Maine Memory Network

Halibut catch, Monhegan, 1970

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: 1970 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Halibut hunters, Monhegan, 1968

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: 1968 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

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.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… as the supply of fish such as cod, flounder, and halibut diminished. At the same time urban markets welcomed this change of seafood."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… Swan’s Island were bountiful with flounder, cod, halibut, haddock, and herring. The work force of Swan’s Islanders from the early homesteading days…"