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Category: Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens
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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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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