Multimedia Online Programs - Maine Historical Society

Selected Online Programs

Access the growing variety of online Maine Historical Society programming. Recorded content is regularly updated for you to watch and listen for the first time—or enjoy again—so bookmark this page and visit often!

Selections include virtual programs on special topics and guest interviews, research tips, youth lesson activities, and videos of in-person events, talks and recognition celebrations.

To view a video, click on a thumbnail image. The video will then open on a separate page for you to watch, download, or share.

Podcasts

On the go, or prefer the podcast platform? Visit the podcast page for a selection of MHS podcasts on a wide selection of historical topics!

Videos

Events & Presentations

Mémère's Notebook - A Night of Acadian Music with Robert Sylvain

HARD WON. NOT DONE: Winning, Extending, and Defending Voting Rights

The Great Upheaval of 1675-1725: How Wars, Rebellions, and Refugee Crises Shaped Early America. Two parts.

Historian's Forum 2020: Maine and the Nation in 1820

Maine's Home Movies film screening & discussion with Sian Evans

Annual Olmsted Lecture: Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes

198th Annual Meeting

Book Talks

Cross of Snow - A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: a book talk with author Nicholas A. Basbanes

Congress at War - How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America: a book talk with Fergus M. Bordewich

Billboard Monuments of Maine: A Collection of Rare 1800s Gravestones: a book talk with Ron Romano

Lost on a Mountain in Maine: 75th anniversary event including memories from Donn Fendler

Dialogues & Interviews

Maine's Complex Relationship with the Slave Economy & the Global Slave Trade with Dr. Kate McMahon, Museum Specialist and Jamie Rice, MHS Dir. of Collections & Research

Acadians in Maine: A Conversation with Lise Pelletier, Director, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent, and Tilly Laskey, MHS Curator

Pandemics in Maine—Then and Now: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Kahn and Steve Bromage

Share your "My Maine Stories" during COVID-19

Past Maine History Maker Award events

Maine History Maker Award 2019 - Hildreth Family

Maine History Maker Award 2017 - The Cianchette Family

Tips & Resources

Something for everyone at Maine Historical Society

Mini Maine History Lessons

Learn some Maine history and try an activity in 10 minutes or less with our mini history lesson videos.