This is a view of the main hall of the Museum
from a window in the fourth floor photography and environmental history
room. Please note our floor map of the Norumbega bioregion, which
we define as the land lying between the Kennebec and the Penobscot rivers.
The Davistown Museum is located two thirds of the way up the map from the
coast, along the Montville - Waldoboro mast trail (route 220), in what
we call the Norumbega backcountry.
Visitors to our Museum photo tour please note we have plenty of space
to mount special exhibitions on the main (walkable) floor. |
© Peter Mallow 2000 |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
Visitors to the Museum will note that as they enter the
main hall, our tool and antiquarian art displays are on the left side of
the hall. As you browse the photographs, note by the dates the gradual
evolution of the Museum displays as additional tools and artwork join the
growing Museum collection. |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
2001 |
Our displays of antiquarian artifacts merge with our installations
of contemporary sculpture, paintings, assemblage art and found artifacts.
In the center of the right photo is the main entrance. The reception
desk is just to the left. Behind and to the left of the desk we are
currently exhibiting a collection of paintings and drawings by the Boston
school artist Virginia Goolkasian. Note in the left photo there is
a new painting behind the desk. |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
2001 |
When visitors first enter the main hall of the Museum they
will encounter three display cases devoted to Native American artifacts.
The first display case contains some interesting artifacts from outside
of New England including an Anasazi basket (top shelf), the large Apache
Indian water basket, an old sand painting, a skull crusher and two three
legged earthen pots dug in the early part of the 20th century from a Caddoan
mound in east Texas (Central American trade items that were deposited in
the mound at an unknown date). |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
© Peter Mallow 2000 |
2001
Of particular interest, is our collection of wampum, one of the largest
on display in any New England museum. |
© Phil Rogers 2002 |
2001 |
2001 |