The Outdoor Heritage Museum will open for the season Wednesday, May 21, with a new exhibit featuring the historic hotels and sporting camps of the Rangeley region.
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Museum pulls wax figure of Sinead O’Connor after complaints it does not compare to the real thing
The National Wax Museum Plus apologized to O’Connor’s family and said it would immediately begin creating a more accurate representation of the singer.
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Long before Bean Boots, Mainers were on the forefront of fashion
Maine Historical Society has three exhibits that merge history and fashion, including ‘Northern Threads,’ which features Maine clothes from the society’s collection spanning 200 years.
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Of Black History month and their work, Black and brown artists say, ‘it’s complicated’
The annual tribute is a double-edged sword. Maine artists wrestle with whether it’s a celebration or maybe a sidelining.
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Owls Head museum to open new exhibit Feb. 7
Road to Vacationland will include immersive displays and historic artifacts.
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Children’s museum receives $500,000 gift, stays course for spring opening
The donation from Peter and Paula Lunder leaves less than $1 million of the $14 million needed to build the 30,000-square-foot Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine on Thompson’s Point in Portland.
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Portland Museum of Art to reopen Wednesday, free of charge
Closed since mid-March, the museum will require visitors to use timed-entry tickets, wear masks and keep their distance.
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Miss Maine’s museums? You can still explore online
Maine is renowned for its arts and cultural offerings. Many organizations have found ingenious ways to engage audiences, from virtual tours to special performances. And Maine Public just announced the creation of a Maine Museum Portal to highlight exhibitions across the state at www.mainepublic.org/post/maine-publics-maine-museum-portal. Here’s a showcase of four organizations that offer coronavirus workarounds. A […]
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Gems, minerals and world’s largest moon rocks get their own museum in Bethel
With a collection of some 40,000 gems and minerals and 6,000 meteorites, the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum is set to open Dec. 12.
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Two Maine museums win NEMA 2019 Publication Awards Competition
The Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston and Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in Brunswick were the competition winners in Maine.