2009-2010 Hudson Museum Offerings for Schools

Transformation is a central cultural theme in many of the objects featured in the Hudson Museum’s collections. We invite you to see how the Hudson Museum has been transformed!

New floor to ceiling casework allows us to showcase objects that could not be exhibited in the old Hudson Museum and also lets all of our visitors see the objects. Multimedia kiosks are planned for the galleries, as well as interactive activities in the Minsky Culture Lab.

Maine Indians Program
Learn about the material culture of Maine’s four tribes, focusing on birchbark work, basketry, and carving traditions. Listen to a traditional Penobscot tale, play waltes, a Northeastern bowl and dice game, and make a bookmark or traditional container.

Native American Program
This program focuses on the Native Peoples of Maine, the Southwest, the Northwest Coast and the Arctic. Learn about the environments in which they live, their way of life through the objects that they make, and traditional artforms and activities.

Mesoamerican Civilizations
Learn about the civilizations–Olmec to Aztec–of Mesoamerica through artifacts from the Hudson Museum’s collection. This program is geared to middle school students.

New Web-based Educational Resources to support the teaching of Maine Indian History and Culture

The video segments that will be featured in the Maine Indian Gallery’s Native Voices kiosks are available for use in your classroom. You may visit them on the web here

Contact

For more information about the Museum’s education programs, please contact Kurt Rademaker at 581-1906 or by email at kurt.rademaker@umit.maine.edu.