By Hilary Nangle on June 4, 2011
Offbeat doesn’t begin to describe the L.C. Bates Museum, in Hinckley, Maine. Displayed inside the Romanesque Revival, National Historic Register building are eccentric and eclectic natural and cultural treasures that are beyond intriguing. I mean, really, where else in Maine, or New England for that matter, can you see a trophy marlin caught by Ernest [...]
Posted in Activities, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Hinckley, L.C. Bates Museum, natural history, oddities, quirky museums, Skowhegan |
By Hilary Nangle on April 2, 2011
I’m a sucker for small, focused, and quirky museums, and this gem, in Jonesport, Maine, sure fits the bill. Ronnie Peabody, executive director and co-founder of the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum, in Jonesport, reels off statistics about Maine’s sardine processing heyday. In the early 20th century, more than 400 factories salted the Maine coastline [...]
Posted in Activities, Down East Coast, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Jonesport, Maine Coast Sardine Museum, Ronnie Peabody |
By Hilary Nangle on March 29, 2011
Ready to point and shoot? Maine has 14 sites designated as National Natural Landmarks, and the National Park Service is looking for photos. Winning photos in the 8th annual National Natural Landmarks Photo Contest will appear in the 2012 50th anniversary commemorative national natural landmarks calendar. Cool, eh? We’re not just talking rock-bound coast and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Aroostook County, Birding/wildlife viewing, Down East Coast, Hiking, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand, Bigelow Mountain, Carrying Place Cove, Colby-Marston Preserve, crystal bog, Gulf Hagas, Monhegan Island, Mount Katahdin, National Natural landmarks, New Gloucester Black Gum Stand, no. 5 bog and jack pine stand, orono bog, passadumkeat marsh and boglands, Penny Pond-joe pond complex, photo contest, The Hermitage |
By Hilary Nangle on March 24, 2011
Ink this exhibit on your Maine calendar of events. Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World and the Olson House will open at the Farnsworth Museum’s Wyeth Center on June 11 and will remain on exhibit through Oct. 30, 2011. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Rockland museum’s acquisition of the landmark homestead, captured for posterity [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World, Cushing, Farnsworth Museum, National Historic Landmark, Olson House, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on February 27, 2011
Oh dear! With the opening of Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940 at the Portland Museum of Art on June 4, I fear the rest of the world will be let in on one of Maine’s best kept secrets: The Phippsburg and Georgetown peninsulas. Historically known as Seguinland, these bony fingers reaching seaward from Bath [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bath, Georgetown, Maine artists, Portland Museum of Art, Seguinland |
By Hilary Nangle on February 6, 2011
Star light, star bright: The Island Astronomy Institute, in Bernard, on Mount Desert Island, plans to launch the Maine Starlight Festival, Sept. 23-Oct. 2, 2011. This follows on the heels of the Acadia Night Sky Festival, Sept. 9-13, 2011. “We’ve reached out to the astronomy community across the state to invite them to participate by [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Events, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bernard, Maine Starlight Festival, stargazing |
By Hilary Nangle on February 1, 2011
The first time I saw John Marin’s work, I was hooked, so I’m thrilled to learn that John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury will be exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art, June 23–Oct. 11, 2011. This show, which will focus on Marin’s career between 1933 and 1953, is the first in-depth examination of the artist [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Greater Portland, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged John Marin, Portland, Portland Museum of Art |
By Hilary Nangle on January 7, 2011
Unlike most Art Walks, which run during the warmer months, leave it to Kingfield, in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain, to schedule its new first Friday of the month Art Walks from December through March. Eight intown locations are participating in the walk, which takes place the first Friday of each month through April from [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Maine Made, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged First Friday ARt Walk, Kingfield |
By Hilary Nangle on December 26, 2010
Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo of Jonesport Beals’ big kahoona lobster trap tree, but I do have photos of this year’s traditional wooden lobster pot tree in Cape Porpoise and this year’s conventional metal trap tree in Rockland (two views). So, which is prettier, wood or metal? And for something a bit different, check [...]
Posted in Activities, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Cape Porpoise, lobster pot tree, Lobster trap tree, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on December 22, 2010
Maine has more than its fair share of quirky museums, but quirkiest of the lot has to be The International Cryptozoology Museum, in Portland. Say what? Cryptozoology: the story of hidden animals, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Abominable Snowman. Loren Coleman is the big kahoona of cryptozoology experts. A collector since [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Greater Portland, People, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged cryptozoology, museum, Portland, quirky museums |
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