Keywords: Bird feathers
Item 135825
Feather duster, Portland, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1870
Location: Portland
Media: Wood, feathers, metal
This record contains 2 images.
Item 105131
A. Rosenthal velvet coat from Berlin, Germany, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1895
Location: Berlin
Media: silk, sateen, velvet, feather
This record contains 9 images.
Exhibit
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Fans made from bird feathers became an opera fashion accessory, complementing the entire ensemble, as essential gloves and a gown for formal events."
Story
Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
by Doug Hitchcox, Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Portland Society of Natural History Collections
Story
Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey
A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.
