Olin Arts Center

Academic Departments

• Music
• Art & Visual Culture

Additional Features

• Concert Hall
• Museum of Art

The Olin Arts Center was built with a gift from the F. W. Olin Foundation in 1986. In addition to the Bates College Museum of Art and a 300-seat concert hall, Olin houses a slide library, classrooms, faculty offices, individual and group practice rooms for musicians, art studios (including a drawing studio with a panoramic view of Lake Andrews), and two photographic darkrooms.

• 75 Russell Street
• Built 1986
• 45,000 square feet