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Historical Items

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Item 14585

Mastshave, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Buffalo Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 14586

Cooper's adze, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Union Media: Cast steel

Item 14581

Shipwright's Slick, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood

Online Exhibits

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Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

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 Pages

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Friendship Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels."