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New Items
Added April 3, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added April 1, 2025
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Acadian Archives
Added March 31, 2025
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Added March 31, 2025
Item Contributed by
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Added March 31, 2025
Item Contributed by
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Added March 31, 2025
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Added March 26, 2025
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Acadian Archives
Added March 26, 2025
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Acadian Archives
New My Maine Stories
Added March 27, 2025
I feel like I am serving the sentence with him
by Nicole Lund
An officer reprimands a visitor for her attire, later suspending her visits for non-compliance.
Added March 26, 2025
Childhood Trauma Caused by Childhood Incarceration
by Buddy Bieler
Buddy reflects on trauma he experienced at the Maine Youth Center Special Management Unit as a child
Added March 26, 2025
Kolyn Mattson's Story
by Kolyn X. Mattson
Kolyn X. Mattson reflects on the impact of their mother's addiction and incarceration.
Added March 26, 2025
A Fight Worth Fighting
by Philip McIntyre
Philip McIntyre argues that current incarceration practices lead to recidivism.
New Exhibits
Alaskan-born Siberian Husky, Togo, was an international hero, famous for guiding his sled team to Nome with vaccines that saved the town’s children from deadly diphtheria. Learn about Togo’s life, and how he came to live in Maine.
Humans and their animal companions began sharing lives about twenty-five thousand years ago, when, according to archaeological evidence and genetic studies, wolves approached people for food scraps. As agriculture grew and people began storing grains around ten thousand years ago, wild cats helped keep rodents at bay and feline populations thrived by having a steady food source. Over time, these animals morphed into the dogs and cats we know today, becoming our home companions, our pets.
From Fredericksburg to Appomattox, from August 1862 to June 1865, the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment's raw, untrained and undisciplined recruits soon learned to be soldiers. The 17th Maine was known as the Red Diamond Regiment.
Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.
