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New Items

Added April 30, 2025

Grand Trunk Garage, Portland, 1944

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 29, 2025

Head Harbor Island Church congregation, Jonseport, ca. 1920

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added April 29, 2025

Paul Crossman displaying his graduation gift, Frenchboro, 1958

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added April 29, 2025

Three men and a dog named Sandy, Moose Peak Light, Jonesport, 1969

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added April 29, 2025

"Sunbeam III" docked in Cutler Harbor, 1940

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added April 29, 2025

Head Harbor Island resident standing proudly on his porch, ca. 1920

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added April 28, 2025

Swearingen Motors, Portland, 1949

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 28, 2025

Congress Square, Portland, 1944

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 28, 2025

U.S. Naval vessels USS "Lydonia" and USS "Eagle" docked in Portland, 1944

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 25, 2025

Belle D'Arcy for Keith's theater, Portland, ca. 1910

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 25, 2025

Miss Frances McHenry for Keith's Theater, Portland, ca. 1908

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added April 25, 2025

Blanche Friderici for Keith's Theater, Portland, ca. 1910

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

New My Maine Stories

Matt Plummer's Story
by Matt Plummer

Matt reflects on how it felt to be released from prison and the work that remained ahead.

An Apology
by Buddy Bieler

Buddy tells Nicole Lund the story of an apology from an officer that he's known a long time.

I feel like I am serving the sentence with him
by Nicole Lund

An officer reprimands a visitor for her attire, later suspending her visits for non-compliance.

Childhood Trauma Caused by Childhood Incarceration
by Buddy Bieler

Buddy reflects on trauma he experienced at the Maine Youth Center Special Management Unit as a child

New Exhibits

Elizabeth P. Ricker and Togo, Poland Spring, 1928

Alaskan-born Siberian Husky, Togo, was an international hero, famous for guiding his sled team to Nome with vaccines that saved the town’s children from deadly diphtheria. Learn about Togo’s life, and how he came to live in Maine.

Spring kittens, ca. 1910

Humans and their animal companions began sharing lives about twenty-five thousand years ago, when, according to archaeological evidence and genetic studies, wolves approached people for food scraps. As agriculture grew and people began storing grains around ten thousand years ago, wild cats helped keep rodents at bay and feline populations thrived by having a steady food source. Over time, these animals morphed into the dogs and cats we know today, becoming our home companions, our pets.

17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864

From Fredericksburg to Appomattox, from August 1862 to June 1865, the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment's raw, untrained and undisciplined recruits soon learned to be soldiers. The 17th Maine was known as the Red Diamond Regiment.

VegFest poster, Portland, 2012

Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.