The museum is housed within the restored Etz Chaim Synagogue, a turn-of-the-century house of worship. The museum is a venue for contemporary art exhibits feature established, Jewish-connected, and Maine-connected artists and rotate every eight weeks.
Most of the art we exhibit is for sale. Your purchase helps support artists and the Maine Jewish Museum.
Our current exhibitions are listed below.
January 8 – February 26, 2026
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
This exhibition features work by six Maine-based artists working in printmaking processes such as photo polymer etching, screen print, mono print and woodcut. Together they explore many types of “scapes:” land, city, mind, memory …
January 8 – February 26, 2026
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
For the last 45 years of his life Morrie completed 146 tapestries. Over that time, his work was exhibited and sold, and today, 63 tapestries remain in the care of the Morris David Dorenfeld Foundation. Trained as a painter, the artist considered his tapestries “Paintings in Fiber” and often said of his work, “Color is King.”
January 8 – February 26, 2026
Maine Jewish Museum
About This Exhibition
Nature invites calm despite, or perhaps in spite of the uncertainty in the world. Visual Artist T.J. Kirkpatrick sought the refuge of the local park during the pandemic, in his case Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. As he met other visitors — often curious about his accordion-on-a-tripod film camera — a kind of chorus coalesced out of their conversations, repeating: “we need this place.”
About This Exhibition
Artist Juliet Karelsen visited Iceland in the fall of 2024 and was inspired to create a special site-specific installation for the Maine Jewish Museum in the stairwell. Come take a peek!
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