New exhibit resurrects long-defunct Maine natural history museum
PORTLAND, Maine — After a 134-year run, the Portland Society of Natural History, and its Elm Street museum, closed up shop in 1970. The museum's va...
PORTLAND, Maine — After a 134-year run, the Portland Society of Natural History, and its Elm Street museum, closed up shop in 1970. The museum's vast collection of taxidermied animals, shells, fossils, minerals and amassed cultural items were then scattered to the four winds. The varied treasures ended up at a multitude of other institutions across Maine, New England and the globe. The gargantuan, stuffed leatherback turtle ended up in Presque Isle. A bleached, circa 1890, walrus skull, complete with tusks, landed at the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.