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 2017 5746 Collins Center for the Arts rt i acts Orono, ME 04469-5746 ’Adventures in the Amazon‘ featured in Merritt Gallery umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum Brian Robinson c. 197 9–1980 traveling in the Amazon ake a 3-D star-studded journey while learning about the mysteries to visit Shipibo villages. Emera Astronomy Center of the universe inside Maine’s largest planetarium. Field trips give Tstudents the opportunity to experience learning in new rilliant bird plumage, intricately traveled in Peru and documented environments. The planetarium can accommodate up to 50 people. decorated pottery and textiles, and Shipibo traditions and culture. Other Hands-on activities are offered in the multipurpose room. For more Bcurare-tipped darts and spears are items by the Wai-Wai or Waroa, Jivaro information, visit astro.umaine.edu or call 581.1341. among the items on display in the and Piaroa were gathered by individuals Hudson Museum’s “Adventures in the in the U.S. Foreign Service and New shows include: Amazon” exhibit. These items, collected employees of American corporations • “Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda” between 1940 and 1980, were gathered doing business in South America. • “Natural Selection” by people who were fascinated with the • “Asteroid: Mission Extreme” tropical rainforest and its peoples. The As part of your visit to the Hudson • “Dynamic Earth” Inside this issue collections document lifeways that have Museum, you and your class attend a • “From Earth to the Universe” been radically altered by deforestation, gallery program that explores this • “Dawn of the Space Age” disease, the introduction of new exhibit, as well as other rainforest • “Dream to Fly” technologies and the displacement of cultures of Central America. The indigenous people from their traditional program includes a hands-on Molas For a complete list, show schedules, descriptions and trailers, visit lands. activity. Molas, with reverse applique astro.umaine.edu. panels that adorn women’s blouses on the Featured in the exhibit are objects San Blas Islands of Panama, depict the collected by Harvard graduate student flora and fauna of the region. Homer Virgil Pinkley, an ethnobotanist 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, genetic information, or veteran status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: who lived among the Cofan in the For more information about booking an Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 207.581.1226, [email protected]. 1960s. University of Maine faculty Amazon gallery program, call 581.1904. 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; member Brian Robinson (1953 –2016) or the Collins Center for the Arts, 207.581.1755. Funds for field trips, 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 All groups visiting the museum must call in advance to confirm space hands-on materials, including an inukshuk Education news from the resource materials. For a rental fee, and schedule availability. To arrange a visit, call 581.1906. kit. A notebook of projects and resource Hudson Museum classroom exhibits are available for two- materials to meet Maine State Learning Bus Information: Buses should arrive on campus at least week loan periods. The fee includes Results goals is included for educators. Archaeology Matters: he Hudson Museum had 10 minutes before the tour time. Notice is given to the person in charge of one-way shipping. Borrowers are Fee: $45 The Relevance of Archaeology Tanother great fall semester. Our transportation for the school that buses should enter campus at Rangeley Road off responsible for return UPS shipping in the Modern World Day of the Dead celebration Route 2 and park in the Belgrade Lot. Students will not be allowed to be discharged expenses. To book these exhibits, call Penobscot Images: attracted record numbers, leading except in Belgrade Lot. 581.1906. Early 20th-Century Photographs us to host our regular event and an eremy Sabloff, Phi Beta Kappa by Frank G. Speck Visiting Scholar, will lecture at additional smaller event the day Exhibits include: J Maine Indians Program Anthropologist Frank Speck studied before. The museum has also the Collins Center for the Arts on Learn about the material culture of Maine’s four tribes, Cedar and Sea Native North Americans and his continued to enhance its outreach Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m. focusing on birchbark work, basketry and decorative Based on the museum’s former exhibit, photograph collections document the programs with its traveling Maine Sabloff, a noted Maya archaeologist, traditions. Listen to a traditional Penobscot tale; play “Cedar and Sea: Peoples of the Northwest lifeways of Penobscot people in the early Indian classroom programs, which will present “Archaeology Matters: Waltes, a Northeastern bowl and dice game; watch artists Coast,” this kit includes a three-panel 20th century. This exhibit consists of 13 can be customized for elementary The Relevance of Archaeology in gather and prepare materials and make art forms; and display highlighting the environment, black-and-white photographs. Fee: $25 and middle-school students. the Modern World.” make a bookmark or traditional container. traditions and people of the Native This spring will be my last semester Northwest, from Washington state to In Beauty and Harmony: Archaeology is not just about the Prehispanic Cultures of at the museum, but I am excited Alaska. Educational materials include The Navajo and Their Textiles past, but also is relevant to the Mesoamerica for what it has in store. In April, videos, books, games and activities that This exhibit showcases Navajo weaving and world today. It can fill key gaps in the museum is co-sponsoring a Learn about the civilizations that illustrate traditional life. A teacher’s material about other aspects of Navajo recent history that have been lecture by Jeremy Sabloff on the flourished in Mesoamerica before 1492, through the museum’s manual is included. It has background culture and traditions. Books, videos and ignored by written records, help relevance of archaeology in the artifacts from the William P. Palmer III Collection. From Olmec information, an explanation of materials, reference materials, as well as Navajo preserve and conserve the world’s modern world. This semester I to Aztec, this collection is unrivaled in the region and provides lesson extension ideas and information on textiles and weaving tools, are included. historical heritage, strengthen hope to focus on developing a new students with the opportunity to experience rich cultural how it helps meet the Maine State Fee: $45 tourism and economic web-based app that emphasizes traditions. Learning Results. Fee: $35 opportunities, help build ethnic the museum’s pre-Columbian The Maya pride, and serve modern People of the Dawn: communities in a variety of ways, Mesoamerican and Andean World Cultures The Classic Period of ancient Maya Past and Present such as providing expert testimony collections. Learn how cultures around the world are civilization saw the establishment of in land disputes. Archaeology also similar and different, how they solve basic Native peoples in Maine were, and extensive settlements and the development can offer new understandings of As we continue to enhance the issues and how their environments impact continue to be, significant elements in the of astronomy, art, architecture and writing. waste disposal, homelessness, border museums’s online resources, I their solutions. state’s multicultural population. The Artifacts include a dance mask, textiles, encourage educators and students display panels showcase drawings, as well musical instruments and ceramics. Videos, crossings and the use of forensics. Moreover, archaeology’s longtime to explore the Hudson’s YouTube Explore Archaeology as historic and contemporary photographs, reference materials and a backstrap loom channel, online collections, and that illustrate life from A.D. 1600 to the are included. Fee: $45 perspective can provide fresh Excavate the only indoor archaeological site in Maine in the interactive web and iPad apps. I present. The exhibit includes hands-on insights into issues such as comfort of the Hudson Museum. In the museum’s Arch Box, look forward to working with you materials, examples of Maine Indian Seeds