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Keywords: Americana

Historical Items

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Item 25628

Magnalia Christi Americana, London, 1702

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1702 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 130

Dave the Guesser, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 9901

Wantage Rule fitted into a box, 1720

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: 1720 Location: Berwick Media: Boxwood, brass, ribbon

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

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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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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