This web-based program will take students on a tour of Hudson Museum collections and Anthropology Department Labs. Learn about UMaine research related to shell middens and efforts to document and preserve them, explore archaeological collections from Maine to Mesoamerica, and meet UMaine faculty, staff and graduate students who will talk about their research and how […]
The Hudson Museum will be at this year’s Common Ground Country Fair in the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance tent from September 23nd – 25th
A Holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists featuring Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance weavers who have received national awards and new artists representing the next generation of weavers. This year's artists include: Attean Heirloom Designs, Penobscot Dolly Barnes, Passamaquoddy Mary Creighton, Passamaquoddy Jacob Cunningham, Penobscot Pam Cunningham, Penobscot Barry Dana, Penobscot Faye Decontie, Penobscot Sarah Fields, Penobscot […]
Join us in celebrating the Year of the Rabbit! Watch a pre-recorded presentation about how Lunar New Year is celebrated. A downloadable instructional packet will have templates, directions and information on how you can create your own New Year’s decorations to celebrate. The Hudson Museum will offer a limited number of kits to create […]
The Hudson Museum in collaboration with the Anthropology Department will host an in-person Archaeology Day. During their visit to campus, students will have the opportunity to hear from UMaine archaeologists, visit Hudson Museum facilities, and tour archaeology labs and collection areas. In small groups of 25, students will visit four stations: two stations in the […]
Modeled after markets like the Heard and Santa Fe (SWAIA), the Abbe Museum Indian Market is the first multi-day event of its kind in New England that invites Native American artists from across North America to participate, with the goal of developing Bar Harbor as THE destination for Northeastern Native Art. This event will take […]
The annual festival of Wabanaki’s finest, award-winning artists is BACK! The Wabanaki Marketplace at Shaker Village provides a rare opportunity to purchase museum-quality crafts directly from Maine’s finest Wabanaki artists, nationally recognized and honored for their role in the preservation of important traditions. A wide selection of crafts are offered for a range of prices […]
The Common Ground Country Fair will be held at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine on September 22, 23 and 24, 2023. The fairgrounds are open Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MOFGA’s annual celebration of rural living features 1000-plus exhibitors and speakers, and […]
Join us for a talk by award winning Wabanaki artist Sarah Sockbeson in the Hudson Museum's Wabanaki Gallery. Sarah creates traditional, yet contemporary, brown ash and sweetgrass baskets. She is part of a new generation of basketmakers who've pushed the boundaries of Wabanaki cultural art to an exciting new level. With her contemporary and visionary […]
We are sorry to announce that this event has been CANCELLED. White Civilizers, Conspiracy Theories, Ancient Apocalypses, and Q-anon: The Weirdness of Archeology in 2023 A lecture by Kenneth Feder, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University The twenty-first century has been marked by an explosion in the use of archaeology to support claims […]
