The Abbe is pleased to announce its second annual fall film series with the launch of the Maine tour for Language of America. This film takes us deep into New England's last surviving Indian places and languages, revealing a 9,000-year-old success story that's been pushed to the edge of extinction by a government that proclaims "diversity" but doesn't want to practice it with Native peoples who resist being assimilated.  A discussion with the film maker will follow.

Children ages 10 and up will learn the art of weaving ash and sweet grass to make a small candy basket with a lid. Master basket maker, Paula Thorne, Penobscot, will lead this workshop, and children will leave with a basket they made and a unique experience to treasure. Space is limited. To register, contact Astra Haldeman, Museum Educator at (207)288-3519 or astra@abbemuseum.org.

Curator of Collections, Julia Clark will lead this informative program focused on recent field work conducted by the Abbe Museum in eastern Hancock County, and highlight some of the exciting and unique finds uncovered. Ms. Clark has been working in the field of archaeology for 20 years, and leading the Abbe's annual field school for the past four years. 

Ms. Clark will also highlight some of the interesting new archaeological acquisitions that have been donated to the Abbe in recent years.

For more information, or to register, please call 288-3519.

Explore what it was like for early Native Americans to live in Maine before there were grocery stores, roads, or electricity. Through archaeology, scientists can learn much about the way people lived in the past, but not everything! Come to the Abbe Museum to explore four
stations devoted to Maine archaeology. For more info contact Astra Haldeman, Museum Educator, at (207)288-3519 or astra@abbemuseum.org.