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 rt iFacts 5746 Collins Center for the Arts UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM NEWS FOR SCHOOLS FALL 2018 Orono, ME 04469-5746 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. The University of Maine is an EEO/AA employer, and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination Maine Indian Basketmakers policies: Sarah E. Harebo, Director of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5754, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System). Holiday Market For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, call the Hudson Museum, 207.581.1904; Page Farm and Home Museum, 207.581.4100; UMaine Museum of Art, 207.561.3360; Dec. 8, 2018, p. 4 or the Collins Center for the Arts, 207.581.1755. 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.