The Maine Humanities Council presents

From the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

April 7, 2005 — October 22, 2005

April 7 - June 8, 2005

The Saco Museum

371 Main Street, Saco, ME 04072
207-283-3861
Hours: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Thursday 12:00-8:00 pm [free admission from 4-8 pm] events
June 15 - August 12, 2005

Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel

U.S. Route 1, Lille, ME 04746
207-895-3339
Hours: Sunday thru Friday 12:00 - 4:00 pm events
August 19 - October 22, 2005

Bethel Historical Society

10-14 Broad Street, Bethel, ME 04217
207-824-2908 or 800-824-2910
Hours: Tuesday thru Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
events

Maine Department of Agriculture

Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Maine Office of Tourism

Maine Preservation

Maine Tourism Association

J. Donald Cyr (Aroostook)

Andrea Strassner (York)

Sally Taylor (Oxford)

Museum on Main Street

Barns are so much a part of the landscape in New England that we sometimes take them for granted. They remind us of our rural past when a majority of the population lived on farms, but they also symbolize today's farmers and their continual struggle to make a living off the land. And yet what do we really know about barns? What can they tell us about our history? Many are being lost to age and encroaching development. How can they be preserved?

The Maine Humanities Council and its community museum partners will answer those questions and more by bringing the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon to three locations in Maine: The Saco Museum in Saco (April 7 - June 8), Musée culturel

York County

du Mont-Carmel in Lille (June 15 - August 12), and the Bethel Historical Society in Bethel (August 19 - October 22). See specific contact information to the left.

This is a wonderful exhibit for the whole family which will trace the history of farming and the unique place barns hold within our culture. You can learn about the wide variety of barn styles, explore life on a Maine farm as your grandparents knew it, or find out about resources for preservation. The exhibit features an architectural scale model of an early barn; examples of games, toys, and period advertising; plus many historic images of barns across the country. Each museum will also feature a companion exhibit showcasing Maine barns,

Aroostook County

farming, and related artifacts, plus special activities in the area. Contact exhibit sites directly for more information.

Oxford County

Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon is made possible in Maine by the Maine Humanities Council.

Barn Again! is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and The Hearst Foundation. Additional funding for Barn Again! has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian Institution Special Exhibition Fund, and the Smithsonian Educational Outreach Fund, along with assistance from the National Building Museum and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Barn Again! is a registered trademark owned by the Meredith Corporation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.