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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Staff Happenings, Videos
‘Maine Quilts’ Book Launch with Author-Curator Laurie LaBar
Author-Curator Laurie LaBar gives a peek between the covers of her book Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community. Laurie shares a few of the engaging stories and beautiful images in the book, which marks the first published and long-awaited study of Maine quilts. The book, co-published by the Maine State Museum and Down […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Museum Moments: The Lion Locomotive
The Lion was built in 1846. For almost 50 years the Lion hauled lumber from the mills in Whitneyville to the schooners in Machiasport. Watch the video below to learn more! Hover over the images below to zoom in
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Museum Moments: The Spear Mill
One of the really cool things about our Made in Maine exhibit is our water-powered mill. This is the Spear sawmill built in Warren, Maine, in 1764. In the 1980’s when the Museum was constructing the Made in Maine exhibit, the Spear Mill was in Warren, but the building was falling apart around it. Museum […]
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Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries
The exhibition Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries opened at the Maine State Museum in September 2018 and closed in late October 2019. The presentation included approximately 200 objects and an equal number of images, plus video and audio elements, and two interactive displays. Various exhibit areas focused on geography, summer, holidays, life cycle events, language, […]
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