Go Where the Map Takes You: The Intersection of Cartography and Creativity
Maps show many versions of our world, for many purposes, but their simplest purpose is to show the way from one place to another. The artists in this exhibition have used the techniques of mapping, and maps themselves, to show the way to the metaphorical and the metaphysical.
On view through March 10, 2018 Location: Osher Map Library, Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
Pull Together: Maritime Maine in the 1914-1918 Great War
Pull Together examines Maine’s contributions (and losses) of ships, resources, and personnel in the Great War, including Bath-built commercial sailing vessels sunk (or missed) by the German navy, coastal defenses and patrol craft, and the service careers of Maine-born mariners and Maine-built ships of all kinds, from yachts to four-stackers to submarines. Other related topics will include life in the “delirium” of wartime Bath as revealed in contemporary newspapers, propaganda, posters, photography, and other original collection sources at Maine Maritime Museum.
On view through May 6, 2018 Location: Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine
Eighty Years of Caldecott Books
This exhibition brings together 79 first-edition Caldecott Medal award books; the newest winner, to be announced in January 2018, will be added to the display early next year (visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite contender!). While the books themselves are valuable artifacts, it is the art inside for which they are celebrated. Original illustrations from several titles are featured, including art by Marcia Brown, the Caldecott’s first “triple-crown” winner.
On view through May 13, 2018 Location: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA
Tantaquidgeon Museum
Founded in 1931, Tantaquidgeon Museum is the oldest Native American owned and operated museum in the United States. Tours are conducted by Mohegan tribal members. The museum is operated by the Mohegan Tribe. Mohegan and other woodland Indian artifacts are featured along with items from the Southwest and Plains.
On view permanently Location: 1819 Norwich New London Tpke, Uncasville, Connecticut
From the First Tracks to the Fall Line: Eight Thousand Years of Skiing
This permanent exhibition presents a coherent chronology of the development of skiing from its prehistoric roots up until the advent of the shaped ski in the 1990s, and includes local aspects of ski history with national implications such as several important ‘firsts’ at Cannon Mountain, and the career of Bode Miller. The production of the revised permanent exhibition in 2012 was made possible partly through a grant from IMLS. The museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm seven days a week from Memorial Day through the end of ski season at Cannon Mountain, which is normally in early April.
Location: New England Ski Museum, Franconia, NH
1904 World’s Fair Memorabilia
With eleven different owners over its history, original furnishings no longer exist so the majority of Hearthside’s collections are items that have been generously donated, or loaned, in order to help bring the stories of the house to life. As a result, Hearthside is a house museum with a wide range of collections and therefore not interpreted to any one particular time period. The Rhode Island Building at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was modeled after Hearthside and it was one of only a few buildings not torn down at the end of the international event. The building was purchased and remodeled into a residence and one of the family members who resided there in the 1960-1970s visited the “real house” in 2013. That visit resulted in the Robert Murch family donating 1904 World’s Fair memorabilia from their private collection to Hearthside, which has become the basis for our 1904 World’s Fair tribute event. Included are numerous books, articles, photographs, postcards and other artifacts from the Fair.
On view permanently Location: Hearthside House Museum, Lincoln, RI