Current Exhibits Museum
Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out: Adornment & Identity in Maine (June 24, 2011- May 27, 2012)
Lecture Hall Gallery
Images of the Longfellow Garden (through August 30, 2011)
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Seen at MHS
Attendees at the June 23rd opening of the latest MHS exhibit, Dressing Up, and the July 5th First Friday Art Walk had a great time posing for pictures in front of the studio backdrop. E-mail your photos from the Dressing Up photo studio to: dressingup@mainememory.net. A selection of visitors' photos will be included in the exhibit slideshow.  | | Brewster Buttfield, exhibit designer, and family
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Bill's Mythbusters
Fact Checking with William David Barry,
Maine Historian Extraordinaire
MYTHBUSTERS
NEEDS YOUR HELP!
One of the most frequent inquiries we receive at MHS regards the alleged tunnels that run through downtown Portland. It seems everyone has a story about a tunnel they (or a friend of a friend of a cousin) have traveled through. In an effort to uncover the truth, we're hitting the streets--talking to city officials, historians, business owners, and you!
We want to hear your stories about the Portland tunnels! Reply to our blog post or send e-mails to rdesk@mainehistory.org, subject line "Tunnel."
Next month in our August e-connection we'll reveal the mother of all Mythbusters so stay tuned. Visit the MHS blog for more about tunnels.
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Make an historic impact!
Your contribution-of any size-to the MHS Annual Fund has a huge impact on our ability to offer great exhibits, unique programs, and much more. It also helps keep the Longfellow House, Maine Memory Network, and Brown Library humming.
The quickest way to make your secure gift: visit www.mainehistory.org/annualfund
The MHS fiscal year ends September 30. This year's goal: $260,000. Thank you!
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Stories from Maine Memory Network
Online Exhibit: Songs of Winnebago
 Singing is often as much a part of going to camp as canoeing, crafts, and crushes. In 1964, staff of Camp Winnebago on Echo Lake in Fayette recorded an album of camp songs written by counselors, campers, and friends. This exhibit includes audio clips of some of the songs, along with other items related to the history of the camp. Visit the exhibit.
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MHS News
Bringing Henry Wadsworth
Home from Libya
Efforts to repatriate the remains of Henry Wadsworth from Libya are gaining momentum. Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's uncle and namesake, was killed along with 12 fellow sailors when the USS Intrepid, the ship on which they were serving, exploded in Tripoli in 1804 during the First Barbary War. The bodies of those men have remained in unmarked graves, and legislation moving through the U.S. Congress seeks to bring them home.
MHS Director Richard D'Abate recently told the Portland Press Herald that there are many unknowns in the effort to repatriate Wadsworth's remains, including whether the remains can be accurately identified and permission can be gained to bury them in Portland's Eastern Cemetery.
"If Henry Wadsworth could be identified and brought back to Portland, that would be a fine thing," D'Abate said. To learn more, read the June 19 article in the Portland Press Herald.
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July Program Calendar
Check our website for more information, updates, etc.
Tuesday, July 12, 12pm
Book Talk: City By the Sea with author John Moon
Thursday, July 14, 4pm
Illustrated Lecture + Bicycle Tour:
"I am an Old Wheelman" John Calvin Stevens and the Art of Bicycling in Maine 1880-1900 with Sam Shupe
Tuesday, July 19, 12pm
Book Talk:Deering: A Social and Architectural History with historian Bill Barry
Tuesday, July 26, 12pm
Talk and Screening: Rapid River Races, 1940 with paddler and author Zip Kellogg
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Set Sail on the Schooner Wendameen
With Historian Jim Millinger
Saturday, August 6, 10:30am-12:30pm
Join MHS for a sail on Casco Bay on board the historic Maine schooner Wendameen. Jim Millinger, Portland Harbor historian and former MHS Trustee and Casco Bay Lines skipper, will be our host, and will provide a narrated tour of the harbor's past and present. The 88-foot Wendameen, designed by John Alden, one of America's most celebrated yacht designers, was built in East Boothbay in 1912. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Help the crew raise the sails, take a turn at the wheel, or just relax and enjoy the talk and the scenery. This program is a perennial favorite and sells out quickly. Learn more.
Space limited. Registration required. To register, please call 207-774-1822. Fee: $40; members: $35.
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Plus!
ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AT MHS
Beat the Heat: Movies at MHS
Weekly Screenings: Saturdays at 2pm, 7/2-9/3
The Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan's Meats
(60 minutes; 1962.) Details online. Daily Screenings: Sunday-Friday at 2pm, 7/1-9/2
Innocent Interlude, Scenes of Life in Portland, Maine 1940-41 (60 minutes). Details online. Screenings are held in our air-conditioned lecture hall. Ticket price included with museum or house admission.
Family Programs at MHS Wednesdays at 11am, July and August The Children's Hour: Family Tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Details online. Thursdays at 11am, July and August The Longfellow Trail: An Urban Expedition: Guided walking tour through downtown Portland. Details online. |
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JULY DEAL: Free Gift with purchase
Celebrating our Independence!
Receive a FREE replica print of the Declaration of Independence when you spend $50 or more at the Museum Shop in Portland, or at our online store.
| Offer Expires August 1, 2011. Free gift with purchase only.
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