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Playing The Program
A Maine Restoration Story
A midcoast farmhouse is restored to its original splendor

Fixing up an 1800s farmhouse gets a boost from architects Barclay & Scholz. Read more »
A House That Fits Just Right

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Something Old, Something New

Barba + Wheelock Architecture works with a Bremen couple to preserve the past, look toward the future. Read more »
One With Nature
A Blue Hill home designed to fit its surroundings

When architects meet with clients, the wish list of design characteristics and functions that follows is known as the architectural program. In this series, Maine architects discuss how they and their clients play the program to their mutual... Read more »
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Moving to Maine
In Maine, Even the Stone Walls Have Stories

Author and photographer William Hubbell explains how stone walls are monuments to our forebears' tenacity and work ethic. Read more »
Zoning? You’re Not in Massachusetts Anymore, Dorothy!

In Maine your neighbors' homes might not look anything like yours. Read more »
A Field Guide to Maine Architecture

For those who don't know soffits from sashes, or gables from gambrels, we offer this brief field guide to Maine's domestic architecture. Read more »
June: '...the warm month, the merry month...'

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Making the Move

A best-selling author - who moved to Maine herself two decades ago - explains what makes the Pine Tree State such a good choice. Read more »
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Building
Architectural Designer Eric Allyn Builds a Career by Defying Limitations

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'Outside, the Yourcenar House is a Good Neighbor'

An excerpt from At Home in Maine: Houses Designed to Fit the Land. Read more »
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Retiring
Ready to Move to Maine?

Find out what you need to know to retire to Maine in this publication from Down East. Read more »
A New Option For Retiring in Maine

A new kind of independent-living community is springing up around the state, one where the emphasis is squarely on independence. Read more »
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Playing the Program
Playing the Program
A Maine Restoration Story
A midcoast farmhouse is restored to its original splendor

Maine farmhouse restoration Read more »
Playing the Program
A House That Fits Just Right

Read more »
Playing the Program
Something Old, Something New

Barba + Wheelock Architecture works with a Bremen couple to preserve the past, look toward the future. Read more »
Playing the Program
One With Nature
A Blue Hill home designed to fit its surroundings

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Rufus Porter Museum Cultural Heritage Series 2008
05.11.2008

The Third annual Cultural Heritage Series is scheduled for July 8 - 12, 2008 in Bridgton, Maine. The series is highlighted by a 3-day class Rufus...

Cabinet of Curiosities: The Museum, Science Collections, and You
05.11.2008

This exhibit, curated by the museum’s co-chief scientists, Paula Work and David Work, shows the many facets of the museum’s science...

Journeys West: The David and Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection
05.11.2008

This exhibition features Pueblo paintings, Navajo blankets and silverwork, embroidered Dakota leatherwork, Nez Perce weavings, basketry from...

Journeys West: The David and Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection
05.11.2008

This exhibition features Pueblo paintings, Navajo blankets and silverwork, embroidered Dakota leatherwork, Nez Perce weavings, basketry from...

Recent Acquisitions & Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection
05.11.2008

Among the recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection are works by Joanne Baldinger, Jeffrey Becton, Bob Brooks, Rudy Burckhardt, David...

Recent Acquisitions & Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection
05.11.2008

Among the recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection are works by Joanne Baldinger, Jeffrey Becton, Bob Brooks, Rudy Burckhardt, David...

Progressive Gourmet Dinner
05.11.2008

Weekend inclueds tours of three historic Freeport B&B's and the entree catered by the Azure Cafe'.

Taking Different Trails: The Artists’ Journey to Katahdin Lake.
05.11.2008

This exhibition features the work of twenty contemporary artists and their views of and from Katahdin Lake in Township 3, Range 8. All of the...

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