Exhibits
Maine Memory Network is featuring these online exhibits. You also can view all of the site's exhibits, view a timeline of selected events in Maine History, and learn how to create your own exhibit.
Wabanaki trade brooch
Gifts From Gluskabe: Early Indian Objects and Baskets
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries. Read on.
Sweetgrass comb, ca. 1900
Gifts From Gluskabe: Tools and Woodworking
The Wabanaki Indians -- "the people of the land of the dawn" -- share many artistic traditions, inspired by the values and morals of Gluskabe, creator of the Wabanaki peoples. Read on.
Mohawk purse, ca. 1880
Gifts from Gluskabe: Birchbark, Beads and Continuing Traditions
Using natural resources and taking inspiration from the land around them, Maine Indian artists created utilitarian and decorative items, both for themselves and for sale. Read on.
Summer Camps
Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers. Read on.
Wiscasset's Arctic Connection
Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s. Read on.
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