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Category: Countdown to Reopening
Countdown to Reopening, News, Staff Happenings, Uncategorized
We’re Hiring!
The Maine State Museum Education Division is hiring for a full-time Museum Education Program Specialist II. The Maine State Museum, located in Maine’s capital city of Augusta, serves as a vital cultural resource for students, scholars, lifelong learners, and anyone curious about the state’s past, present, and future. The Maine State Museum has roots […]
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Countdown to Reopening, Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens
Emeline Rose: The Life of a Maine Nurse, in Her Own Words
Celebrating Women’s History Month often means seeking out individuals who were not recognized in their time – the countless women who did great work without great recognition. Emeline Rose’s life will be celebrated in the upcoming exhibit Beyond the Postcard: Stories of the Maine Experience. Visit the museum after it reopens on October 24, 2026 […]
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Countdown to Reopening, News, Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Staff Happenings
EgNo 3654 Makes a Dramatic Entrance
The museum’s display of whale skeletal remains took on dramatic new dimensions in November this year with the installation of jawbones and a flipper from a North Atlantic right whale. The selective representation of EgNo 3654’s bones is meant to add a new dimension to the whale gallery. EgNo 3654’s jawbones create a dramatic passthrough […]
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Countdown to Reopening, Staff Happenings
Fall Event Photos
See photos from the Maine State Museum’s fall 2025 events.
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Countdown to Reopening, News, Staff Happenings
What’s Been Going On at the Museum?
Gearing up for the first phase of our Grand Reopening on October 24, 2026! Are you missing the Maine State Museum? You are not alone. Many have expressed frustration that the museum has been closed for so long. The reasons for this long timeline? The renovation of the Cultural Building, the 55- year-old structure that […]
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