The Museum & Theatre is pleased to announce that Bissell Brothers Brewing Company is generously sponsoring Watershed Exploration programming in the Mountains to the Sea exhibit for the Thanksgiving holiday week. In addition to encouraging exploration of several different habitats and the creatures that live in them, this exhibit encourages children and their families to discover a “watershed” system. A watershed is the interconnected system - above ground and below - from headwaters in mountain lakes through streams, rivers, and aquifers into ponds and eventually into the ocean.
Leadership at the Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor) and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (Portland) jointly announce the appointment of Starr Kelly to the role of Director of Education and Exhibits at the Museum & Theatre. In Kelly’s new role, she will be responsible for oversight of the Museum’s education and exhibit program development, with a strong focus on early childhood education, STEM, and arts education; diversity, as well as equity, inclusion, access, and social justice work.
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When Visitor Engagement Associate Savannah Irish talks about her childhood plans to work in theatre, she says, “It was 100%. No doubt." Although Savannah’s journey has taken her from Maine to Florida and back, her path to starring in The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus in Maddy’s Theatre was a fairly direct one. She finds herself portraying a rowdy, young girl who wants to protect the planet.
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“The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus”: This tour-de-force of imagination, storytelling and magic is ideal for children six to twelve years old and their families. Through storytelling and found object puppetry, this play explores the relationship between wild animals and the humans that encroach their lands. How can we share the planet? How can we take on the mission to save the world ourselves?
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The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine announced that it has raised over $15 million dollars from over 500 donors, surpassing its initial $14 million goal. A significant wave of support came at the end of the campaign, allowing the organization to add back aspects of the project that had previously been moved to a second phase. The fundraising total includes a $500,000 grant designated to its endowment from the Lunder Foundation, bolstering the Museum & Theatre’s ongoing initiatives to ensure that all children, regardless of background, have access to the organization’s educational programs and exhibits. The conclusion of the campaign comes as the Museum & Theatre prepares to open their new 30,000 square foot facility at Thompson’s Point, where they plan to welcome visitors beginning Thursday, June 24, 2021. More than 500 philanthropic individuals, families, corporations, and foundations contributed to the campaign which will allow the organization to expand its reach to over 200,000 visitors per year.