LEWISTON — Museum L-A staff delivered thank-you cards to two veterans’ homes during the holidays in recognition of their service to the country. Visitors age 5 and older wrote personal thank-yous on the note cards throughout the recent exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring Our Veterans and the Ones They Left Behind.” The exhibition had […]
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One museum's loss is Museum L-A's gain
All Rachel Desgrosseilliers was expecting initially from the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, was a little bit of knowledge. She got that knowledge. But she got so much more than that, she had to rent a couple trucks and make several trips to haul it all back to Lewiston. “We made four trips […]
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Museum L-A receives grant for Kids as Curators program
LEWISTON — Museum L-A has received $800 in grant funding from the Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation toward its Kids as Curators program. In the program, local students work closely with Museum L-A staff to create, install and share their own museum exhibits. In 2018, 160 students from Auburn Middle School and Lewiston High School will […]
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Thanking veterans
Charlotte Crowley, Olivia Crowley and Michael Klick write notes and draw pictures on cards that Museum L-A will deliver to veterans’ nursing homes and hospitals. Everyone is invited to visit Museum L-A to write a note to a veteran and to view the current exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring Our Veterans and the Ones […]
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Local veterans honored at Museum L-A exhibit
Lefty Gilbert of Lewiston views the documentation and images of himself when he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. The community is invited to visit Museum L-A to bring veteran photos for the honor wall that is part of a gallery exhibit, “The Work of War: Honoring […]
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Museum L-A to host panel discussion of 'New Patterns: Planning the Future of Our New Work'
LEWISTON — Museum L-A will host guest curator Janice L. Moore for a panel discussion on the role of the mills in Maine’s future. Panelists will include artists, creative entrepreneurs, community leaders and members who will talk about how mills are being reused and how creativity and imagination can lead the envisioning process. The discussion […]
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Museum gets equipment donation
Museum L-A recently received two adult weaving looms and two spinning wheels from the American Textile Museum of Lowell, Massachusetts, to add to its Collections and Education departments. The equipment will be used in the future as the museum develops its design studio, which will offer hands-on education to the public. From left, Museum L-A […]
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Got a mill story to tell? Museum L-A, Maine Historical Society want to know
LEWISTON — Museum L-A’s newest temporary exhibit, “Structures and Patterns: The Remnants of Our Work,” is a thought-provoking exhibit in collaboration with fine arts painter Janice L. Moore and photographer Mark Marchesi. Both artists and the museum are examining the community’s relationship to industrial mills in Maine, specifically in the historic city of Lewiston in […]
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Museum L-A welcomes new board members
LEWISTON — Directors of Museum L-A have announced that Steven Huber and Mark Tanous have joined the board. Huber is the private practice owner and clinician at Huber Associates Physical Therapy and Orthotics in Auburn. He has worked in the Twin Cities for over 30 years and is involved as a volunteer in many local, […]
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Museum L-A offering tours of Camden Yarns, future home
LEWISTON — Museum L-A will offer tours at the former Camden Yarns building, future museum location, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, to learn about the work that has been done so far as well as the planning process underway for relocating Museum L-A to the new site and building. Fun games will […]