Keywords: Portland Museum
Item 102268
Poster for Portland Art Museum visitors' teas, ca. 1965
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Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 20145
Notice of museum auction, Portland, 1839
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 76259
95-107 Spring Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Society of Art Style: Federal Use: Art Museum
Item 151197
Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Portland Client: Portland Museum of Art Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 151317
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries, Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Portland Society of Art Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland
"… Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland View exhibit: A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh View exhibit: Picturing Henry…"
Site Page
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Story
Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
by Ken Brooks
How the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum began
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Museum Practices for Students
Grade Level: K-2, 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
Included here are some basics about general museum etiquette and ways to enable your students a greater understanding of museums, artifacts and their significance in illustrating history.
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
