The Brick Store Museum has been celebrating local history, art and culture since 1936.
Read on for more information about what’s ahead.
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You’re Doing Great.
If working in a museum has taught us anything, it’s less that history repeats itself, but that
people
repeat themselves…and history provides a map to possible solutions.
Something you’ll always find on this “map” are
people doing good
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You are one of those people. Thank you for doing your assigned job in this crisis – it’s going to take everyone working together.
While we cannot be in the Museum physically, please know that we are here to help. Whether it’s providing online content and interactive activities to do at home; a phone call “visit”; or picking up groceries for you, or something else – please let us know what we can do.
Here’s our list of TEN things to do this month – all designed to bring us closer together and celebrate our shared bonds of history, art and culture.
We’ll see you soon at the Museum –
Kathryn, Leanne, Alex, Jeannine, Julianna and Cynthia.
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P.S. – Digital resources can be tricky to navigate. But don’t worry! Here’s our Director, Cynthia Walker, with a video tour of our website, so you can see exactly what we’re talking about.
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1)
Help curate an exhibit.
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Lend Your Voice to an Exhibition!
Art & Poetry Show begins soon
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Help us curate a new exhibit! This one can be in-gallery or online, so when we’re closed you can view it, and when we’re open you can visit, too!
Tell us your favorite poem(s) and/or classical sayings that we can then match to a painting in our collection. The poem and the piece of art will be exhibited together.
You can share your favorite poem by hitting “reply” to this email and typing the poem (and its author) to send to us.
Don’t have a favorite poem yet? Now’s the time to explore the beauty of poetry – when you find something you like…send it to us!
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Here’s Cynthia Walker, Executive Director, on a mini-tour of Collections (find this video series
here), talking about the Poetry & Art exhibition – and our ask of you!
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2)
Visit the Museum of Home.
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Museum of Home
Share your story!
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Add your story to our online exhibition on community!
Our homes are essentially museums to our lives and our heritage.
Choose a piece in your home, and either film a short video (via your phone or computer) or send us a photo and information about your piece. We’ll display it on the Museum of Home website with others who are sharing!
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3)
Listen to local history and voices.
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The Brick Podcast:
Episode Three: Pandemic History in Kennebunk
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“The Brick” is the Museum’s brand-new podcast series! It features oral histories, artifact spotlights, interviews, and more, all capturing the culture of our region – past and present.
This month, we talk about how pandemics have affected Kennebunk’s history over time.
The podcast can be found on Apple podcasts (search: “The Brick”) or via our podcast site
here
.
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4)
Watch digital lectures.
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New lectures every week!
First lecture: How Food Fought the Second World War
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Museum staff is bringing the collections to you! We will be uploading new histories and presentations each week.
Visit our Museum Multimedia page to start the video (scroll all the way to the bottom), and to check back for more lectures this week!
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5)
Explore Kennebunk’s timeline.
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6)
Hear “Kennebunk Voices.”
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Video Series featuring stories from the Archives!
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Protected within our walls are the stories of people. Well-known, unknown, or somewhere in between, every story matters. Explore the Archives like never before by clicking
here
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Current residents of the Kennebunks perform performances of archival letters written by historical Kennebunkers through the centuries.
This series was created with Video Creations through support from the Davis Family Foundation and the Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust.
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7)
Read and test historic recipes.
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Check out the Cookbook Corner
A new page on the website!
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Cooking brings families, cultures, and neighbors together. Even through time and space, food is something we can all understand, enjoy, and share. The Brick Store Museum’s collection holds many cookbooks and recipes used by past Kennebunkers – stretching from the 18th through the 21st Centuries.
Read through them
on this site
to simply enjoy, or, if you’re daring – try making a recipe*! Let us know how it turns out by sending a photo of the finished meal with your critical review.
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8)
Explore online exhibitions.
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Online Exhibitions are created weekly!
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Online exhibitions are a way to explore the Museum’s collections outside of our walls.
Please enjoy exploring the collections and stories included
HERE
on this site – and please let us know what stories you would like to see next!
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9)
Find activities for students (and you!).
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Now publishing resources for educators!
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We’re working hard behind the scenes to create curriculum kits, resources, and activities for students and parents.
Check this site
weekly to find new activities to use during your stay at home.
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10)
Join us to share stories.
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Our Storytellers Circle kicks off this month!
Tuesday, April 14 at 6:00pm
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Calling writers, storytellers and authors and those who love to hear stories, too!
Storytellers of all ages are welcome to this new Brick Store Museum event to get together once a month to tell stories with a theme. We expect wide variations in how our storytellers interpret the meaning of the theme. The stories should be about ten minutes long and practiced if possible.
Our first theme will be: “My First Memory.”
Let’s use the power of the spoken word to awaken our imaginations and move us through the past, present and future –near and far — and bind us more strongly to our community.
With the onset of COVID-19, we have moved our first meeting online on April 14 at 6pm.
Or call this number: (929)205-6099, and enter 7341575849# when prompted.
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