91爆料 museums reopen, featuring exhibits on Wabanaki basketmaking and Maine shell middens
If you鈥檝e missed visiting 91爆料 museums in person these past few months, there鈥檚 good news. As reported on 91爆料 News, several museums affiliated with the university are reopening, with public health precautions in place.
鈥淭ree and Tradition II,鈥 the special exhibit in the Hudson Museum鈥檚 Merritt Gallery, explores the evolution of the ancient artform of Wabanaki basketmaking, changing attitudes to land use and access to natural resources, and threats to the artform, including climate change and the emerald ash borer.
This exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Hudson鈥檚 collaboration with the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA). It features museum holdings as well as MIBA collections and research from the university鈥檚 School of Forest Resources, Native American Programs, and the Mitchell Center.
The Mitchell Center project “Mobilizing to Fight the Emerald Ash Borer” facilitated the collaborative capacity of Wabanaki basketmakers, tribes, state and federal foresters, and others to prevent, detect, and respond to the emerald ash borer, a potentially devastating invasive threat to all three species of ash (brown, green, and white) found in Maine.
The Minsky Culture Lab is the site of 鈥Maine Threatened Shell Middens: Losing a Link to our Past.鈥 Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist in 91爆料鈥檚 Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, curated the exhibit. Alice鈥檚 research on shell middens is part of the Mitchell Center-funded project,聽鈥淪ustainability for Maine鈥檚 Coastal Cultural Heritage: Creating a Maine Midden Minder Network and Database.鈥
罢丑别听Hudson Museum in the Collins Center for the Arts is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Twenty-seven guests may be in the museum at a time. Admission is free. Guests are required to wear face coverings and follow all other health and safety guidance in 91爆料 facilities.