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Museum L-A Executive Director Audrey Thomson, left, and Program and Marketing Coordinator Denise Scammon demonstrate the board game A River’s Journey on Wednesday at the museum in Lewiston. Each player has a choice of being a boater or a fish, navigating the river while following instructions on the spaces on which they land. The museum exhibit “Our Working Waterway” features the Androscoggin River and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. The museum closed in December and reopened only after local COVID-19 rates declined for seven consecutive days. “It’s an exciting day for us,” Thomson said. “Even if very few people show up, we are happy to provide the opportunity for families who are ready to venture out.” All visitors and staff are required to wear masks in the museum. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

LEWISTON — Museum L-A  opened its gallery to visitors Wednesday. The museum’s new visitor hours include Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“We are thrilled to have visitors back inside Museum L-A and to offer the community the opportunity to once again explore this beloved cultural institution,” said Audrey Thomson, Museum L-A’s executive director. “We’ve missed the thousands of people who visit our exhibits each year.”

The museum’s gift shop, La Boutique Rouge, will be open during visitor hours, too. In the gift shop are books, textiles, toys, postcards, oral histories on CD, and other Lewiston-Auburn items.

Admission to the gallery is $4 for students and seniors (age 65 and older), and $5 for adults.

Museum L-A is located at 35 Canal St., in the Bates Mill No. 1, in Lewiston. The entrance to the museum’s parking lot is at 36 Chestnut St. More information and digital tours can be found online at www.museumla.org. Send questions to [email protected].

Our Working Waterway

“Our Working Waterway” dives into the history of the Androscoggin River and its effects on the industrial development of many cities throughout Maine. Visitors will learn how people have used this important waterway to develop manufacturing centers, polluted the river’s waters, and worked hard to clean and maintain the river throughout history. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Muskie’s Clean Water Act, and there is currently a bill before the legislature to reclassify the river from Class C to Class B. This exhibit was funded in part by a grant from the Maine Bicentennial Commission.

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