Keywords: herbarium
Item 135841
Furbish’s Lousewort, Fort Kent, 1881
Contributed by: Harvard University Herbarium Date: 1881 Location: Fort Kent Media: Botanical specimen
Item 23491
Collage of pressed flowers, ca. 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Gorham; Cambridge Media: Plants, paper
Exhibit
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
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"… the Botanical Department 1880 , pp. 55-57, Gray Herbarium Archives, Harvard University “The scenery of Mount Desert is so beautiful and remarkable…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"… Desert Island Historical Society and the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University, contain detailed accounts of the expeditions, as well as their…"
