Maine Memory Network

Jaehne Shell House, Fairfield, ca. 1950

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1950 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Penobscot trade brooch, Indian Island, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Location: Old Town; Ontario, Canada Media: Silver alloy

Randall property, S. side Sargent Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bertha L. Randall Use: Summer Dwelling

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.

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.