Non-Profit Org. U.S.Postage PAID Orono, Maine rtiFacts Permit No. 8 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM NEWS FOR SCHOOLS Hudson Museum University of Maine UNIVERSITY OF MFAINE MUSEUM NEWS FOR SCHOOLS SPRING 2018 5746 Collins Center for the Arts rt i acts Orono, ME 04469-5746

Explore Maya Cosmology through Visits to the Hudson Museum and The Emera Astronomy Center

his springl, the Emera Astronomy revolved around a complex calendar Center will be featuring a new star which features a 365-day solar year, a umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum T show, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: 260- day sacred calendar and twenty day Observers of the Universe and the names with the same date occurring once Hudson Museum will feature its Maya every 52 years—a Maya century. holdings for a special Maya tour for In conjunction with a visit to the students in grades 5 and up. Hudson Museum, students may attend a Emera Astronomy Center star show at the Emera Astronomy Among the collections of the Hudson Center, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: he Emera Astronomy Center houses Maine’s largest planetarium and Museum are an extraordinary assemblage Observers of the Universe. Using features the state’s only digital full-dome facility, with a 10-meter dome of Maya artifacts that feature cosmic spectacular visuals and stunning sound, and seating for 50. In addition to the planetarium, the center has a T imagery. Works in the Hudson’s audiences tour six ancient Mayan multipurpose room for hands-on activities, a gift shop with a variety of collections include images of Balam, the temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, educational items, and two observatories. jaguar’s whose spots are stars and the ciba Uxmal, Edzna, Palenque, and The center offers 40 different full-dome planetarium programs on astronomy tree which is the symbol of the universe. Bonampak. Along the way they dive into and numerous other sciences for all ages. Some of our new titles for 2018 The tree’s roots extend into the Mayan knowledge of the sky exploring year include “The First Stargazers, Explore!”, ‘We Are Astronomers”, and Underworld, represented by bats, the the movement of the Sun, the Moon and Venus. Find Balam the Jaguar “Cell! Cell! Cell!” A full list of our programs is available at Inside this issue trunk represents the world where the http://astro.umaine.edu/visit/planetarium-programs/ Maya live. The branches symbolize the constellation and explore how the thirteen levels of the heaven. On Mayan’s created a calendar more accurate Fieldtrips are tailored to school curriculum and public programs engage the artifacts, feathered serpents depict the than the one we use in modern times. whole family. From traveling through the solar system to exploring chemical god of wind, sky and sun. Look for Journey back in time to explore how elements and inside the human body, the planetarium provides children and Chac, the god of rain-all important in Through this show, students will learn adults with an inspirational educational experience. ensuring a successful harvest and the how the Maya used the sky to perpetuation of life; the Sun God brings understand their world and their place in For information or to schedule a field trip, visit astro.umaine.edu or call 207.581.1341. light and the Moon Goddess brings it. fertility to the world. Images of rulers The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, adorn many of the works at the Hudson. genetic information or veteran status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. Contact the Director, Equal Opportunity, 5754 North Stevens Hall, Room 101, Orono, ME 04469-5754 at 207.581.1226 (voice), TTY 711 (Maine Relay System), [email protected] with questions or concerns. Court rituals, including musicians, For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call the Hudson Museum, 207.581.1904; Page Farm and Home Museum, 207.581.4100; UMaine Museum of Art, 207.561.3360; warriors and priests are depicted on or the Collins Center for the Arts, 207.581.1755. Archaeology Day, Maya cylinder vases. Their world March 29, 2018, p.4 Hudson Museum Hudson Museum Gallery Programs Classroom Exhibits

udson Museum offers guided tours and gallery programs for elementary and esource-rich classroom exhibits kit includes a three-panel mini-exhibit and secondary school groups, as well as programs for university students and learners from the Hudson Museum a wide range of educational materials. Hof all ages. Additionally, it offers programs that support state-mandated Rstimulate the study of fine arts, There are a library of Arctic books educational initiatives. Fees for programs are $2 per student. language arts and social studies through appropriate for school use, videos and mini-exhibits, cultural artifacts and Education news from the All groups visiting the museum must call in advance to confirm space hands-on materials, including an inukshuk resource materials. For a rental fee, kit. A notebook of projects and resource Hudson Museum and schedule availability. To arrange a visit, call 581.1906. classroom exhibits are available for two- materials to meet Maine State Learning Charles C. Mann ello again! Over the course of the fall Bus Information: Buses should arrive on campus at least week loan periods. The fee includes Results goals is included for educators. HI have had the extreme pleasure of 10 minutes before the tour time. Notice is given to the person in charge of one-way shipping. Borrowers are Fee: $45 Lecture meeting many of you and your students transportation for the school that buses should enter campus at Rangeley Road off responsible for return UPS shipping Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. here at the Hudson Museum and I am Route 2 and park in the Belgrade Lot. Students will not be allowed to be discharged expenses. To book these exhibits, call Penobscot Images: Hutchins Hall, Collins Center for the Arts looking forward to meeting more of you except in Belgrade Lot. 581.1906. Early 20th-Century Photographs as we move into 2018. by Frank G. Speck harles C. Mann is the author of Maine Indians Program Exhibits include: Anthropologist Frank Speck studied C1491: New Revelations of the In the Fall newsletter, I wrote about how Learn about the material culture of Maine’s four tribes, Cedar and Sea Native North Americans and his Americas Before Columbus , which won my doctoral research allowed me to focusing on birchbark work, basketry and decorative Based on the museum’s former exhibit, photograph collections document the the U. S. National Academy of Sciences’ provide context for our collections, traditions. Listen to a traditional Penobscot tale; play “Cedar and Sea: Peoples of the Northwest lifeways of Penobscot people in the early Keck Award for best book of the year and giving your students a greater Waltes, a Northeastern bowl and dice game; watch Coast,” this kit includes a three-panel 20th century. This exhibit consists of 13 1493; Uncovering the World at understanding of the objects on display. artists gather and prepare materials and make art forms; display highlighting the environment, black-and-white photographs. Fee: $25 Columbus Created , a New York Times What I was not expecting was how your and make a bookmark or traditional container. traditions and people of the Native bestseller. 1491 combines science, students would ask questions and provide Northwest, from Washington state to In Beauty and Harmony: history, and archaeology to radically feedback during tours and activities that Prehispanic Cultures Alaska. Educational materials include The Navajo and Their Textiles transform our understanding of the would expand my understanding and of Mesoamerica videos, books, games and activities that This exhibit showcases Navajo weaving and Americas before European contact. thinking about our collections and Learn about the illustrate traditional life. A teacher’s material about other aspects of Navajo Mann challenges the view that the New exhibits. It has been such fun interacting civilizations that flourished in Mesoamerica before manual is included. It has background culture and traditions. Books, videos and World was sparsely populated and with them! Please keep the tours 1492, through the museum’s artifacts from the information, an explanation of materials, reference materials, as well as Navajo technologically underdeveloped. The coming! William P. Palmer III Collection. From Olmec to lesson extension ideas and information on textiles and weaving tools, are included. civilizations of Mesoamerica lived in Aztec, this collection is unrivaled in the region and how it helps meet the Maine State Fee: $45 cities larger in population and scale than We are incredibly excited about our provides students with the opportunity to experience Learning Results. Fee: $35 those of Europe, had running water and Fourth Annual Archaeology Day event in rich cultural traditions. The Maya sewage systems, and genetically modified MARCH. Over the past three years, this People of the Dawn: The Classic Period of ancient Maya corn to improve yields as well as create Past and Present species that thrived in a variety of event has been my introduction to World Cultures civilization saw the establishment of ecosystems. 1493 looks at the aftermath bringing this fascinating field to middle Learn how cultures around Native peoples in Maine were, and extensive settlements and the development of exchange—plants, animals and school students and I am looking forward the world are similar and continue to be, significant elements in the of astronomy, art, architecture and writing. microbes-- and the impact of contact on to seeing you all this year as well! different, how they solve state’s multicultural population. The Artifacts include a dance mask, textiles, Europe, China and Africa. New crops, basic issues and how display panels showcase drawings, as well musical instruments and ceramics. Videos, like the potato and corn, travelled to While we wait out the winter, please their environments as historic and contemporary photographs, reference materials and a backstrap loom fields around the world and allowed for remember to make use of online impact their solutions. that illustrate life from A.D. 1600 to the are included. Fee: $45 educational resources present. The exhibit includes hands-on rapid population increase. In some cases, dependence on this new crop as a (umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum). You can Explore Archaeology materials, examples of Maine Indian Seeds of Change find videos and curricula, request exhibits basketry, birchbark work and other art staple resulted in famines, such as the Excavate the only indoor archaeological site in Maine in the This exhibit, based on the original for your classroom, even explore our forms, reference books, videos and tapes. Irish potato famine. . Mann’s works are comfort of the Hudson Museum. In the museum’s Arch Smithsonian exhibit commemorating the collections! Once the snow melts and the Fee: $45 thought provoking and inform not just Box, students learn about techniques that archaeologists use 500th anniversary of European contact roads clear, I hope to see you here! the past, but the future. Mann’s books to understand the past. They’ll record and identify artifacts, with the New World, includes 50 posters Three Arctic Visits detailing consequences of contact. A video 1491; 1493 and his latest book, The Sky Heller map their locations, understand their context and determine Wizard and the Prophet (2018) will be Based on the museum’s former exhibit, and resource materials are included. 581.1906 what types of activities took place at the site. This is available for sale and autographing “Arctic Visits: Three Journeys of Fee: $35 [email protected] designed for 8 to 10 students and requires at least an hour. following the lecture. Appropriate for students in grades 3 and above. Discovery to Native Communities,” this

2 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 3 Collins Center for the Arts Student pricing and group discounts of 15 percent for parties of eight or more on select shows. For more information, visit collinscenterforthearts.com or call 581.1755.

4th Annual New Field Trip Funds for Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live Goitse The Bible (abridged) Archaeology Day UMaine Museums Sunday, March 4, 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2018. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Minsky Field Trip Fund for the Tour Prehistoric Australia, where you This popular and award-winning quintet The Reduced Shakespeare Company Hudson Museum will meet and interact with amazingly has made a name for themselves as one romps through old-time religion he Hudson Museum in collaboration with the life-like dinosaurs and other creatures. of the most sought after bands playing through their affectionate, irreverent TAnthropology Department will host an Archaeology Day he Minsky family is generously sponsoring a field trip This theatrical performance will thrill Irish traditional music. roller coaster ride from fig leaves to on Wednesday, March 28th. During their visit to campus, Tfund, which will provide support for elementary and and entertain kids, while stimulating Special ticket price of $10 for K-12 students final judgment.. students will rotate through 4 stations, which will be located secondary school groups of 20 or more students, coming their imaginations. Special ticket price of $10 for K-12 students in either the Collins Center for the Arts, home to the Hudson for guided tours and programs at the Hudson Museum. Special ticket price of $14 for K-12 students Museum or in South Stevens Hall, home to the Anthropology Grants are for $150 and are reimbursements for travel Department Due to overwhelming interest last year, we are expenses and/or tour fees. happy to announce we have expanded our event to accommodate more participants! Students will rotate through Funds will support museum field trips for schools in 4 stations in one of two available programs: Archaeological Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Waldo, Hancock Objects and Images or Archaeology: Field and Lab. We will and Aroostook counties. Applications are available online try to honor requests for a specific program on a first-come, (umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum). first-served basis as long as space allows, so register early!

To attend, you must preregister by calling 581-1904 . The Ploch Family Field Trip Fund for the program is limited to 200 Middle School students in 8 groups Page Farm and Home Museum of 25 each. he Ploch family, in memory of early museum Ukulele Orchestra of Steep Canyon Rangers Young People’s Concert Tvolunteer Lou Ploch, is providing grant funding to Great Britian Saturday, April 21, 8 p.m. Monday, May 21, 11:30 a.m. support field trip experiences for elementary and Friday, April 12, 8 p.m. Steep Canyon Rangers is an American secondary school groups in southern Penobscot, The Bangor Symphony Orchestra invites bluegrass band that is widely known for students in grades three through eight to Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and Hancock The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain collaborating with actor/banjoist Steve attend this year’s annual youth concerts counties, visiting the Page Farm and Home Museum. was formed in 1985, as a bit of fun, but Martin. The group won a 2013 at the Collins Center for the Arts. has become an instant sellout. The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass The hour-long education and music Schools are eligible to receive funding to offset field trip current ensemble has been performing Album for Nobody Knows You. program is supplemented with an costs, including transportation and museum program together for over 20 years and has Special ticket price of $10 for K-12 students instructional packet for students and fees. Grant awards are for up to $100 and are for the become something of a national teachers providing information about current academic year. To obtain an application, or for institution. the orchestra and the selections that will more information, visit umaine.edu/pagefarm or call Special ticket price of $10 for K-12 students 581.4100. be featured. Concerts are open to public, private, and homeschooled children. Tickets are $3 each for students and teachers

4 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 5 Page Farm and Home Museum Pathways to the Past UMaine Museum of Art Tuesday –Saturday, 10 a.m. –5 p.m. Do and Discover — Students embark University of Maine Museum of Art on an exciting journey of discovery 40 Harlow St., Bangor throughout the museum, drawing on clues to locate exhibitions and access information on key concepts involving the artifacts and folkways presented. Working together, students accomplish tasks and communicate their interpretations of the exhibitions. Lord Hall Challenge activities are now included. Gallery of Art Simple Machines — Pulley, wheel, Gallery hours: inclined plane, screw, wedge and lever. 9 a.m. –4 p.m. weekdays Tour simple machines in the home and on the farm before the advent of 2017 –18 Exhibitions electricity. Students use artifacts to • UMaine Department of Art demonstrate how simple machines Senior Student Exhibition functioned to make life easier. Exhibitions chedule a field trip to the University Dec. 1 –Feb. 2 Jan. 12 –May 5, 2018 of Maine Museum of Art. Tours are School Days, School Days, Dear Old • Craig Taylor: The Elastic Cache Shosted by a professional museum • Featured Faculty/2018 Golden Rule Days — Seasonally, educator, and may include gallery and • Andrea Sulzer: Entangled Pairs Feb. 16 –March 16 students visit the former Holden South • Caleb Charland: Shadows of Earth studio activities. Give your students the Reception: Feb. 16, 5:30 –7 p.m. District schoolhouse and learn what it • Poogy Bjerklie: Nowhere in Particular opportunity to view original artwork in was like to attend a one-room the galleries, learn museum etiquette and Education programs: • UMaine Department of Art schoolhouse in 1867. e day includes see the behind-the-scenes workings of a • Sketchbook Sessions : Fridays, 3:30 –5 p.m., Juried Student Exhibition All museum programs have been developed to satisfy standards set by 2007 Maine morning and afternoon lessons, recess museum. BYO drawing materials, adults and grades 6+ April 6 –May 4 Learning Results updated in 2011 to reflect the Common Core standards. and recitations. Reception: April 6, 5:30 –7 p.m. • Brainy Art : Feb. 6: with Penobscot Theatre, Museum visits last approximately an hour Fiber Maine-ia Outreach kit — April 10: with Bangor Ballet, 5:30 –7:30 p.m. and a half. The museum can accommodate he Page Farm and Home Museum • Without Borders XIIII Field trip experiences cost $2 per person, Fiber Maine-ia is available to teachers for $5 suggested donation, age 21+ 35 students per tour, and 16 students for at the University of Maine is the May 18 –June 29 with one free chaperone accompanying classroom use for up to two weeks. e • Valentine Making : Feb. 10, 11 a.m. –3 p.m. classroom activities. Provide one steward of one of the state’s most Reception: TBA T every 10 students. Book two weeks in kit offers lessons and materials to support free and open to the public chaperone for every 10 students. The important collections representing 19th advance by calling 581.4100. investigation of fiber farming and textile • Winterfest Activity : Feb. 17, 11 a.m. –3 p.m. programs are free thanks to the generous and 20th century rural life. From • Andy Mauery: devolve traditions in Maine. rough a series of free and open to the public support of the University of Maine farming equipment and implements The Folk on the Farm — Tour the activities, K –8 students will learn about Patrons of the Arts in honor of Vincent A. July 20 –Sept. 21 • Winter Art Camp : Feb. 19-23, 8:30 a.m. –noon illustrating agricultural methods and White Farm Barn, including the kitchen, Maine’s fiber animals and fiber farms. Reception: Sept. 14, 5:30 –7 p.m. $110 for museum members, $125 for non- Hartgen. technologies, to a stunning collection of parlor, bedroom, general store and folk Participants will experience a variety of decorative objects, art and furniture members art exhibitions. This program illustrates processes for transforming raw fiber into For more information about these • Elin o’Hara Slavick: Blue adorning Maine homesteads, the Page • Maine Science Fair : March 15-18 the roles individual members played finished products, as they explore the programs or to schedule a visit, contact: Traumas Museum vividly illustrates Maine’s within the family and includes cultural influences that shaped tools and • Maine Science Fair Activity at UMMA : March July 20 –Sept. 21 agrarian roots and family life. In addition 11, 11 a.m. –3 p.m. examinations of division of labor by techniques for braiding, handspinning, Kat Johnson, Education Coordinator Reception: Sept. 14, 5:30 –7 p.m. to its collections, the museum’s gender, family traditions, seasonal weaving, felting and other arts free and open to the public University of Maine Museum of Art comprehensive and engaging educational practices, cultural values, food and applications essential to Maine’s vibrant • Art in the Heart Student Art Show at the 40 Harlow Street and experiential learning programs offer In addition to exhibitions held in clothing trends. Students gain a deeper fiber history and current economy. Bangor Mal l: March 15-18 Bangor, ME 04401 scholars an accurate view of the state’s Lord Hall, the Lord Hall Gallery understanding of the differences in the e $50 rental fee includes one-way 581.3360 oversees exhibitions of student industry, agriculture, economy, • Mall Show Selections, UMMA Lobby : day-to-day family life of a pre- World shipping via UPS. Schools are responsible April 5 –21 [email protected] work throughout campus. For decorative arts and homelife from the War II family and family life today. for return shipping costs or delivery. more information, call 581.3245. period. • Spring Art Factory: May 5, 11 a.m. –3 p.m. free and open to the public, in conjuction with Free, open to the public and handicapped accessible. Downtown Kids Festival Free admission to the University of Maine Museum of Art in 2017 –2018 is made possible by a generous 6 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 7