A Collaborative Encounters Series

Join the Maine State Archives, The Maine State Library, and the Maine State Museum for a Collaborative Encounters event. Collaborative Encounters will premiere with an exploration and commemoration of the 100th anniversary of World War I. All lectures are free of charge.

MARCH 1, 2018— 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

The Pine Tree State in France: Maine’s 103rd Infantry Regiment in the Great War

Captain Jonathan D. Bratten, Command Historian, Maine Army National Guard

MARCH 15, 2018 — 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

WWI Open House; View Exhibits & Special Collections at the Maine State Museum Archives, & Library

MARCH 29, 2018 — 6:00 p.m. — 7:30 p.m.

The WWI Dye Shortage: Color, Clothes, Chemistry

Jacqueline Field, Author

APRIL 12, 2018 — 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

Maine and World War I  (including a  Book Signing with the authors)

Jason Libby & Earle Shettleworth, Authors

Each Collaborative Encounters Evening will begin with an opportunity to visit and view the new exhibit Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I. Guests will have guided access to this Maine State Museum exhibit with Museum Curator Angela Gobeil-Bain. Exhibition programming is complimentary during each program evening. For Questions about Collaborative Encounters Programming, please contact 207.287.2301