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Category: Videos
Museum Moments: Fall in Maine
Though it is always hard to say goodbye to summer and prepare for the coming winter, nothing compares to a Maine autumn. The colorful leaves and crisp air signal there’s much to be done at this distinctive time of year. Let’s take a walk around the Museum and focus on some changes that Fall brings. […]
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Eating Maine History: Sunset Salad
Welcome to our Eating Maine History series, where we dive deep into the Maine State Museum’s collections to bring you the old, weird, and maybe even tasty foods of Maine’s past. This episode’s recipe is Sunset Salad, a recipe from the 1956 Village Cookbook out of Yarmouth, Maine. Read more about Sunset Salad and see […]
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Objects, Artifacts, & Specimens, Videos
Behind the Scenes-Shipbuilding & The St. Mary
Shipwrecked on her maiden voyage, the St. Mary never made it to California after setting out from Phippsburg, Maine. Step onto the St. Mary, one of the last square-rigged ships built in North America. Through the shipbuilding tools left behind, discover a little bit about the people who helped build this 242 foot long vessel. […]
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Museum Moments: Summer in Maine
Maine is year-round vacationland, but summer is especially busy! Visit summers of the past in this Museum Moments video. Revisit the vacationland we know and love. Watch the video below to learn more!
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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
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
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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Museum Moments-Trout in Back to Nature Exhibit
Enjoy the soothing experience of watching trout swim in the museum’s Back to Nature exhibit. Watch the video below!
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