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Added March 22, 2023

Cluster Quartz crystals in the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added March 22, 2023

Temperance Watchman Club No. 1 banner, ca. 1848

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added March 22, 2023

Maine Charitable Mechanics' bronze medal, Portland, 1854

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 22, 2023

Bronze medal awarded at exposition, Portland, 1859

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 22, 2023

Maine Charitable Mechanic Association bronze medal, Portland, 1854

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 21, 2023

Bronze medal from 1854 Exhibition, Portland, 1854

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 21, 2023

Entrance of Mechanics' Hall, Portland, ca. 1958

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 14, 2023

Manuscript map of Maine, 1761

Item Contributed by
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education

Added March 14, 2023

Bronze Medal awarded at exhibition, 1859

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 14, 2023

Bronze medal from exhibition, 1854

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

Added March 14, 2023

Drawing of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Portland, 1877

Item Contributed by
Mechanics' Hall

New My Maine Stories

Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey

A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.

Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.

From Naturalists to Environmentalists
by Andy Beahm

The beginnings of Maine Audubon in the Portland Society of Natural History

What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller

Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?

New Exhibits

Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

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.

Front Door, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Athlete in an early t-shirt, circa 1930

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today’s fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Named because the silhouette resembles the capital letter "T," the t-shirt—also called a "tee"—is usually a short-sleeved, collarless shirt made of cotton. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Streeter garden, Kingfield, ca. 1910

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.