Karla Rider, executive director of the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity, plans to speak to the Rotary Club of Bridgton-Lake Region at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16.

The gathering will be at Stella’s on the Square, 6 North Main St. in Bridgton.

All are welcome at no charge, and with coffee only. If school is cancelled because of the weather, the meeting will be postponed.

Rider will share information about the latest projects at the museum, especially focusing on the expansion of its cultural complex with construction of a classic post and beam barn that will complement Main Street and the two other historic museum buildings on the site. The new structure will feature the museum’s collection of more than 30 wall murals, reconstructed and displayed in the design of the original rooms.

The largest collection of wall murals of any kind in the United States, these murals have never been gathered together in one place or open to public view, according to a news release from Carol Madsen, club member.

Executive director of the Rufus Porter museum since 2018, Rider is originally from Connecticut. She moved to Maine after attending college in Boston to continue her education and gain more experience in the museum field.

She has worked for a variety of grass-roots nonprofit organizations in Maine, including the Old York Historical Society, Victoria Mansion, the Maine People’s Alliance, Maine Preservation, Museum L-A, and the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society.

For more information, email President Aaron Hagan at lakeregionrotary@gmail.com.

 

 

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