Connect
- View MHS's Bicentennial events, programs, & activities.
- Listen: On This Day in Maine's History.
Participate
- Download our Community guide to Commemorating Maine's Bicentennial and other resources.
- Add your history to My Maine Stories on Maine Memory Network.
- Share historical materials from your organization or personal collections.
Educate
- For Teachers:
Commemorate Statehood in the classroom with new Bicentennial Education Initiative. - Search/Browse our lesson plans.
- Submit your own lesson plan.
- Virtual Learning Hub with mini lessons, videos, and activities.
Explore
- Use Maine History Online to discover why Maine became the 23rd State in the Union.
- An Overview of Statehood shows how the District of Maine was at the center of global competition for control of New England before separation.
- Get the full story on the political process behind Statehood.
Exhibitions
- State of Mind: Becoming Maine
(On view at MHS thru 1/30/21)
Examines Maine as Wabanaki homeland, a European province, a District of Massachusetts, and the State of Maine. - Holding Up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art
The ongoing story of the Wabanaki, the first people of Maine. Provides critical context for understanding Maine Statehood.
More Maine History Resources
- Maine History Online introduces Maine History.
- Find your Maine on Maine Memory Network.
- Expand your study of Maine history with this reading list.
