts District
Neighborhood
The Arts District is a section of downtown Portland, Maine’s designated in 1995 as to promote the cultural community and creative economy of the city. It covers a large part of upper Congress Street towards the West End and spans Congress Street toward the East ending at Portland City Hall and its Merrill Auditorium concert hall.
Portland
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
Portland is on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Southern Maine coast approximately 100 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. It has more than 65,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in Maine.
Old Port of Portland, Maine
Neighborhood
The Old Port is a district of Portland, Maine, known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district contains boutiques, restaurants and bars.
Maine College of Art & Design
Latitude
43.65569° or 43° 39′ 21″ northLongitude
-70.2609° or 70° 15′ 39″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87MFMP4Q+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 358234626OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Maine College of Art & Design” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մենի արվեստի քոլեջ”
- Dutch: “Maine College of Art”
- French: “Maine College of Art”
- German: “Maine College of Art”
- Italian: “Maine College of Art”
- Portuguese: “Maine College of Art”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maine College of Art”
- Spanish: “Maine College of Art”
- Western Panjabi: “مینے کالج آف آرٹس”
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