Maine Historical Society

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historical society nonprofit organization

The Maine Historical Society is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Maine’s history through museums, archives, educational programs, and stewardship of historic sites.

Aliases (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical society → nonprofit organization →
affiliation	American Alliance of Museums → American Association for State and Local History →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	archives and records management → historic preservation → museum studies → public history →
focusesOn	New England history → history of Maine →
foundedIn	1822 →
hasActivity	archival preservation → educational programs → genealogical research support → museum exhibitions → public lectures → publications → stewardship of historic sites →
hasCollectionScope	statewide →
hasCollectionType	artifacts → books → ephemera → manuscripts → maps → oral histories → photographs →
hasComponent	archives → digital archive → historic house museum → museum → research library →
hasWebsite	https://www.mainehistory.org/ →
headquartersLocation	Portland, Maine NERFINISHED →
isOneOf	oldest state historical societies in the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalForm	nonprofit →
locatedIn	Maine →
locatedOnStreet	Congress Street, Portland, Maine →
mission	preserve and share the history of Maine →
nonprofitStatus	501(c)(3) →
operates	Brown Research Library → Maine Historical Society Museum → Maine Memory Network → Wadsworth-Longfellow House →
serves	state of Maine →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Fire of Portland 1866 ("Maine historical society publications") →	documentedIn
Longfellow Garden →	maintainedBy
Wadsworth-Longfellow House →	operatedBy
Maine Historical Society ("Maine Historical Society Museum") →	operates
Wadsworth-Longfellow House →	ownedBy
Wadsworth-Longfellow House ("Maine Historical Society campus") →	partOf