To this day, professors and students of the college continue to travel to the Arctic to pursue research.

Established in 1985, the Arctic Studies Center links the resources of the museum and the library with teaching and research efforts, and hosts lectures, workshops, and educational outreach projects.

"Through course offerings, field research programs, employment opportunities, and special events, the Arctic Studies Center promotes anthropological, archaeological, geological, and environmental investigations of the North.

Artifacts in the Museum's collection include Peary and MacMillan's expedition equipment, anthropological objects, Inuit art, films, archival papers, publications, and natural history specimens.

Bowdoin College's Departments of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geology offer a concentration in Arctic Studies.