{"id":128,"date":"2017-06-12T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/?p=128"},"modified":"2017-10-04T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:17:47","slug":"maine-state-museum-augusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/interior-maine\/maine-state-museum-augusta\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine State Museum, Augusta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s flagship museum, located in the state capitol, hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-necklace.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-130 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-necklace-201x300.jpeg\" alt=\"maine state museum necklace\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-necklace-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-necklace-768x1148.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-necklace-685x1024.jpeg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>permanent and changing exhibits about all aspects of life in Maine. Objects related to Maine\u2019s Arctic connections include, among others, Josephine Peary\u2019s beautiful tourmaline necklace in the <em>Maine Gems<\/em>\u00a0permanent exhibit, as well as a silver vase commemorating the Peary\u2019s 21st wedding anniversary and a baseball Robert E. Peary threw 316 feet! In the exhibit <em>12,000 Years in Maine<\/em> look for a walrus skull and bearded seal bones from when Maine had an Arctic climate, as well as stone tools made from Ramah chert, a highly prized stone from Labrador that was widely traded into Maine by indigenous groups thousands of years ago and used to make a variety of stone tools.<a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-iceage.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-iceage-1024x700.jpeg\" alt=\"maine state museum iceage objects\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-iceage-1024x700.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-iceage-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/files\/2017\/06\/maine-state-museum-iceage-768x525.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Address:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Maine+State+Museum\/@44.3062303,-69.7854325,17z\/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x4cb206b60e99005b:0xcd21e5ddf5ccb54f!2sCivilian+Conservation+Corps+(CCC)+Monument,+230+State+St,+Augusta,+ME+04330!3b1!8m2!3d44.3062303!4d-69.7832438!3m4!1s0x4cb206b604c2b161:0x3c86ec4ac1b65e44!8m2!3d44.305911!4d-69.7828083\">230 State St., Auguste ME 04330<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainestatemuseum.org\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.mainestatemuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Image courtesy to the Maine State Museum, Augusta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s flagship museum, located in the state capitol, hosts permanent and changing exhibits about all aspects of life in Maine. Objects related to Maine\u2019s Arctic connections include, among others, Josephine Peary\u2019s beautiful tourmaline necklace in the Maine Gems\u00a0permanent exhibit, as well as a silver vase commemorating the Peary\u2019s 21st wedding anniversary and a baseball Robert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-interior-maine","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/maine-arctic-trail-map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}