Maine Memory Network

Creamery cabinet, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland; Poultney Media: Wood, metal

Lubec in a heavy snow, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Lubec Media: Cabinet photograph

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.

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.