Keywords: Shellfish
Item 105882
Clam factory at Medomak, Bremen, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Breman Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 102241
Picking mussels, Westport Island, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Wagner-Higgins Family through Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1912 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
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.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4
"It is home to a variety of birds, fish, shellfish and mammals that either live their entire lives or live parts of their life cycles in the marsh; it…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History
"… spent time on MDI hunting, fishing, catching shellfish and gathering plants and berries. The Abnaki called the island Pemetic."
Story
Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber
Farming oysters in Casco Bay
Story
The best lobster roll in Maine!
by Debbie Gagnon
The history of Red's Eats and the recipe for our famous Lobster Rolls