Search Results

Keywords: Miriam MacMillan

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 15 Showing 3 of 15

Item 55118

Miriam MacMillan at the wheel, Northwest Greenland, 1948

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1948 Media: Photo negative

Item 54900

MacMillan with puppy on 'Bowdoin,' 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Media: Photographic print

Item 55123

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Mystic Seaport, 1959

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1956-06-25 Location: Mystic Media: Photo negative

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 3 Showing 3 of 3

Exhibit

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.

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.