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MSM at Home
Missing the museum?
Enjoy the Maine State Museum at home! Explore a variety of guided activities for your family to enjoy at home, offering opportunities to learn and play with the Maine State Museum right from your living room.
Join us in a 1960s Living Room!
Take a video tour through the Maine State Museum’s 1960s living room and challenge friends and family to a photo game!
Logging Camps, River Drives, and Sawmills
Check out the story of Maine logging, learn about food in a lumber camp, and find out how to read tree rings!
Flight to Extinction – The Story of the Passenger Pigeon
Learn how a bird vanished from Maine and the rest of the country, then make your own origami passenger pigeon out of paper!
Lazy Daisies, Silk Ribbons & Spider Webs: Mary Louise Orr’s 1890 Crazy Quilt
Explore a crazy quilt with our discovery guide, make your own paper quilt, and use letters from Helen Keller to learn square handwriting!
Make your own glider out of paper
Learn about the 17 year old Mainer who built his own full-sized glider in 1911, then try it out yourself with different paper airplane patterns!
Wool and Weaving
Learn about how wool goes from a sheep’s back to a piece of soft cloth! This activity includes videos and instructions for weaving at home.