Title: Bowdoin College in Brunswick - Tours and Activities | Expedia.ca [Bowdoin College Hotels](https://expedia.ca/Bowdoin-College-Hotels.0-l6186042-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels)[Flights to Brunswick](https://expedia.ca/Cheap-Flights-To-Brunswick.d7114.Travel-Guide-Flights)[Things to do in Brunswick](https://expedia.ca/Things-To-Do-In-Brunswick.d7114.Travel-Guide-Activities)[Bowdoin College Car Rentals](https://expedia.ca/Car-Rentals-In-Bowdoin-College.d6186042.Car-Rental-Guide)[Brunswick Vacation Packages](https://expedia.ca/Brunswick.d7114.Destination-Travel-Guides) # Bowdoin College Tours and Activities ![Bowdoin College featuring a park](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186042/b02eed5f-153a-46f2-971d-efc68fabd24d.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Bowdoin College featuring a park](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186042/b02eed5f-153a-46f2-971d-efc68fabd24d.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Bowdoin College which includes a park](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186042/8c96dd87-c2f1-4614-b54f-109f458a24d3.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Bowdoin College which includes a church or cathedral and a park](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186042/49aa95a0-b251-44c5-bf24-d4719d0c8fdc.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Bowdoin College which includes a park](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186042/f198a08f-23a3-4585-a527-d4bba052a380.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ## Visit Bowdoin College Activities [Brunswick travel guide](https://expedia.ca/Brunswick.dx7114) --- --- #### Experience the charm of the beautiful campus at this small-town college in Brunswick, Maine, once home to Longfellow, Hawthorne and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Bowdoin College is a small liberal arts school with a beautiful campus. Founded in 1794 when Maine was still part of Massachusetts, the college has educated some of the greatest literary minds in American history. Stroll slowly along the leafy paths, passing chattering students. Closed to cars, the atmosphere is peaceful and allows a serene tour of the main attractions of the redbrick campus buildings. Enter the quad, which features Bowdoin’s most architecturally striking buildings. Start at Massachusetts Hall, near the entrance, the oldest building on campus and, for a time, the only one. Moving southeast, walk around the edge of the quad to Bowdoin Chapel, built in the Romanesque Revival style by famous architect Richard Upjohn. Reach Hubbard Hall, now home to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. As you keep going, you’ll see the Bowdoin College Art Museum, housed in a historically recognized neo-Renaissance building. Come out of the quad the way you entered and head to Federal Street. Stop at the Parker Cleaveland house and continue down the street to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, where the author wrote *Uncle Tom’s Cabin*. Stowe’s husband was a professor at Bowdoin at the time. Go inside to look at Harriet’s Writing Room, which is maintained by the college for the public. Later Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lived here as a student. The Bowdoin College campus is open to visitors all day, year-round, though most buildings are accessible only during regular business hours. Bowdoin is located at the south end of Brunswick, Maine, which is accessible via train from many locations throughout Maine. Brunswick is a 2-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts, or a 30-minute drive from the closest international airport in Portland, Maine. Use the ample free parking throughout the campus marked for visitors. ### Popular places to visit ![Bowdoin College Museum of Art which includes wild flowers and modern architecture](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6186058/d5d4dc07-1e0d-4d0e-adc7-b6d320a1dbd8.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh) #### Bowdoin College Museum of Art Small but mighty, this university museum is home to one of the most extensive and important art collections in America. [](https://expedia.ca/Bowdoin-College-Museum-Of-Art-Brunswick.d6186058.Vacation-Attraction) ![Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum showing interior views as well as a small group of people](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6334486/205f8d7d-3df5-4a5c-9e38-488d310e54b1.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh) #### Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Housing an extensive collection of Arctic artifacts, this small museum celebrates the lives of two great explorers who graduated from Bowdoin College. 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