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Membership Information

Students, trustees, volunteers, entry-level or experienced paid and unpaid professionals, museum and historical society members, the interested public and service providers — all are welcome as members of MAM.

To download an application, please click here.

What you receive with membership.

Maine Archives and Museums is a membership organization whose purpose is to develop and foster a network of citizens and institutions in Maine who identify, collect, interpret and/or provide access to materials relating to history and culture.

Benefits

Quarterly Newsletter: Provides information on funding opportunities; books and publications; statewide museum, historical society, archives news and activities; shared resources; all-volunteer organizations; ideas that work in Maine; computers; conservation; technical questions; ethical matters.
Listings: On the Department of Tourism’s Internet/World Wide Web Home Page (free!).
Annual Conference: Opportunities to gather with fellow professionals, volunteers and other colleagues in the state to share ideas, network and review and acquire the skills to manage our state’s cultural resources.
Regional Workshops: Conference topics listed above are also available as local and regional workshops to make attendance easier and to tailor needs to local issues and groups of societies, museums and archives.
Discounts on Museum and Archival Supplies: Offered to all MAM members by Brodart, Gaylord, and University Products.

Join/Renew today! Your support and participation enable MAM to provide ever-improved services to Maine’s cultural community of historical societies, archives, museums and galleries. We have very important work to do. By working together, we can realize our vital dreams and visions.

Professional Development Programs and Workshops

	TEACHING AND INTERPRETING THE CIVIL WAR Event Date: 5/22/2010 Event Time:
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SESQUICENTENNIAL? Are you an elementary or middle school teacher hoping to enrich your Civil War curriculum as we approach the Sesquicentennial Commemoration (2011-2016)? Are you a museum educator or docent looking to improve your interpretive skills? Are you interested in learning about how the Civil War is a Maine story? Then consider this workshop, designed for both teachers and heritage resource volunteers and professionals. Funded in part by the Maine Humanities Council. This Maine Archives and Museums Workshop is organized by the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum and the Maine Historical Society and will take place at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, Peaks Island, on Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 8:30 a.m.* to 3:30 p.m. Fee: $15 per person. Presenters will include: Brian Collins, Executive Director, Pejepscot Historical Society: "Restoration as a Tool for Education" Jamie Kingman-Rice, Public Services Librarian, Maine Historical Society: "Civil War Resources at the Maine Historical Society" Kim MacIsaac, Executive Director, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: "Remembering the Civil War in a Throw-Away Society" Patricia Erikson, Adjunct Professor of American and New England Studies and Consultant for Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: "Hands-On and Minds-On: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Civil War" Caitlin LeClair, King Middle School: "Expedition into the Past: The Civil War as Context for Teaching Civil Rights" Registration information at: www.fifthmainemuseum.org or email perikson@usm.maine.edu to receive a registration form or to make other inquiries. Salary contact hours will be offered to those teachers interested. Participants can bring bag lunches or pre-order and pre-pay for sandwiches catered by the Peaks Café. *requires taking a 7:45 a.m. Casco Bay Lines ferry boat to Peaks Island and walking a pleasant one-quarter of a mile to the museum. A 3:45 ferry would offer a return trip.
Posted Date: 2/4/2010 Posted By: Jessica

	Collections Care Workshop Event Date: 6/21/2010 Event Time: TBD
The L. C. Bates Museum in Hinckley will present a collections care workshop on Monday, June 21. The workshop, led by object conservator Ronald S. Harvey, will explore how value assessments may provide the participants a greater knowledge base for communicating quantifiable collection values and collection care needs to their administration, audience, funders, and the general public. It will also deal with some specific treatment methods and assessments for objects based on their value to the museum mission and collection care needs. It will also look at ways to care for and/or store specific types of collections. This workshop was made possible through a Conservation Project Support Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Please contact the L. C. Bates Museum at (207) 238-4250 or lcbates@gwh.org for more information.
Posted Date: 2/3/2010 Posted By: Jessica

Heritage Tours

Civil War Sites

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