Inspiring New Learning about the Wabanaki Nations with Every Visit
In recent years, the Abbe has grown from a small trailside museum, privately operated within Acadia National Park, to an exciting contemporary museum in the heart of downtown Bar Harbor.
At the Abbe’s downtown museum, visitors find dynamic and stimulating exhibitions and activities interspersed with spaces for quiet reflection. The history and cultures of Maine’s Native people, the Wabanaki, are showcased through changing exhibitions, special events, teacher workshops, archaeology field schools and craft workshops for children and adults.
From spring through fall, the Abbe’s historic trailside museum at Sieur de Monts Spring continues to offer visitors a step back in time to early 20th century presentations of Native American archaeology in Maine.
The Abbe serves as an essential resource for helping teachers and students comply with new state legislation, known as “the Wabanaki Initiative,” that requires the teaching of Wabanaki cultures and history in Maine schools. As Donna Loring, former Penobscot Nation Representative to the Maine Legislature and sponsor of the Wabanaki Initiative, has written, “With education will come understanding and with understanding will come respect….” Abbe staff members serve as facilitators and advisors for statewide programs to implement the legislation.
Company Details
- Employees
- 13
- Founded
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- Address
- 26 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor,maine 04609,united States
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- Museums, Historical Sites, And Zoos
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- Website
- abbemuseum.org
- HQ
- Bar Harbor, Maine
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