Keywords: Museum objects
Item 55196
Blue marlin at the L.C. Bates Museum, Fairfield, ca. 1955
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 10529
Frederic W Higgins Coffin Plate, 1849
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849 Media: Tin, pine cones
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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Story
From Naturalists to Environmentalists
by Andy Beahm
The beginnings of Maine Audubon in the Portland Society of Natural History
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
