Page 8. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2011 Waterfront News Penobscot Marine Museum News
PMM Presents Three Historic Photo Exhibits
This winter and spring, Maine residents can enjoy three free exhibits of vintage pho- tographs from PMM’s photography ar- chives. Free receptions are scheduled for two of the exhibits in Belfast later in January. Both Belfast exhibits are from the museum’s Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. collection. The largest single collection of historic photography in Maine, the East- ern collection consists of nearly 50,000 im- ages of Maine and other New England states and upstate New York. A publisher of “real photo” postcards, Eastern Illustrating was founded in Belfast in 1909, and remained in business into the 1950s.
The third exhibit, in Ellsworth, is from the collection of The Atlantic Fisherman - once the industry’s premier trade journal for New England. The collection provides an un- matched look at commercial fishing during the fifty years after engines replaced sail. All three exhibits will be available to travel around the state at the conclusion of their scheduled runs. Parties interested in hosting exhibits should contact Kevin Johnson: 207-548-2529 ext.210 WALDO COUNTY THROUGH EASTERN’S EYE
On display: now through April 30 Where: Allen & Sally Fernald Gallery, U- Maine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast
Times: M-F, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m. - noon
Description: Town and country views from almost every town in Waldo County.
As PMM enters its 75th year, our educa- tors are gearing up for a number of new
Research was conducted by individuals and historical societies from throughout the county.
MAINE AGRICULTURE: VIEWS FROM THE PAST On display: Jan. 26 - Mar. 21 Where: Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, 97 Main St., Belfast
Times: M-F, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Description: Images of potato and dairy farming, the poultry industry, corn husking, canning operations and other scenes from Maine’s agricultural past. Researched by renowned Maine historian William H. Bunting.
IMAGES FROM THE ATLANTIC FISHERMAN On display: now through March 31 Where: The Maine Grind, 192 Main Street, Ellsworth
Times: Mon.-Sat., 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Description: The exhibit, with photos dating back to the early 1920s, was compiled by Penobscot Marine Museum’s photogra- phy archivist Kevin Johnson and curator Ben Fuller. The black and white images, which originally appeared in the trade newspaper The Atlantic Fisherman, show working boats and crews, shore-based fishing methods, and shoreside processing activities. Penobscot Marine Museum received much of the publisher’s early records, includ- ing almost 2,000 photographic negatives and prints, from its past president, Gardner Lamson.
teaching gigs. Our three-year association with RSU20’s After School Program resumes this month with weekly visits to five elemen- tary school sites. Some of the groups will be learning about Maine and the Orient, others about Maine Fisheries. We are also begin- ning to teach pilot unit programs from our Maritime History and Literacy Curriculum at Beech Hill School in Otis; Adams School in Castine; Captain Albert Stevens School and Drinkwater School in Belfast; and the Appleton Village School.
Two museum educators will travel with Maine Seacoast Mission aboard their vessel SUNBEAM V on a three-day excursion to Frenchboro, Isle Au Haut and Matinicus. We will run educational programs at the island schools and deliver a kit version of our curriculum’s Native American History unit to Matinicus teacher Dave Duncan for his stu- dents to enjoy for the next six weeks. PMM RECEIVES MULTIPLE GRANT AWARDS
Funded Projects Range from Classroom Edu- cation to Marine Touch Tank
PMM was awarded four grants in De- cember totaling $34,000. Grants from the State of Maine and three private foundations will support a variety of education and collec- tions-related initiatives.
At $20,000, the largest grant is from The Savage Family Foundation to the museum’s education department. Part of this grant will be used to extend the reach of the museum’s innovative Maritime History and Literacy Curriculum by funding pilot units in schools in Castine, Belfast, Otis, Appleton, and as many as five other towns in Knox, Waldo, and Hancock counties. Interested elementary schools should contact the museum. The grant will also be used to create new outreach and education opportunities for high school and preschool students, and will enable the
museum to provide tuition assistance for its February and April school vacation pro- grams and its Downeaster Days summer pro- gram.
Thanks to a grant from the Davis Conser- vation Foundation, the museum will pur- chase a new marine touch tank and refurbish its existing one. During the school year, the touch tanks will be hosted by area schools, where they will be used to educate students about marine life. During the summer, they are among the museum’s most popular exhibits among young visitors. Davis Conservation Funds will also be used to maintain the tanks and train their attendants.
A Historical Records Collections Grant, coordinated by the Maine State Archives, will be used to preserve and improve access to photographs in the museum’s archives. Containing more than 100,000 images, the museum’s photo collection is among the larg- est and most important in Maine. A grant from People’s United Bank will be used to commission a second “floor map” for the museum’s education department. This map will show the Down East coast and islands, supplementing the existing map, also funded by the bank four years ago, that shows Penobscot Bay and River up to Old Town. Students can kneel or sit around the huge vinyl maps, which measure almost 100 square feet, and manipulate props on them to learn about resources, economic activities, settlement patterns, and other history and geography lessons.
“Penobscot Marine Museum is commit- ted to using its historical resources to pro- mote the education of children and adults alike,” said Education Director Betty Schopmeyer. “These grants, all coming just as we enter our 75th
year of operation, enable
us to continue that mission with fresh ideas and new resources.”
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