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Museum Curator Linda Aaskov is seeking an individual to assist her in the accession process for all the museum artifacts.
The accession assistant needs to be available a couple of times a month until the process is complete. Tasks include taking photos of each item as progress is made, labeling, & identifying each item. This is important work for the museum. Working together, it can be completed and our collection can be brought up to date.
If you have questions please feel free to contact Linda Aaskov at aaskov@outlook.com or 207-490-5709.
Unfortunately, the Sweet Dreams Pillowcase workshop with Janet Vincent, scheduled for October 8, has been canceled.
Both of the remaining Speakers’ Series events for this season have had a change of venue. They were scheduled to be held in Denis Hall, but will be held instead at the Alfred Shaker Museum. They will take place at the scheduled times.
For more information, see the announcements for both events:
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Actress Sheryl Faye of Amesbury portrays Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her one-woman show. A specialist in bringing historical figures to life, Faye’s many other characters include Helen Keller, Abigail Adams and Susan B. Anthony.
Our next Speakers’ Series event takes place on Sunday, October 16, at 1:30 PM at the Museum.
Actress Sheryl Faye, who presented as the famous Helen Keller a few years ago, will introduce us to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Faye has a whole repertoire of interpretations of famous women in American history.
NOTE: This event was scheduled to take place at Denis Hall, but it will happen at the Museum.
Unfortunately, our September 11 Speakers’ Series event with Hilary Zayed has been canceled.
We’re sorry, but the workshop Getting Crafty with Old Greeting Cards, scheduled for Septmber 10, has been canceled.
This Sunday, August 14 at 2 PM, Bob Greene will discuss Black history in Maine.
Retired journalist and award-winning historian Bob Greene will describe Maine’s Black history, which began in the state’s long-ago story. His own family history extends back eight generations, to Maine in the 1700s.
He was born in Portland and, after college, became a newsman. For years, he covered both natural disasters and sports.
Later, in Maine again as a retiree, he dug deeply into his own background in Cumberland County, which led him to genealogical research and Black history. He now teaches a course on it at the University of Southern Maine’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
The Alfred Shaker Museum will now be open on Saturdays from 1-4 PM and other days by appointment.
To make an appointment to visit, contact us.
Alfred Shaker Museum’s planned guest speaker event for Sunday, May 22 with author, artist and accident victim Hilary Zayed has been canceled. This event in the Sid Emery Memorial Forum Speakers’ series has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 PM. We hope to see you there then.