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April 17, 2013
Maine Humanities Council and Maine Historical Society award grants to four Maine communities
April 8, 2013
Landscape Historian Judith Tankard presents Annual Olmsted Lecture on Beatrix Farrand
March 13, 2013
Maine Historical Society, Maine Humanities Council to offer Civil War Sesquicentennial Symposium on April 27, 2013
March 7, 2013
Age of Edison Author Ernest Freeberg to Keynote Electricity Exhibit Programs at Maine Historical Society
October 29, 2012
Maine Historical Society opens exhibit "In a Whole New Light"
October 18, 2012
Maine Historical Society awards 10 grants for Maine Memory Network Projects
September 28, 2012
Maine Historical Society and the Maine Humanities Council Receive $348,946 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
August 8, 2012
September Grant Deadline for Maine Memory Network Projects
July 30, 2012
Long-Awaited Children's Gate Dedicated
April 24, 2012
Maine Historical Society Appoints New Director
February 2, 2012
Public Program Series to Explore Greater Portland’s Landscape
January 25, 2012
Maine Historical Society Announces Publication of New Book, A Maine Prodigy
January 24, 2012
April 1st Grant Deadline for MMN Projects
January 20, 2012
Take to the Streets!
January 5, 2012
MHS receives grant from Maine Community Foundation
February 10, 2011
Grants Available to Support Participation in Maine Memory Network
September 27, 2010
Major Grant to MHS to Promote 21st Century Skills for Libraries, Historical Societies, and Schools
September 6, 2010
Maine Historical Leads Effort to Keep Banners in Maine
July 15, 2010
MHS Awarded Grant to Process Central Maine Power Collection
April 1, 2010
Brown Library Renovation and Expansion Campaign
April 14, 2010
New Photography Exhibit, Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine
February 8, 2010
Nominations Sought for the $10,000 PRESERVE AMERICA HISTORY TEACHER of the YEAR Award
October 30, 2009
Oakhurst Dairy Awards $2,500 to Maine Historical Society for Children's Gate in the Longfellow Garden
July 27, 2009
Maine Historical Society Awarded $5,000 from The Horizon Foundation to Offer Field Trip Subsidy
July 22, 2009
The Davis Family Foundation Awards $20,000 to Maine Historical Society Towards Longfellow Garden Restoration
May 27, 2009
Popular Longfellow Garden at MHS to Reopen
March 19, 2009
The Brown Library at Maine Historical Society to Reopen on March 24 after 2-year Renovation and Expansion
February 26, 2009
Maine Historical Society to Offer Field Trip Subsidy
December 2, 2008
Maine Historical Society Awarded $2,500 Grant From Maine Community Foundation
August 4, 2008
Maine Historical Society Awarded $150,000 Grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services
March 18, 2008
In Collaboration with Maine Memory Network, The Bangor Daily News Features Series on Pioneering Maine Women
February 27, 2008
Maine Historical Society Launches $9 Million MHS Library Capital Campaign and $400,000 Kresge Foundation Challenge
November 27, 2007
Groundbreaking Ceremony to be Held as Centennial Library Renovations Begin
September 27, 2007
Maine Historical Society Awarded $15,000 Grant From Maine Community Foundation
November 3, 2006
Maine Historical Society Awarded Two $5,000 Grants From Maine Community Foundation
September 27, 2006
Timeline of Selected Events in Maine History added to Maine Historical Society Website
September 13, 2006
Maine Historical Society Awarded $349,000 From NEH To Create Maine History Online
April 12, 2006
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Website Launched by Maine Historical Society