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Back To Nature
12,000 Years In Maine
Maine Bounty: Woods, Sea And Granite
Made In Maine
Struggle For Identity
Reflections of maine
Gems and Minerals
You may take a virtual tour of the museum's exhibits by following the links above
Future Exhibits
Home Life
Future Exhibits: Home Life: Portrait of a woman on a porch hammock, viewed from opposite end of the porch at Windmere Park on Unity Pond.
Please click on an image below to learn more Homelife: The museum staff is actively developing a major long-term exhibit on Maine home life. Looking at such topics as recreation and leisure, "Best Foot Forward," and foodways, this installation will feature the museum's superb decorative arts, domestic life, and textile and costume collections. Click to see our WISH LIST of the items still needed for the exhibit.
Minnie Bryant’s room of dolls and doll furnishings in South Gardiner Maine, January 1902. Carlton Farnham at his grandfather’s farm in Belgrade, Maine. Carlton Farnham and his cousin Ethel Farnham at a tea party in Oakland, Maine. Portrait of a woman on a porch hammock, viewed from opposite end of the porch at Windmere Park on Unity Pond. Cabin interior with table and chairs, dining service, napkins in place circa 1888-1900. Bathroom interior with matching wall stencil and rug pattern. Little girl and her piano. Photographed by Herman Bryant in Gardiner, Maine. Vase hand painted in 1910 by Viola R. Sawtelle, member of the Augusta China Decorators’ Club. A pair of doilies tatted in the early twentieth century by Addie Sparrow French of Hartford, Maine.
Small tin mustard container Bissell’s floor sweeper sold by Bradford, Conant & Co. of Lewiston, Maine circa 1900. Everyday dress with floral pattern circa 1830 from Fairfield, Maine. Drawing of MicMac or Maliseet Native American group, circa 1820-1850.          

 

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