LC Bates Museum, Hinckley

LC Bates Museum

The LC Bates Museum on the Good Will-Hinckley campus houses a remarkable natural history collection, including a number of artifacts related to the Arctic expeditions of Robert E. Peary. A small case of Arctic material is on permanent display; other exhibits include a broad array of taxidermy mounts of Maine birds and other animals, as well as ethnographic and historic artifacts. The museum hosts many family-oriented activities. The grounds include beautiful nature trails, picnic tables, and an arboretum.

Address: 14 Easler Rd, Hinckley, ME 04944

Website: http://www.gwh.org/lcbates

lc-bates-museum-toy-snow-knives — Toy snow knives

lc-bates-museum-female-willow-ptarmigan-in-winter-plumage — female willow ptarmigan in winter plumage

Image courtesy to the LC Bates Museum, Hinckley.

The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College, is pleased to acknowledge the Oak Foundation for generously funding the development, design, and production of this project, which was originally produced as a paper map. Additional support was provided by the Arctic Museum’s Russell and Janet Doubleday Endowment. Production of the website was supported by a Gibbons Summer Research Fellowship.

We wish to thank four Bowdoin College students for their assistance. Lydia Woodward ’16 compiled many of the entries appearing in this brochure. Aidan French ’18 and William Wise ’18 did additional research on some of the Maine-Arctic connections. Xin Jiang ’20 prepared this website and did additional research.

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