Past Exhibits
Since the opening of the Maine Historical Society Museum (formerly known as the Center for Maine History Museum) in 1993, the Maine Historical Society has held the exhibits listed below.
Several of these and other online exhibits can be found in our digital museum, the Maine Memory Network.
Gifts from Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms from the Hudson Museum. February 16 – December 30, 2007.
Drawing Together: The Arts of the Longfellows. February 16 – December 30, 2007.
Passionate Pursuits — History through the Collector's Eye. June 30 – December 30, 2006.
A Riot of Words — Broadsides and Ballads, Posters and Proclamations. February 10 – June 11, 2006.
A City Awakes — The Arts and Artists of Early 19th Century Portland. June 24 – December 31, 2005.
Umbazooksus and Beyond: The Maine Woods Remembered. January 28 – June 5, 2005.
Amazing! Maine Stories. June 25 – December 2004.
A Peace of Work Performed by Me: Historic Fiberarts from the Collection. July 9 – December 2004.
The Camera's Coast: Historic Photographs of Maritime New England. February 20 – May 30, 2004.
The Shape of Maine: Drawing Boundaries, Mapping History. June 19 – December 31, 2003.
Dairy to Doorstep: Milk Delivery in New England, 1860 – 1910. January – June 2003.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America. May – December 2002.
Comfort and Joy: Quilts, Toys and Winter Pleasures. December 2001 – February 2002.
Mirror of Maine: Four Centuries of Great Books. November 2000 – November 2001.
E Pluribus Unum: Maine and the Making of a Nation. December 1999 – October 2000.
Bold Vision: The Development of the Park System in Portland. July – November 1999.
Embroidered Treasures. May 1999.
First Light: Dawn of Photography in Maine. April – November 1999.
I Saw Three Ships: An Exhibition of Marine Paintings. December 1998 – end date unknown.
Rum Riot and Reform, Maine and the history of American Drinking. May – November 1998.
Portland's Pride: The Observatory. January 1998 – March 1998.
Precious Keepsakes: A Selection of Wedding Dresses and Memorabilia from the Collections of the Maine Historical Society. November 1997 – January 1998.
The Way Life Should Be: Tourism, Reality and Romance in Early Modern Maine. May – November 1997.
Growth Rings: 200 Years of Wabanaki Basketry, Carving, and Enterprise. November 1996 – April 1997.
Homes Away: Victorian Life at Sea. May – October 1996.
From Souchong Teas to Canton Silks: The Exotic China Trade in Everyday Maine. December 1995 – October 1996.
China: Exploring the Interior, 1903–1904. November 1995 – January 1996.
Victory on the Homefront: Maine During World War II. May – November 1995.
All the Arts That Please: Folk Art of the Maine Historical Society. December 1994 – April 1995.
Maine People, Maine Stories: Treasures from the Maine Historical Society. December 1994 – April 1995.
Take ME out to the Ballgame. May — November 1994.
A Goodly Vessel: Ships and Shipbuilding on Casco Bay. March – October 1994.
Flora, Fauna, and Stuffed Birds: A Look Back at the Portland Society of Natural History. November 1993 – March 1994.
Urban Evolution: Maine's Downtown in Transition. November 1993 – March 1994.
Upstream and Downstream: 200 Years of Commerce, Trade and Recreation in Maine Waters. May – November 1993.