The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine Debuts Its First Wabanaki-Focused Permanent Exhibit

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SARA ANNE DONNELLY | DOWNEAST MAGAZINE

The sinuous new playspace invites hands-on exploration of indigenous heritage in Maine.

PORTLAND - The new playspace outside the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland, was a long time coming. Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions is the 48-year-old institution’s first permanent exhibit dedicated to Maine’s indigenous people. “We’ve always told stories about this place we call Maine, but there has been a lack of Wabanaki voices,” says education and exhibits director Starr Kelly, who began developing the project soon after joining the museum staff two years ago.

A citizen of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, an Algonquin band in Quebec, Kelly drew on connections she made as curator of education at Bar Harbor’s Wabanaki-focused Abbe Museum.

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