Maine MILL, Lewiston, ME Videos
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October 25 Memorial Items
Thanks to the help of our Bates College volunteers, we’ve now inventoried and counted most of the memorial items collected with Tanja Hollander and the City of Lewiston in response to the tragic mass shooting that occurred in Lewiston on October 25. While it’s certainly stunning to see the outpouring of support, the next steps are to curate an exhibit in a new area of the museum that will allow visitors to choose whether to make viewing the memorial items part of their experience at Maine MILL or not.
Tanja Hollander, Artist Official City of Lewiston, Maine
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October 25 Memorial Items
Thanks to the help of our Bates College volunteers, we’ve now inventoried and counted most of the memorial items collected with Tanja Hollander and the City of Lewiston in response to the tragic mass shooting that occurred in Lewiston on October 25. While it’s certainly stunning to see the outpouring of support, the next steps are to curate an exhibit in a new area of the museum that will allow visitors to choose whether to make viewing the memorial items part of their experience at Maine MILL or not.
Tanja Hollander, Artist Official City of Lewiston, Maine
Spinning Wool at Museum L-A
Need some stress relief for the start of your week? Relax to this mesmerizing video of volunteer Carol Thomas spinning wool into yarn.
We were happy to host Lewiston Adult Education for the final session of their summer enrichment program!
Video by Lewiston Adult Education
Banana Mozart at the Maine Innovation Expo!
Thanks to Lewiston Public Library for sharing this video of a young Banana Mozart visiting their table at the 2018 Maine Innovation Expo! 🍌🎼
2018 Maine Innovation Expo
Join us this Saturday, May 19th for this fun, free, family-friendy event! Find out more at Maine Innovation Expo and reserve your free tickets now at https://www.museumla.org/maine-innovation-expo-2018
Thanks to WGME CBS 13 News, Portland for supporting us with this ad.
Olivine Bonsaint Sirois with Accordion
This heartwarming video full of music and dance features April's Object of the Month, an accordion that belonged to Olivine Sirois. It was donated to Museum L-A by Theresa Pleau and Irene Chasse.
Olivine Sirois was a true lover of music who taught herself how to play the accordion and many other instruments. She played music throughout her life and shared that love with her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren.
Music has always been a large part of life in Lewiston-Auburn. Whether you were out at one of the numerous Music Halls on the streets of downtown or crowded into a family member’s kitchen, weekend nights always meant “music nights.”
Check out our website or visit Museum L-A to see the Object of the Month up close! www.museumla.org
Sneak Preview of Kids as Curators Exhibit
It took a few hours, two buses, and a whole lot of new carpentry and design skills--but "Hidden Treasures" is up! Here's a behind-the-scenes video of 8th graders from Auburn Middle School installing their exhibit through the Kids as Curators program. Join us tomorrow (Friday Jan. 26th) for the free opening reception at Museum L-A, 6-7:30 pm!
Exhibit Opening: Kids as Curators "Hidden Treasures"
Snowy day in front of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
We hope everyone weathered the storm! Why now visit us today to celebrate getting your cars out of the snowbanks? Our Veteran's exhibit, "The Work of War," will be up until Saturday January 13th.
Here's a little video of Lewiston during the storm: the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 🎶
Muscle Memory: Madeleine demonstrates shoe making
We put aside the "please don't touch" policy so that Madeleine Cloutier could show us how she used to hold these three shoe-making tools. As soon as she walked into our shoe exhibit, her hands started moving in that rhythmic sweeping pattern. Muscle memory kicked in!
Madeleine spent about 40 years working at Hallowell Shoe, a factory in the back of the old Pepperell Mill on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. When she was in her early twenties, she also spent some time working in the spinning room at the Hill Mill.
High Five Machine
Some more footage from Museum L-A's Magic Machines program at Lewiston Public Library with LPL Kids--check out this amazing High Five Machine!
Museum L-A's Magic Machines program at Lewiston Public Library
We just had to share a couple videos from our "Magic Machines" program at Lewiston Public Library. There were some amazing inventors there!
Two Bar Break - AKA Dan "Redd" Girouard, Alden Clark (piano), and Marty Lang - stopped by this week to check out "Rachel's" ahead of this month's speakeasy night on July 25. They'll be playing jazz and blues - with special numbers for dancing the Charleston! Don't worry if you don't know the steps - we'll teach you! Get your tickets online at pssst.museumla.org