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Added March 5, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added March 5, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added March 5, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added March 4, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added March 4, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added March 4, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added March 3, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added March 3, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added February 28, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
Added February 28, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added February 27, 2025
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Maine Historical Society
New My Maine Stories
Added March 5, 2025
An Unknown World
by anonymous
The writer reflects on growing up with an abusive father who was in and out of prison for years.
Added February 27, 2025
Who do you want living next door?
by anonymous
The writer reflects on the lack of mental health services for Maine's incarcerated individuals.
Added February 27, 2025
The System Doesn't Care about Rehabilitation
by Robert Fogg
Robert describes periods of incarceration from a young age to the present.
Added February 20, 2025
Hope
by Buddy Bieler
Buddy reflects on the experience of being incarcerated over the last sixteen years.
New Exhibits
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.
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.
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.
Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.
