Hudson Museum Exhibits Center on Morocco

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — Two current exhibits at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum, both of which continue into October, feature information and items related to Morocco.

The Children of Yesterday (continues through Oct. 4)

This exhibition of 50 photographs by Rose-Lynn Fisher explores the nature of Jewish presence in a Muslim land.  Fisher photographically documented Jewish settlements in Morocco in 1995 and 1998.  Her images include abandoned mellahs, Jewish homes, converted synagogues, cemeteries, and tombs of hundress of Tzaddikim, many of which are venerated by Muslims and continue to be pilgrimage sites.  Fisher also documented the small remaining population of Moroccan Jews and their traditions.  Through the exhibit, she seeks to provide an understanding of the experience of Moroccan Jews — the reasons for their dispersion, their experiences beginning anew in Israel and other lands and their memories of the friendships and relationships between Muslims and Jews in Morocco.

Rose-Lynn Fisher will present a lecture on the exhibit on Thursday, Sep. 18 at 7 p.m. at the museum.

Made in Morocco (continues through Oct. 12)

Millions of years ago, Maine was connected to North Africa when all the continents were a single mass — Pangaea.  Made in Morocco showcases contemporary connections between Maine and Morocco through objects from local collections, including those of a Peace Corps worker, a UMaine student from Morocco and people who have visited that country.  Ceramics, textiles, baskets, jewelry, clothing and wood and metal work are included in this exhibit.

A Hudson Museum Friends Moroccan Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23 at 6 p.m. in the Bodwell Area, Maine Center for the Arts.

For more information about these exhibits or the related events, please call the museum at 581-1901.