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Adventures in Anthropology: Look and Learn at the Hudson Museum
umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum ver wanted to be an anthropologist and Etravel the world to study cultures that are both similar to and different from Emera Astronomy Center our own? Now is your chance to bring students to the Hudson Museum and let he Emera Astronomy Center houses Maine’s largest planetarium and features the them immerse themselves in state’s only digital full-dome facility, with a 10-meter dome and seating for 50. the museum’s exhibits in this interactive tour. Each student researcher will TIn addition to the planetarium, the center has a multipurpose room for hands-on receive a research notes booklet to gather data. At the end of the tour, activities, a gift shop with a variety of educational items, and two observatories. museum educators will help wrap up their research. The center offers 40 different full-dome planetarium programs on astronomy and Using objects in the museum’s World Cultures Gallery, students will explore numerous other sciences for all ages. Some of our new titles for 2018 –19 include Inside this issue aspects of culture, including writing systems, foodways and transportation. “Cosmic Recipe,” “Cell! Cell! Cell!,” “Solar Superstorms,” “Mars 1001,” “Expedition They also will explore how environment, natural resources and cultural Reef” and “Habitat Earth.” A full list of programs is available at preferences impact the types of houses cultures create. Figure out who lives in astro.umaine.edu/visit/planetarium-programs. a wigwam, yurt, igloo, stilt house or a house made from adobe bricks — and why. Match forms of transportation with how they are powered. Explore Field trips are tailored to school curriculum, and public programs engage the whole plants and animals from around the world, figure out where they came from family. From traveling through the solar system to exploring the oceans and chemical and how they have been integrated into our diet. Try your hand at using elements, the planetarium provides children and adults with an inspirational educational shadow puppets to tell a story. experience by immersing them in a variety of science topics. This program will be launched in October. Be one of the first groups to For information or to schedule a field trip, visit astro.umaine.edu or call 581.1341. experience it.
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Hudson Museum Hudson Museum Gallery Programs Classroom Exhibits Education news udson Museum offers guided tours and gallery programs for elementary and esource-rich classroom exhibits kit includes a three-panel mini-exhibit and from the 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 Hudson 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 Museum All groups visiting the museum must call in advance to confirm space hands-on materials, including an inukshuk resource materials. For a rental fee, and schedule availability. To arrange a visit, call 581.1906. kit. A notebook of projects and resource ello everyone. My name is Kristen classroom exhibits are available for two- materials to meet Maine State Learning HSettele, and I’m the new graduate Bus Information: Buses should arrive on campus at least week loan periods. The fee includes Results goals is included for educators. assistant for the Hudson Museum. 10 minutes before the tour time. Notice is given to the person in charge of one-way shipping. Borrowers are Fee: $45 transportation for the school that buses should enter campus at Rangeley Road off responsible for return UPS shipping Day of the Dead I’m attending the School of Policy and Route 2 and park in the Belgrade Lot. Students will not be allowed to be discharged expenses. To book these exhibits, call Penobscot Images: International Affairs and the School of except in Belgrade Lot. 581.1906. Early 20th-Century Photographs Celebration Economics, working toward master’s by Frank G. Speck Exhibits include: ne of the most popular events for degrees in global policy and economics. Maine Indians Program Anthropologist Frank Speck studied middle and high school students Learn about the material culture of Maine’s four Cedar and Sea Native North Americans and his O is the museum’s annual Day of the I’ve grown up traveling and have visited tribes, focusing on birchbark work, basketry and Based on the museum’s former exhibit, photograph collections document the Dead Celebration. Day of the Dead around 30 countries on four continents. decorative traditions. Listen to a traditional Penobscot “Cedar and Sea: Peoples of the Northwest lifeways of Penobscot people in the early is traditionally held Nov. 1 –2, I’ve lived in Italy for two years and for tale; play Waltes, a Northeastern bowl and dice game; Coast,” this kit includes a three-panel 20th century. This exhibit consists of 13 particularly in Mexico. The holiday 10 months in England, and spent watch artists gather and prepare materials and make display highlighting the environment, black-and-white photographs. Fee: $25 focuses on gatherings to honor and roughly nine months in mainland China art forms; and make a bookmark or traditional traditions and people of the Native remember friends and family members and Taiwan. I’ve been learning Mandarin container. Northwest, from Washington state to In Beauty and Harmony: who have died. Traditions connected for the past eight years and I have basic Alaska. Educational materials include The Navajo and Their Textiles with the holiday include building knowledge of French. Prehispanic Cultures videos, books, games and activities that This exhibit showcases Navajo weaving and private altars honoring the deceased of Mesoamerica illustrate traditional life. A teacher’s material about other aspects of Navajo using paper banners, sugar skulls, I spent the summer working at the Learn about the civilizations that flourished in manual is included. It has background culture and traditions. Books, videos and marigolds, and the favorite foods and Hudson Museum, becoming more Mesoamerica before 1492, through the museum’s information, an explanation of materials, reference materials, as well as Navajo beverages of the departed, and visiting familiar with the collections and the artifacts from the William P. Palmer III Collection. From lesson extension ideas and information on textiles and weaving tools, are included. graves with these as gifts. The Day of education programs it offers. Look for Olmec to Aztec, this collection is unrivaled in the region how it helps meet the Maine State Fee: $45 the Dead is a time of celebration when me at the Day of the Dead Celebration and provides students with the opportunity to experience Learning Results. Fee: $35 eating and parties are common. on Nov. 1, and don’t forget to keep an rich cultural traditions. The Maya eye out for us at the Common Ground People of the Dawn: The Classic Period of ancient Maya Scholars trace the origins of the Country Fair in the Maine Indian Past and Present World Cultures civilization saw the establishment of modern Mexican holiday to Basketmakers tent on Sept. 21. Native peoples in Maine were, and Learn how cultures around the world are extensive settlements and the development indigenous observances dating back continue to be, significant elements in the similar and different, how they of astronomy, art, architecture and writing. hundreds of years and to an Aztec I look forward to working here and state’s multicultural population. The solve basic issues and how Artifacts include a dance mask, textiles, festival dedicated to a goddess called getting to know you all. I’m especially display panels showcase drawings, as well their environments impact musical instruments and ceramics. Videos, Mictecacihuatl. Earlier pre-Columbian excited to meet educators and students, as historic and contemporary photographs, their solutions. reference materials and a backstrap loom religious traditions are combined with and to show off the museum’s exhibits that illustrate life from A.D. 1600 to the are included. Fee: $45 Western religious traditions, such as and artifacts. The museum will soon be present. The exhibit includes hands-on Explore Archaeology the designs and materials used to make offering a new interactive tour, so be on materials, examples of Maine Indian Seeds of Change Excavate the only indoor archaeological site in Maine the decorations. the lookout. basketry, birchbark work and other art in the comfort of the Hudson Museum. In the This exhibit, based on the original forms, reference books, videos and tapes. museum’s Arch Box, students learn about techniques Smithsonian exhibit commemorating the The Hudson Museum’s website has Kristen Settele Fee: $45 500th anniversary of European contact resources for you to use in the class- 581.1906 that archaeologists use to understand the past. with the New World, includes 50 posters room to create your own traditional [email protected] They’ll record and identify artifacts, map their locations, understand their context and determine Three Arctic Visits detailing consequences of contact. A video Day of the Dead decorations. what types of activities took place at the site. This is Based on the museum’s former exhibit, and resource materials are included. designed for 8 to 10 students and requires at least an “Arctic Visits: Three Journeys of Fee: $35 hour. 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 For more information, visit collinscenterforthearts.com or call 581.1755. Tickets for the following events are $15 each for K –12 students.
Portland Cello Project Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Portland Cello Project plays Radiohead’s OK Computer and more. Maine Indian Basketmakers Field Trip Funds for PCP has evolved into a nationally Holiday Market UMaine Museums recognized performing, Saturday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. Minsky Field Trip Fund for the recording and The Nature of Forgetting Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine Hudson Museum educational group Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m. with a revolving cast Through stage performance and compelling live music, he Minsky family is generously sponsoring a field trip oin us for a day showcasing one-of-a-kind artforms from of cellists. Join us for The Nature of Forgetting tells the story of a middle-aged fund, which will provide support for elementary and over 50 artists from the Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot and T what is expected to father struggling in the early stages of dementia. The show J secondary school groups of 20 or more students, coming Passamaquoddy nations. Watch Maine Indian artists prepare be a thrilling is a moving articulation of the countless dimensions of for guided tours and programs at the Hudson Museum. brown ash for making baskets, weave baskets, and talk about performance of the album Rolling Stone magazine calls a memory and amnesia, linking science with real life Grants are for $150 and are reimbursements for travel how traditions are passed down from one generation to the “stunning art-rock tour de force.” experiences. next. Hear traditional language, see a Wabanaki fashion show expenses and/or tour fees. with Decontie & Brown, and join us at the end of the event for drumming by the Burnurwurbskek Singers, and dancing. Funds will support museum field trips for schools in The Hudson Museum’s Maine Indian Gallery will be open for Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Waldo, Hancock visitors to explore the evolution of each artform from the and Aroostook counties. Applications are available online early 1800s to the present. (umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum).
Ploch Family Field Trip Fund for the Page Farm and Home Museum
he Ploch family, in memory of early museum Tvolunteer Lou Ploch, is providing grant funding to support field trip experiences for elementary and secondary school groups in southern Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and Hancock The New Chinese Acrobats Canadian Brass Christmas counties, visiting the Page Farm and Home Museum. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 4 p.m. Mixing new techniques and acts with ancient traditions, The Masters of concert presentations, Canadian Brass has Schools are eligible to receive funding to offset field trip New Chinese Acrobats present the opportunity to view the developed a uniquely engaging stage presence and rapport costs, including transportation and museum program best of China’s ancient folk art, mixed with the style and with audiences. The hallmark of any Canadian Brass fees. Grant awards are for up to $100 and are for the virtuosity of today. performance is entertainment, spontaneity, virtuosity and current academic year. To obtain an application, or for most of all, fun. more information, visit umaine.edu/pagefarm or call 581.4100.
4 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 5 Page Farm and Home Museum Pathways to the Past University of Maine Museum of Art Tuesday –Saturday, 10 a.m. –5 p.m. University of Maine Museum of Art 40 Harlow St., Bangor
Exhibitions chedule a field trip to the University Lord Hall Sept. 14 –Dec. 29 of Maine Museum of Art. Tours are Shosted by a professional museum Gallery of Art • Shelley Reed: Second Nature educator, and may include gallery and 9 a.m. –4 p.m. weekdays • Darren Emenau: Olio studio activities. Give your students the • So Real: Selections from the opportunity to view original artwork in the Collection All museum programs have been developed to satisfy standards set by 2007 Maine Learning Results, updated in 2011 to reflect the galleries, learn museum etiquette and see the 2018 Exhibition Common Core standards. behind-the-scenes workings of a museum. Education programs: • Print Exchange: Programs are free and open to the public of all ages, unless otherwise noted. Museum visits last approximately an hour and Maine & Aomori, Japan a half. The museum can accommodate 35 Oct. 5 –Nov. 9 Do & Discover the Page Farm and Home Museum • Family Fairy and Pirate Parade students per tour, and 16 students for Reception: Oct. 12, 5:30 –7 p.m. Crafts : Saturday, Sept. 29, classroom activities. Provide one chaperone for ue to the popularity of the Do & participate in challenge activities, and $2 per student, with two free chaperons 10 –11 a.m. every 10 students. The programs are free Discover program, the Page Farm carry out some stop-and-dos to learn for every 10 students. The museum also In addition to exhibitions held in thanks to the generous support of the Dand Home Museum has about life in rural Maine 150 years ago. offers a grant to help with associated • Brainy Art : Tuesday, 6 –8 p.m., Lord Hall, the Lord Hall Gallery developed a second tour packet and can costs. bimonthly beginning in October. University of Maine Patrons of the Arts in oversees exhibitions of student now serve larger groups. Students will draw on clues to locate $5 suggested donation. For ages honor of Vincent A. Hartgen. work throughout campus. For exhibits and access information on key You can book this program, or one of our 21 and up. more information, call 581.3245. If you are bringing a large school group concepts involving the artifacts and other adventures, by calling 581.4100, For more information about these programs or • Crafternoon at the Museum Free, open to the public and to the university, consider including the folkways presented in exhibits. Students emailing [email protected] or at to schedule a visit, contact: (ARTober Event) : Saturday, Oct. 6, handicapped accessible. Page Farm and Home Museum in your must work together to accomplish this umaine.edu/pagefarm. 11 a.m. –3 p.m. plans. The museum can accomodate up task and communicate their Kat Johnson, Education Coordinator University of Maine Museum of Art to 48 students, and books back-to-back interpretations of the exhibitions before • Downtown Trick or Treat: 40 Harlow Street tours. proceeding through the hunt. Saturday, Oct. 27, time TBD. Bangor, ME 04401 Join us for a fun and educational quest The program is suitable for grades two • Winter Art Factory (Sponsored 581.3360 through the museum. Solve cipher through six. Field trip experiences at the by WBRC) : Saturday, Dec. 1, [email protected] riddles to navigate through the exhibits, Page Farm and Home Museum cost 11 a.m. –3 p.m. umma.umaine.edu
Free admission to the University of Maine Museum of Art in 2018 –2019 6 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS is made possible by a generous gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 7