In this Member Monday program, education director Jeana Ganskop will explore the history of Maine’s fascinating lime industry. People took rock out of the ground, burned it into something new, loaded that something new into barrels onboard wooden schooners, and sailed them to places like New York City where the lime was used in construction. […]

Our March Member Monday will feature our curator Cipperly Good.  While the Maine sardine industry was well documented with oral histories during its heyday in the 20th century, not much has been recorded now that the industry is no more.  Cipperly is changing that, doing listening sessions with former cannery workers and community members in former sardine cannery towns to […]