Maine Memory Network

Bone scarf slide, 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Leesburg Media: Bone

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment

Indians, Furs, and Economics

When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.

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.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… put them in the box because they’re all skin and bones. So I didn’t like that either. Anna: So did you end up marrying a farmer? Marion: No, no I…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Mincemeat Recipe
by Marian Fowler

A recipe for mincemeat, along with the recipe's history.