Keywords: Seashells
Item 52416
Jaehne Shell House, Fairfield, ca. 1950
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1950 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 6046
Lady Pepperrell's snuff box, Kittery, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Kittery Media: Ivory and shell
Item 92574
Randall property, S. side Sargent Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Bertha L. Randall Use: Summer Dwelling
Exhibit
Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.