Maine Memory Network

U.S. Lighthouse Establishment Dustpan ca. 1890

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1890 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Staten Island Media: Brass

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.