COLLINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Collins Center for the Arts is a performing arts center on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Its main venue, Hutchins Concert Hall, has a seating capacity of 1,435, with 835 seats on the orchestra level and 600 in the balcony. The building was designed by Bangor architect Eaton W. Tarbell.

The center presents classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, comedy, lectures, and Met: Live in HD broadcasts. It is the home of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the oldest continually-operating community orchestra in the United States, founded in 1896. UMaine performing arts groups are also based there.

The Collins Center has been operating since 1986, originally named the Maine Center for the Arts. It closed in August 2007 for an 18-month renovation and reopened in February 2009. It was renamed the Collins Center for the Arts in honor of donors Richard R. and Anne A. Collins following a $6 million gift. The center also houses the Hudson Museum, an anthropology museum.