Maine Memory Network

Gull Rock, Somesville, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Somesville Media: Postcard

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.

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… his own or with fellow tribesmen to hunt seals or gulls from the shores of other islands on the Maine seacoast."