Maine Memory Network

Clam factory at Medomak, Bremen, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Breman Media: Glass Plate Negative

Picking mussels, Westport Island, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Wagner-Higgins Family through Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1912 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

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.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"It is home to a variety of birds, fish, shellfish and mammals that either live their entire lives or live parts of their life cycles in the marsh; it…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… spent time on MDI hunting, fishing, catching shellfish and gathering plants and berries. The Abnaki called the island Pemetic."

Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber

Farming oysters in Casco Bay

The best lobster roll in Maine!
by Debbie Gagnon

The history of Red's Eats and the recipe for our famous Lobster Rolls