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NewsThursday, April 4 2013Dyer Library / Saco Museum Closed The Dyer Library and the Saco Museum will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. We apologize for any inconvenience. Monday, March 18 2013 University of New England and Saco Museum Present "John Haley's Civil War" for Summer 2013 The University of New England's History Department and the Saco Museum have teamed up to created this summer's exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, "John Haley's Civil War". Dr. Elizabeth A. De Wolfe, Professor of History at the University of New England, and Camille Smalley, Collection and Research Manager for the Saco Museum, team-taught an exhibition class titled "John Haley's Civil War." The resulting exhibition, curated by students in the class, features a treasure trove of artifacts related to the Civil War-prints by Winslow Homer, decorative arts, Civil War weaponry, uniforms, and much more. The exhibition opens on Friday, May 3 with a public reception at 5:30 p.m. and closes on Sunday, November 10. Tuesday, February 26 2013 Dyer Library / Saco Museum Closed The Dyer Library/Saco Museum will be closed on Monday, April 15 in observance of Patriots' Day. Tuesday, February 26 2013 Dyer Library / Saco Museum Closed The Dyer Library/Saco Museum will be closed on Wednesday, March 20 from 12-4 p.m. for staff training. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thursday, November 29 2012 SACO MUSEUM AND UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND TEAM UP AGAIN FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR! The University of New England and the Saco Museum have teamed up this to create an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Dr. Elizabeth A. De Wolfe, Professor of History at the University of New England, and Camille Smalley, Collection and Research Manager for the Saco Museum, team-taught an exhibition class titled "John Haley's Civil War." Thursday, November 29 2012 DYER LIBRARY AND SACO MUSEUM RECEIVES TWO PRESTIGIOUS GRANTS FOR "I MY NEEDLE PLY WITH SKILL" SAMPLER EXHIBITION The Dyer Library/Saco Museum is pleased to announce that it has received $18,000 from the Coby Foundation in New York and $1,000 from the Maine Arts Commission to support the exhibition and catalog "I My Needle Ply with Skill": Maine Schoolgirl Needlework for the Federal Era, which runs from Jan. 12 through March 2, 2013. Tuesday, October 30 2012 DYER LIBRARY/SACO MUSEUM CLOSED The Dyer Library and Saco Museum will be closed on Thursday, November 22 in observance of Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving! Thursday, November 22 Wednesday, October 3 2012 DYER LIBRARY/SACO MUSEUM CLOSED The Dyer Library and Saco Museum will be closed on Sunday, November 11 in observance of Veteran's Day, as well as Monday, December 24 and Tuesday December 25 in recognition of the Christmas Holidays. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thursday, July 12 2012 SACO MUSEUM ACQUIRES PHOTOS BY HEATH PALEY Friday, May 11 2012 SACO MUSEUM WELCOMES NEW "PANORAMA FELLOW" The Saco Museum is pleased to welcome Anna Katherine Kelley to the position of Panorama Fellow, starting June 11. Thursday, April 5 2012 MILL-ENNIAL ARTIST AWARDS ANNOUNCED! Wednesday, February 8 2012 2012 MILL-ENNIAL ARTISTS ANNOUNCED! The Saco Museum is pleased to announce the artists selected for the 2012 Mill-ennial! Friday, December 23 2011 SACO MUSEUM TO "ROLL OUT" MOVING PANORAMA SUMMER 2012 More than fifteen years of research and restoration will come to a show-stopping finale this coming June at the Saco Museum with a major exhibition and public programs focused on the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress. Monday, December 19 2011 PEOPLE'S CHOICE" AND "KIDS' CHOICE" AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 FESTIVAL OF TREES WHO ARE THE LUCKY WINNERS??!!! You'll have to click through to find out! Thursday, December 1 2011 DYER LIBRARY AND SACO MUSEUM ACQUIRE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, TEXTILES The Dyer Library and Saco are pleased to become the stewards of several historic artifacts, all acquired for the library and museum collections via purchase in November 2011. These objects include four important hand-written volumes relating to Saco’s Colonel Thomas Cutts (1736-1821), and a hooked rug and a burlap hooked-rug pattern connected to entrepreneur Edward Sands Frost of Biddeford. Wednesday, August 17 2011 BUY A BRICK FOR THE DLSM! Now available, the perfect way to honor friends, relatives (or yourself!) while supporting the Dyer Library and Saco Museum. Tuesday, July 19 2011 GIANT BOOK SALE AT DYER LIBRARY STARTS JULY 30 Make it part of your summer time tradition! Wednesday, June 29 2011 SACO MUSEUM EXHIBITION CATALOGUE RECEIVES PUBLICATION AWARD Tuesday, June 21 2011 SACO MUSEUM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2012 MILL-ENNIAL Get the call for entries here: http://www.sacomuseum.org/PDF/Millennial2012.pdf Need some help with your application? Try this: http://www.sacomuseum.org/PDF/HelpfulTips.pdf Still have questions? Try this: http://www.sacomuseum.org/PDF/TopTenMill-ennialQuestions.pdf Thursday, May 19 2011 JUNE IS "THE BIG READ' MONTH AT THE DYER LIBRARY AND SACO MUSEUM June is BIG at the Dyer Library and Saco Museum with tons of great events all inspired by Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" as part of "The Big Read." The Big Read is a program funded through the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest, which gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss, and celebrate a single great work of literature. Collectively, the Saco community will read "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and enjoy programming around the book's plot throughout the month of June. Free copies of Mark Twain's classic will be available at the Dyer Library Circulation Desk starting on May 16, 2011. Click through for the full schedule of events! Thursday, May 19 2011 DYER LIBRARY/SACO MUSEUM RECEIVES “GREAT WORKS” GRANT FROM MAINE ARTS COMMISSION The Dyer Library and Saco Museum (DLSM) is the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Maine Arts Commission as part of their “Great Works” program, designed to support projects “of the highest artistic quality” that will reach a broad public audience and have a positive regional or statewide impact. At the DLSM, this grant will support an ongoing project to preserve the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress—a rare and remarkable 8 x 850-foot painting on canvas created in 1851—and to make it accessible to worldwide audiences in new and innovative ways. Monday, May 9 2011 EXPANDED HOURS, NEW ADMISSION FEES AT SACO MUSEUM Thursday, December 23 2010 DYER LIBRARY AND SACO MUSEUM RECEIVE GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF COLLECTIONS Thursday, December 23 2010 "PEOPLE'S CHOICE" AND "KIDS' CHOICE" AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 FESTIVAL OF TREES Friday, September 17 2010 SACO MUSEUM OFFERS FREE ADMISSION ON SIXTH ANNUAL "MUSEUM DAY" On Saturday, September 25, 2010, the Saco Museum will join participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide to open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket from www.smithsonian.com. Click the title above for more information! Thursday, July 8 2010 DLSM RECEIVES "BIG READ" GRANT FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS The Dyer Library and Saco Museum announced today that the organization has been chosen to receive a $7,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host the Big Read in Saco. Together, the Dyer Library and Saco Museum are one of 75 not-for-profits—including arts and cultural organizations, libraries, and universities—to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2010 and June 2011. The Big Read in Saco will focus on Mark Twain’s classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Activities and events will occur during the month of June 2011. Friday, January 8 2010 MILL-ENNIAL ARTIST SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED! Thursday, December 17 2009 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 FESTIVAL OF TREES Click above to find out who! Friday, December 11 2009 SACO MUSEUM WINS PRESTIGIOUS "SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES" GRANT TO PRESERVE THE MOVING PANORAMA OF PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Only 44 grants were awarded in 2009, out of 420 applicants! Read on to see what makes the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress such a remarkable object. Friday, October 16 2009 FACTORY GIRL BOARDING HOUSE BEDROOM OPENS OCTOBER 30! Join us the day before Halloween to see this first glimpse of our full-scale reinstallation of the museum, dress up in mill girl clothes, and stay for a spooky lecture about gruesome goings-on at the mills! Thursday, October 15 2009 SACO MUSEUM ACQUIRES CIRCA 1850 SACO RIVER LANDSCAPE Thursday, October 1 2009 Free Friday Nights! Thursday, July 9 2009 One Card, Two Doors! Tuesday, May 19 2009 NEW, EXPANDED MUSEUM HOURS BEGIN JUNE 1! Tuesday, March 3 2009 SACO MUSEUM RECEIVES TWO PRESTIGIOUS CONSERVATION GRANTS Friday, October 31 2008 DYER LIBRARY/SACO MUSEUM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL GRANT |
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