Augusta: “Maine’s Civil War Flags, “This Land Called Maine,” “12,000 Years in Maine,” “Maine Bounty: Woods, Sea and Granite,” “Made in Maine,” “Struggle for Identity,” and “Reflections of Maine,” are featured year round at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and all state holidays. 287-2301

Bath: Ongoing exhibits, “A Maritime History of Maine,” “Lobstering and the Maine Coast” and “Percy and Small Shipyard,” at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except major holidays. 443-1316

Bath: “Art Quilts Maine Exhibition,” will be featured through Sept. 11 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery, 798 Washington St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. 442-8455

Boothbay Harbor: “John Vander: The Anigone Series,” new works on paper, will be featured through Sept. 29, at Gold/Smith Gallery, 41 Commercial St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 633-6252

Brunswick: The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College is showing “Continuing Exhibits from the Collection” and “S.S. Roosevelt: A Model of Strength,” continuing; “Recent Acquisitions: The Ocheltree Collection,” will be featured through Oct. 17; and “Building the Peary Monument,” will be featured through Oct. 31. Gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. 725-3416

Brunswick: “Pejepscot Past Times: Objects from the Original Collection,” is ongoing; and “Decades of Dessert,” will be featured through January, both at Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday until 8 p.m. 729-6606

Brunswick: “American Landscape Painting,” will be featured through Sept. 21 at Bowdoin College John H. Halford Gallery. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. 725-3275

Brunswick: “Stefan Pastuhov: A Maine for All Seasons,” will be featured through Oct. 2 at Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St. 1-800-244-3007

Brunswick: “Grace Degennaro: Paintings and Drawings,” will be featured through Oct. 9 at ICON Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St. Gallery hours: weekdays, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. 725-8157

Damariscotta: Artist Nicholas Lamia will present the exhibition “Re-Entry,” a selection of recent abstract paintings through Oct. 2, at Round Top Center for the Arts Art Gallery, Business Rt. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. 563-1507

Falmouth: “Seascapes: Watercolors by Lawrence C. Goldsmith,” will be featured through Sept. 19, at Elizabeth Moss Gallery, 251 U.S. Rt. 1. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 781-2620

Farmington: “Skip Schiel: Paired Photographs From the Levant: Images From Israel and Palestine” and “Seeds of Peace: Color Games,” will be featured Sept. 16 through Oct. 21 at UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment. 778-7000

Fryeburg: The Fryeburg Historical Society Museum, 96 Main St., is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and 5:30 to 9 p.m. and every Thursday 1 to 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. 935-4192

Gorham: “Six Weeks ‘Til Frost,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings, lithographs and ceramics by Frank Valliere and David Orser, will be featured through Sept. 19 at Elizabeth and Main Gallery of Art. 839-4060

Gorham: “USM Art Faculty Exhibit,” will be featured Sept. 16 through Oct. 17 at USM Area Art Gallery. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 780-5009

Harpswell: “Images From the Past, the Wiscasset Schooners” and “Sculptural Reliefs” by Condon Kuhl and “Paintings: Tuscany to the Isle of Elba,” new work by Georgeann Kuhl, will be featured through Sept. 18; and “Imprints From Nature,” jewelry by Condon Kuhl, with impressions from nature, will be featured through Oct. 1, all at Gallery at Widgeon Cove, 31 Widgeon Cove Lane. Gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday and Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 833-6081

Hinckley: “The Portraits: Maine Natural History,” will be featured through Oct. 15 at L.C. Bates Museum, Rt. 201. 238-4250

Kennebunk: Paintings and sculpture by some of the best-known artists in Maine and New England will be featured through Oct. 28 at the Irvine School of Art and Gallery, River Tree Center for the Arts, 35 Western Ave. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 283-0171

Lewiston: “Wenda Gu: From Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium,” will be featured through Oct. 10; “Marsden Hartley: Image and Identity,” will be featured through Dec. 18; and “New Acquisitions: Local and Global Contemporary Photography,” will be featured through May 30, all at Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 786-6158

Lewiston: Works by Marian Baker of Yarmouth, Morris David Dorenfeld and Susan Dewsnap of Portland, will be featured Sept. 12 through Oct. 23 at L-A College Atrium Art Gallery, 51 Westminister St. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free 753-6500

Liberty: Early American hand tools, Native American artifacts and the work of over 75 contemporary Maine artists and craftspeople are ongoing at the Davistown Museum, 58 Main St. Gallery hours: Labor Day through Christmas, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 288-5126

Litchfield: Ongoing, changing art exhibit by Aleta Manchester of New England landscapes, historical to the present, is featured at the Country Café, Rt. 126. The café is open seven days a week. 268-4003

New Portland: Ongoing exhibits, featured year round, include Indian art from the U.S., Canada, South America, with special focus on Maine’s Abenaki, also with a basket collection, at Nowetah’s American Indian Museum, Rt. 27. Gallery hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free 628-4981

Nobleboro: Paintings by Philip Barter, Eric Hopkins, Paul Plante, Elena Jahn, John Neville and Jane Dahmen are featured continuously at Gallery House, 5 Center St. Gallery hours: daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 563-8598

Norway: “Household Objections,” work by Lori Christmastree, will be featured through Sept. 24 at Fare Share Commons, 447 Main St. Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday, 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 743-9044

Ogunquit: The art of Janet Fish and watercolors by Eliot O’Hara will be featured through Oct. 15 at Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Road. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. $5/$3 646-4909

Poland: Works by Annette Lavalee of Auburn, Neily Harris of Monmouth and Andrea van Voorst van Beest of Pownal will be featured through Oct. 31 at the Maine State Building on Poland Spring Hill. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 998-4142

Portland: “Contemporary Art From the Permanent Collection,” “Newly Restored McLellan House and L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Galleries,” all ongoing; “European Muses, American Masters: 1870 to 1950,” will be featured through Oct. 17; “German Expressionist Graphics: The Bradford Collection,” will be featured through Oct. 24; “Lawrence Goldsmith Watercolors,” will be featured through Nov. 8; and “Street Smart: The Photographs of Garry Winogrand,” will be featured through Dec. 5, all at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square. Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 775-6148

Portland: “Out of Bounds, works by 20 contemporary African women artists, will be featured through Sept. 19, at UNE Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave. 797-7261

Portland: “Shipwrecks,” will be featured through Nov. 1 at Portland Harbor Museum, Fort Road. Gallery hours: Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 761-0338

Portland: “Life on Earth,” solo exhibit by Marsha Donahue, will be featured through Oct. 2, at Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 772-2693

Portland: “Annual Sculpture Invitational,” will be featured through Oct. 31, at UNE Westbrook College Campus Art Gallery, 716 Stevens St. Gallery hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m. 797-7261

Portland: “Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons,” will be featured through Sept. 30 at Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 828-1234

Portland: “Twelve Years and Thirteen Days: Remembering Paul and Sheila Wellstone,” will be featured through Sept. 25 at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 110 Exchange St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 761-0660

Portland: “Woven Glass Sculptures,” by Martin Kremer will be featured through Sept. 12; “Subconscious Thoughts Spontaneous Fantasies,” by Robert Mickelsen will be featured through Sept. 19; and “Sparkle, Cut and Polishes,” by Toland Sand, will be featured through Oct. 17, all at Stein Gallery Contemporary Glass, 195 Middle St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 772-9072

Portland: “Metamorphosis: Shapes of Men,” will be featured through Oct. 31 at Radiant Light Gallery, 615 Congress St. Gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. through Labor Day Weekend and Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. and first Fridays after Labor Day. 252-7258

Portland: “New Paintings,” by Greg Parker, will be featured through Sept. 25 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 522 Congress St. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. 879-5742

Portland: “Pushing Envelopes: The Mail Art of Carlo Pittore,” will be featured through Sept. 25 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St. 772-1961

Portland: Recent photographs by Fran Vita-Taylor will be featured through Oct. 15 at USM Woodbury Campus Center. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rockland: “Maine in America,” and “The Wyeth Collection,” are featured continuously; “Edward Hopper Exhibition,” will be featured through Sept. 26; “Painting Maine: Connie Hayes and the Borrowed View,” will be featured through Oct. 17; “To the Lily Pond: Recent Watercolors by Stephen Pace,” will be featured through Oct. 24; and “MEESeeing Red: Rockwell Kent and the Farnsworth Art Museum,” will be featured through Nov. 28, all at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. $8/$5 596-6457

Rockland: The works of Dennis Pinette of Belfast, Jacque Rochester of Glen Cove, Lise Becu of Tenants Harbor and Denise Remy of Belfast, will be featured through Sept. 11, at Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. 594-5935

Rockport: “Couples,” “Scott Davis: Works” and “Maggie Foskett: Who Was Sadie Cooksey?” will be featured through Oct. 3, at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. 236-2875

Rumford: “Watercolors by June Dragoon,” will be featured through Sept. 27 at Pennacook Art Center, 82 Congress St. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 364-9972

Waterville: “The Works of Alex Katz,” “Ancient Art,” and “Whistler’s Etchings and Lithotints, 1858-1896,” all ongoing; “Sites Unseen: Photographic Visions of the Vernacular Landscape,” will be featured through Oct. 10; “Contemporary Painting: Curated By Alex Katz,” will be featured through Sept. 19; “Contemporary Highlights From the Permanent Collection,” will be featured through Oct. 31; and “Artists Talk: Selections From the Skowhegan Lecture Archive,” will be featured through Oct. 31, all at Colby College Museum of Art. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 4:30 p.m. 872-3549

Yarmouth: “Yarmouth at the Turn of the Century,” ongoing, at Yarmouth Historical Society, Main Street. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 846-6259