AUGUSTA — Members of the Maine Wood Carvers Association will be in the Atrium of the Maine State Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Admission is free for the event and to the Maine State Museum all day. Participating members will display examples of their finished work, as well as demonstrate […]
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Maine State Museum showing cartoon, documentary on Curious George
The free screening Saturday features the 2006 animated adventure and comedy “Curious George” and continues at noon with “Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators.”
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Maine State Museum to host Bike Day
The Maine State Museum, Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the Maine State Library will host the family-friendly event to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.
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Summer School: Maine State Museum draws the curious, from children to seniors
The Augusta-based museum will partner with bike coalition for a special event to celebrate women’s right to vote — and ride bicycles — as part of exhibits this summer.
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Maine State Museum to host lecture with Bernd Heinrich
Heinrich is a writer and naturalist set to speak on his many areas of expertise on April 3.
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Women’s suffrage movement exhibition coming to Maine State Museum
The exhibition, “Women’s Long Road – 100 Years to the Vote,” will be on display at the museum from March 23 through Jan. 25.
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Maine State Museum to present special ‘Curious George’ film screenings
The Maine State Museum, Library and Archives team up with Maine Jewish Film Festival to present two films on Curious George and his creators.
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Museum opens Sunday to commemmorate WWI centennial
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum officially marks the closing of its exhibition, Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. The event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of the Great War. The museum will honor veterans and include […]
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Maine State Museum hosts events for Maine Earth Science Day
AUGUSTA — Scientists, artists, educators, geologists and weather forecasters from around Maine will gather at the Maine State Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for the annual Maine Earth Science Day. Curious students and visitors of all ages will find something to investigate in the museum-wide celebration of earth sciences. The event begins at 9 a.m. and […]
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Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition looks at Jewish culture in Maine
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition, “Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries,” opens to the public on 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with free admission all day. Some three years in the making, the exhibition presents the experiences of one of Maine’s most enduring communities, from 19th-century immigrants to more recent […]