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Author: Amanda Browne
Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Exploring Exhibits & Objects up Close: Back to Nature Exhibit
Celebrate the museum’s Back to Nature exhibit which opened almost 50 years ago! Join us in saying goodbye to an old friend! The Maine State Museum’s beloved Back to Nature exhibit opened almost 50 years ago. The natural scenes were painstakingly created or collected one plant and creature at a time. In this behind-the-scenes video, […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Behind the Scenes-Object Conservation-Ice Harvesting & Granite Quarrying
Exhibit changes provide opportunities to examine collections that have been on long-term display. Objects Conservator Teresa Murphy takes us behind the scenes for a close up look at some tools that were in the Ice Harvesting and Granite Quarrying exhibits. Some of these objects were on display for 40 years! Watch the video below to […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community
Laurie LaBar shares insights, stories, and photographs featured in “Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community”. Laurie’s engaging stories and beautiful images will make viewers even more enthusiastic for the upcoming exhibition, Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community, postponed until 2026 because of the museum’s unexpected closure. “Maine Quilts: 250 Years of […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Judy Taylor Interview-Maine Labor Mural
In 2008, Artist Judy Taylor painted 11 panels to tell the story of Maine’s labor history. The mural was installed at the Maine Department of Labor in September 2008 and removed in March 2011. The mural was re-installed in the atrium of Maine’s state Cultural Building in January 2013 and is now a permanent part […]
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Malaga Island Descendant Laura Harrison Shares Her Family’s Story
The 2012 exhibition “Malaga Island, Fragmented Lives” marked the 100th anniversary of Maine state government’s eviction of impoverished, mixed-race residents from their homes on Phippsburg’s Malaga Island. Connections with Malaga Island descendants provided great inspiration before, during, and after the museum’s exhibition. This video features descendant Laura Harrison speaking to a school group from Deer […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Artisans Re-Create an Outfit from the 1700’s that was Worn by a Maliseet Chief
In 2009 Wabanaki artisans Frances Frey, Jennifer Neptune, and Rose Tomah teamed together with the museum’s curator Laurie LaBar and textile specialist Marion Scharoun to re-create an outfit from the 1700’s that was worn by a Maliseet Chief. This group of talented women used historical techniques of beadwork, appliqué, and hand stitching to meticulously create […]
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