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Item 105844

A cheerful sign of appreciation for COVID-19 workers, Long Island, 2020

Courtesy of Nancy Noble, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-04 Location: Long Island Media: Digital image

Item 105850

COVID-19 signs on the ferry dock at Long Island, 2020

Courtesy of Nancy Noble, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-07 Location: Long Island Media: Digital image

Item 105840

Harpswell Community School pandemic message, 2020

Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-04-25 Location: Harpswell Media: Digital image

Online Exhibits

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Selections from the Collections

Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.

Exhibit

Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

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.

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.