Area Attractions acadia national park/bar harbor 288-3338 MAINE FOREST AND LOGGING MUSEUM Enjoy hiking, camping, biking, camping, fishing, boating and scenic drives Leonard’s Mills 581-2871 at this local attraction. Rugged granite hills boast panoramic views of the Location: In Bradley, just off Route 178. The museum is in the Penobscot ocean. A stunning range of geological diversity, including rocky Atlantic Experimental Forest. Turn left onto the dirt road and proceed to the gate. shoreline, lush forests of spruce and fir, and dozens of lakes and ponds Leonard’s Mills, an authentic reconstruction of a self-sustaining logging surround the village of Bar Harbor. and milling community of the 1790s. The public is invited to participate in From October 7 to March 6, Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the a variety of activities or to enjoy marked hiking trails through the adjacent United States where you can see the sun rise. forest. Call for special events schedule. Hours: Daily dawn to dusk. http://www.leonardsmills.com E-mail: [email protected]; or write: Information, Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MAP STORE 827-4511 http://www.nps.gov/acad Location: 240 Main Street, Unit 5, Old Town area events calendar 947-5205 Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm; Saturday, 9 am–3 pm The current calendar of seasonal events is produced by the Greater Extensive selection of state, U.S., and world maps, including raised relief Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau. http://www.VisitBangorMaine.com maps, fishing depth maps, and nautical charts. Also guidebooks for bicycling/hiking/canoeing. Laminating is done on site. Extensive selection BANGOR MUSEUM and History Centers 942-1900 of GPS systems and all accessories. Thomas A. Hill Historic House 942-5766 Location: 159 Union Street, Bangor OLD TOWN CANOE COMPANY 827-1530 Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 8:30 am–4 pm; Saturday, noon–4 pm, year round Location: 125 Gilman Falls Avenue, Old Town Changing exhibits yearly. This Museum features interesting memorabilia Hours: Monday–Saturday, 9 am–6 pm; Sunday, 10 am–3 pm (April of the region’s past. Guided tours of Mt. Hope Cemetery and Ghost 15–September 30) Tuesday–Saturday, 9 am–5 pm (October 1–April 14) Lamp Tours are given June–October. Call for special events and tour Features: The Old Town Canoe Company is one of the largest canoe times. Cost: $5.00 adults. Children under 12 and members free. and kayak manufacturers in the world. The 110-year-old company is Discounts available to AAA members and senior citizens. famous for its high-quality and superbly designed canoes and boats. The www.infobangormuseum.org factory store and visitor’s center offers Historic Exhibits and a 15-minute video which highlights the Old Town Canoe Company and boat building BANGOR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE 941-0232 process. UMaine student product discounts are available. Location: Webster Avenue, Bangor Features: 27 holes of championship golf with driving range, carts, and The OLD TOWN MUSEUM 827-7256 snack bar. Home of the Greater Bangor Open Tournament. Location: 353 Main Street, Old Town www.bangorgc.com Hours: June–September, Wednesday–Sunday, 1–5 pm. COLE LAND TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM 990-3600 Founded in 1976, this museum offers several types of exhibits concerning the history of the community and its role in Maine’s roaring lumber Location: 405 Perry Road, Junction of I-95 and I-395, Bangor industry in the 19th century. The museum also offers a summer Hours: Monday–Sunday, May 1–November 11, 9 am–5 pm. schedule of Sunday programs. Cost: Free. Collection of 19th and 20th century Maine land transportation vehicles http://www.old-town.org/museum (snowplows, wagons, cars, trucks, sleds, fire equipment and rail equipment) depicting how people and things moved by land in these eras. Location Orono Bog Boardwalk of WWII Veteran’s Memorial for the state of Maine, Purple Heart Monument Open for the season May 1st. The 616-acre Orono Bog is a special kind and the Vietnam War Memorial. All items have been used in Maine and of wetland called a peatland because of its deep layer of peat. Enjoy a donated by Maine people. Guided tours and a gift shop are featured. walk along the 4,200-ft boardwalk to view a large variety of wetland Cost: $6.00 adults, $4.00 ages 62 and over, children under 19 free. plants and bird species. Access to the Orono Bog Boardwalk is through Curran Homestead 945-9311 the Bangor City Forest. The forest offers over 9 miles of walking, skiing and biking trails. Detailed information and driving directions can be found Location: Fields Pond, Orrington. Hours by appointment. Visit an Irish at: http://www.oronobogwalk.org living history farm and museum. Picnic or explore nature trail any time. Call for seasonal special events. July 19, Old Fashion Summer Festival; PAUL BUNYAN STATUE July 20, Open Farm Day. Location: Main Street, Bangor, in front of Bangor Auditorium fields pond audubon center 989-2591 The 31-foot-tall statue of the mythical lumberjack who was born in Bangor Location: 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden. Year-round programs, mini-classes in 1834. A gift to the city from its citizens on Bangor’s 125th anniversary. and field trips that feature birding, frogs and salamanders, summer canoe trips, fall hawk watches, geology walks, and winter tracking and snow- PENOBSCOT Nation MUSEUM 827-4153 shoe trekking. Summer and vacation camps for children. Location: Indian Island, Old Town Contact: Judy Markowsky or Ruth Perry. Museum hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 am–2 pm; FORT KNOX 469-7719 Friday by appointment; Saturday, 10 am–3 pm; Sunday, call for hours Visitors will find superbly crafted woven baskets and leather goods, as Location: Prospect, off Route 174, at the narrows between Prospect and well as a taste of Penobscot customs. Historical videos available for Verona Island. Hours: Daily from 9 am–Sunset (May 1–October 31). presentation. Group tours available daily with 72-hour notice by calling Daily tours Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Group James Neptune at 827-4153. Cost: $1.00/person for tour groups or tours are available by prior request. One of the largest 19th-century forts individual donation. E-mail: [email protected] in the United States. Special events throughout the summer. maine discovery museum 262-7200 Sunkhaze Meadows Location: 74 Main Street, Bangor National Wildlife Refuge 236-6970 Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 am–5 pm; Sunday, noon–5 pm; Location: 1168 Main St., Milford Mondays, June 23–August 25, noon–5 pm Open year round. No fees charged. Second largest peat bog in Maine, A great family experience. The largest hands-on museum north of Boston. the 11,300-acre refuge offers hiking, canoeing, hunting, fishing and bird Seven major interactive areas on three floors. More information at the watching. website: http://www.mainediscoverymuseum.org. Cost: $6.50 for adults and children. Free for infants under 1 year.
When planning your trip to Maine, please visit our State of Maine Bureau of Tourism for complete information on accommodations, dining and “must see” attractions at http://www.mainetourism.com publication of Conference Services division, the University of Maine, tel: 207-581-4092 summer 2008 SUMMER THE university of maine 2008 orono, maine SUMMER2008 campus INFORMATION guide Quick Reference Campus Phone Numbers Ambulance/Emergency/Police/Public Safety ...... 911 or 581-4040 University Operator ...... 581-1110 Parking Tickets/Permits...... 581-4047 Conference Services ...... 581-4092 or 4094 Disability Services...... 581-2319 ...... TDD 581-2311 Undergraduate Admissions ...... 581-1561 Dialing Instructions from Campus Telephones Visitors’ Center 581-3740 Off-Campus Local: 8+number (8+XXX-XXXX) Location: Buchanan Alumni House. The Collins-Clement Visitors’ Center On Campus: 1+last four digits of the number (1+XXXX) is a place where visitors can find information, directions, and a cordial Long Distance (Calling card must be used): welcome to the University. Services offered are campus maps; catalogs, 8+1-800+number of your personal long-distance operator. brochures, and other handouts; campus tours, temporary parking per- This number should be printed on reverse side of your calling card. mits; schedule of events. The Center is open weekdays all year (and With AT&T: 8+0+area code+number. Saturdays during the academic year only). General campus walking tours are available by appointment by calling the Admission Office by Public Safety 581-4040 phone at 1-877-4UM-ADMIT or 207-581-1561. Rangeley Road. The Department of Public Safety provides protective and security services to the University community 24 hours a day. WebSite http://www.umaine.edu Services include full peace keeping, law enforcement, criminal investiga- At UMaine’s website, viewers can learn about the University’s many tions, building security, and enhanced 911 communications. resources including academic information and student life, libraries and computing, research and public service, departments, faculty, staff, and Parking Policy 581-4047 alumni. You are invited to take a virtual tour, register for a class, e-mail UMaine is a “permit-campus” and all vehicles must display a valid Parking questions, or keep track of sport and cultural events calendars. The Permit. Permits are available at the Student Service Center, 143 Memorial alphabetical departmental listing and “Search UMaine” features make it Union, during regular business hours or 24 hours a day at Public Safety, easy for viewers to find the information they need. Rangeley Road. Visitors may park in “Black” Commuter lots. Read the front and back of permit for further details. BAT Community connector 992-4670 Bus schedules for all local area routes are available at the Information Calendar of Events 581-3743 Center in the Memorial Union and at the Visitors’ Center in Buchanan http://calendar.umaine.edu Alumni House. Routes extend throughout Bangor, Orono, Old Town, The Department of University Relations maintains this comprehensive Brewer, and Hampden. Monthly passes with unlimited rides can be website that lists current events at UMaine. purchased for $40.00. Monday–Saturday, 6:15 am–6:15 pm. MaineCard UMaine Today Online holders ride free. www.BangorMaine.gov http://www.umaine.edu/umainetoday University of maine Smoking Policy A web-based daily news service that features university-related news Smoking is prohibited in the interior of any University vehicle or building or stories and direct links to the master calendar of events, and other within 20 feet of any building ventilation intake shaft. At least one entrance information of interest to the campus community and visitors. in each building, usually the ADA accessible entrance, is maintained as smoke-free. Medical SERVICES Bangor Mall CINEMAS 942-1303 Location: 557 Stillwater Avenue near the Bangor Mall. Ten theaters featuring currently released movies. EMMC Walk-in care 973-8030 Location: 915 Union Street, Suite 4, Bangor. 7 am–7 pm Monday–Friday; MAINE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 581-1805 1 8 am–7 pm Saturday, Sunday and major holidays. Ticket Box Office hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm and 1 ⁄2 hours before each performance. The Maine Center for the Arts (MCA) on the Eastern Maine Medical Center 973-7000 UMaine campus houses the Hutchins Concert Hall with a seating Location: 489 State Street, Bangor. 24-Hour Emergency Care. capacity of 1,600. A wide assortment of live performances are presented St. Joseph Hospital 262-5000 throughout the year: classical music to bluegrass; avant-garde dance to Location: 360 Broadway, Bangor. 24-Hour Emergency Care. Broadway musicals; jazz, folk and ethnic music; comedy and family entertainment. The MCA is currently undergoing renovation and design orono medical center Walk-in Care 866-5561 and will reopen in 2009. Location: 303 Main Street, Orono. Hours: Open 7 days a week, The School of Performing Arts Monday–Friday, 8 am–6 pm; Saturday, 9 am–2 pm. The university of maine 581-4702 The School of Performing Arts produces a varied season of music, theater and dance events. The public is invited to attend the exciting Entertainment events that proudly showcase the abundant talents of University of Maine PENOBSCOT THEATER COMPANY 942-3333 students and distinguished faculty. Over 40 performances are scheduled for the 2008–2009 season. Admission is free for UMaine students. For Location: Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor. Northern further ticket and discount information, call the Maine Center for the Arts Maine’s only full-time professional regional theater. Works include Box Office at 581-1755, or view the complete schedule at classics, contemporary American works and comedies. http://www.umaine.edu/spa. SPOTLIGHT CINEMAS 827-7411 Location: Stillwater Avenue, Orono, near Exit 193 off I-95. Six theaters featuring first-run movies with stadium seating and digital sound. publication of Conference Services Division, THE University of Maine, tel: 207-581-4092 Summer 2008 campus resources & services BEAR NECESSITIES 581-1112 IT Microcomputer Help Center 581-2506 Location: Alfond Arena For computer assistance and internet access. Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm Shibles Hall, Room 17. Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm Athletic souvenirs and apparel for sale. Also open at all University of Memorial Union Building Maine athletic events and camp registrations. (Hours subject to change) Monday–Friday, 7 am–9 pm; Weekends, 7 am–5 pm Campus DINING SERVICE RETAIL OPERATIONS Bookstore: 581-1700 Marketplace — Memorial Union Building 581-4407 Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm Monday–Saturday, May 27– June 21: Open 7 am– 7 pm Closed weekends except June 14–15 & 21–22 Sunday, June 22: Open 7 am–3 pm Post Office/Check Cashing: 581-1700 Monday–Friday, June 23–August 22: Open 7 am–3 pm Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–4:30 pm Friday–Sunday, July 4–6: Closed Quick Copy 2: 581-3727 Saturday and Sunday, June 28–August 29: Closed Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–4:30 pm Saturday and Sunday, beginning August 30: Open 7 am–7 pm Information Center: 581-1740 Wells First Floor Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm Monday–Friday, June 23–August 31: Open 7 am–7 pm Saturday and Sunday, June 28–August 31: Open 9 am–7 pm Computer Connection: 581-2580 Monday, September 1: Open 7 am–3 pm Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–4:30 pm Tuesday, September 2: Open 7 am–8 pm Student Service Center: MaineCard: 581-2273 Monday–Friday, 7:30 am–4:30 pm Parking Office: 581-4047 Campus Ministries 581-1405 Office of Religious Affairs University Credit Union 581-1457 or 800-696-8628 Location: Division of Student Affairs, Memorial Union Location: Rangeley Road Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 am–4 pm; Friday, 9 am–5 pm Career center 581-1359 Drive-through opens 7 am on Monday, 8 am on Tuesday–Friday. ATMs Location: Third Floor, Memorial Union are located at the Rangeley Road location and the Memorial Union. Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm through June. http://www.ucu.maine.edu. Limited services between July 1–August 15. Call for hours and University Forest Trails 581-1082 availability. Full service will resume August 18. A 2.5-mile paved walk/bike path originates behind Stewart Commons. Computer Centers—Open to Public 581-2506 Eight to ten miles of non-paved paths extend throughout the 1,740-acre Check for updates on hours at website: http://www.umaine.edu/it University Forest where deer and moose can often be seen. Groomed (announcements) cross-country ski trails are open to the public during winter months. Trail maps are available from the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Fogler Library Cluster 581-1664 Macintosh and IBM-compatible terminals. Call 581-1664 for library hours. University of Maine Printing Services 581-3768 Memorial Union Cluster 581-2513 Main Location: 5761 Keyo Building Macintosh and IBM-compatible terminals. Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:30 am–4:30 pm Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 am–11 pm; Saturday–Sunday, 10 am–11 pm Services: Black & white and color photocopying, lamination, binding, Hours are subject to change. Please check for notice on door of cluster. PRINT ON DEMAND, public fax, full service offset printing and wide format color output. Athletics http://www.goblackbears.com
Alfond Sports Arena 581-1012 Wallace Pool 581-1074 Features: Donated by Harold Alfond in 1977, this hardy wood Hours: Open June 9 structure has 200' x 85' of floor space and a seating capacity of 5,600. Monday–Friday, 11:00 am–1 pm This facility is used primarily by the UMaine ice hockey and basketball Saturday and Sunday, Closed teams. Cost: $7/day (general public), hourly pool rentals available for groups Campus Recreation http://www.umaine.edu/campusrecreation
CAMPUS RECREATION OFFICE 581-1082 e-Sports 581-1082 Summer Hours (May 9–August 15): Hours coincide with Union hours. Arcade game room located in Room Student Recreation and Fitness Center (SRFC) 135 on the lower level of the Memorial Union. eSports features Monday–Friday, 5 am–8 pm billiards, air and dome hockey games, pinball and electronic games. Saturday and Sunday, 10 am–5 pm Mainebound adventure center 581-1794 Leisure Pool Location: Southeast of the Memorial Union. Monday–Friday, 6 am–7:30 pm Climbing hours: Monday–Friday, 4:30–8:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday, 10 am–4:30 pm Office and rentals: Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm. Offers indoor climbing and challenge course programs.
Facility hours subject to change. Be sure to check with the appropriate office. publication of Conference Services Division, THE University of Maine, tel: 207-581-4092 summer 2008 University Attractions
Fay Hyland Botanical gardens 581-2982 barn, built in 1833, is the last original agricultural building on the University Location: College Avenue; between the Sigma Chi Heritage House and of Maine campus. The Museum site includes a one-room schoolhouse Lambda Chi Fraternity. Ten-acre tract of trees and shrubs along Stillwater from Holden, the Winston E. Pullen Carriage House and a blacksmith River. Cost: Free. shop. Heirloom varieties of herbs, flowers, and vegetables are cultivated 1 in the /4 acre Robert W. Stubbert Heritage Garden. The Museum has HIRUNDO WILDLIFE REFUGE 394-4681 become home for the state’s most important collection of farm technologies Location: Exit 197, I-95, 4.9 miles west on Hudson Road, Old Town and artifacts of rural culture. The Museum assures that future generations Hours: 9 am–5 pm, 7 days a week. Registration required at Gate 2 or 3. will be able to gain valuable and practical insights into Maine’s rural past. This wildlife refuge is a 2,605-acre tract of land donated to the University The Museum offers a variety of educational programs for young people of Maine by Oliver Larouche. Its meadows, woodlands, stream banks, from preschool to college age, the largest proportion coming from area and four-acre pond are home to hundreds of different kinds of birds, flora, public schools. Free admission. and fauna. The refuge is an important site for university field study, research projects, and an ongoing archaeological dig. Visitors are welcome to go Raymond H. Fogler Library 581-1664-hours hiking, canoeing, and cross-country skiing. Camping, snowmobiling, motor 581-1673-reference boating, hunting, or trapping are not allowed. Groups are encouraged to 581-1666-circulation call in advance. Cost: Free. The refuge is supported solely by donations. Location: Center of the University of Maine campus, at the southern end of the Mall. Fogler Library is the largest library in Maine with more than HUDSON MUSEUM 581-1901 1,087,570 volumes, 5,438 current subscriptions, 1.64 million microforms, Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm; Saturdays, 11 am–4 pm more than 2.302 million U.S. and Canadian government publications and Closed: Sundays, Mondays and holidays access to more than 25,000 online serials and more than 200 databases. The Hudson Museum is The University of Maine’s gateway for exploring Library staff members provide guidance in the use of the collections and and understanding the diversity of human experience. The Museum’s assist with research needs. The Special Collections Department includes permanent collections include: Prehispanic Mexican and Central the State of Maine Collection, the Clinton Cole Maritime History Collection American holdings, Native American collections from the Northwest and the William H. Cohen Collection. Access to library holdings is through Coast, Plains, Southwest, Maine, South America and the Arctic, as an online catalog which includes the listings of all University System well as artifacts from Oceania and Africa. The Museum offers libraries, the Maine State Library, the Law and Legislative Library, and the educational programs for groups of all ages; lectures by distinguished Bangor Public Library. The Library also houses the Patent and Trademark anthropologists and archaeologists; and an annual Maine Indian Depository and is the Science, Technology and Business Research Basketmakers’ Sale and Demonstration. The Hudson Museum’s exhibition Library for the State of Maine. http://www.library.umaine.edu space will be closed to the public on July 1, 2007 for a major renovation and will reopen in 2009. ROBOTICS LAB 581-2242 and 581-2223 Location: 225 Barrows Hall LYLE E. LITTLEFIELD ORNAMENTALs Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–4:30 pm by appointment TRIAL GARDEN 581-3112 All are welcome to talk with the staff about robotics applications. Location: Rangeley Road beside University of Maine Credit Union Rare and latest ornamental plants. Great spot for wildlife observation. ROGER CLAPP GREENHOUSE 581-3112 Call Brad Libby for special event reservations. Location: Behind Fogler Library. Call to arrange a tour.
Maine Folklife Center 581-1891 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE HERBARIUM 581-2540 Location: South Stevens Hall, first floor Location: Basement of Hannibal Hamlin Hall Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 am–4:30 pm Features: Transcripts, tapes, photos, and recordings relevant to folklore, Visitors must pick up a key at 100 Murray Hall. folklife, and history of Maine and the Maritimes are located in the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History. The Center offers a lively and UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM OF ART 561-3350 varied format of public programming and publishes an annual monograph, Location: Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor Northeast Folklore, and the Maine Folklife Center Newsletter. The UMMA hosts an annual calendar of exhibitions and programs featur- http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/ ing contemporary artists as well as exhibitions from the Museum’s MAYNARD F. JORDAN PLANETARIUM 581-1341 Permanent Collection of over 6,800 works of art. Included in the collec- Location: Wingate Hall http://www.galaxymaine.com tion are works by artists such as Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Käthe Summer public shows July–August. Please call for more information. Kollwitz, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Pablo Picasso. A realistic model of the night sky is the centerpiece for multimedia programs Admission is FREE through 2008 thanks to a donation from on astronomy and related subjects presented to students, public audiences, Machias Savings Bank in memory of Ted Leonard. Summer exhibi- and private groups. Private and group showings scheduled by reservation. tions through July 5: Todd Webb Joy Without Measure, Sean Beavers, Cost: $3.00. Call for cost of private shows. Staff Selects. Summer exhibitions July 18–October 4: Katherine Bradford, Stella Johnson: Sol and Nicole Duennebier. Pulp and paper Foundation 581-2297 Location: Jenness Hall Maynard F. Jordan OBSERVATORY 581-1348 Scheduled tours are given through the pilot facility to introduce the pulp and Location: Behind the Memorial Union paper process and chemical engineering to tour participants. If time and Hours: Friday, 9–11 pm. http://www.galaxymaine.com equipment permit, paper can be made in the wet labs and tested for prop- Observations are available through volunteer staff on clear nights. Summer erties. Tours take approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Call to schedule a tour. viewing on Friday and Saturday evenings starting May 13, depending on weather conditions. Call for current night’s schedule. PAGE FARM & HOME MUSEUM 581-4100 Location: South of the Maine Center for the Arts j.F. witter teaching and research Center 581-2793 Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm; Saturday–Sunday, 11 am–4 pm. Location: One mile north of campus on College Avenue Thousands of patrons come to the Page Farm and Home Museum each Open daily from 8 am–4:30 pm for self-guided tours. UMaine’s dairy herd year to learn about the industry, agriculture, economy, and home-life of and horses will be on hand to greet visitors. Call to arrange a guided the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The restored White Farm tour. publication of Conference Services division, the University of Maine, tel: 207-581-4092 summer 2008