Page Farm and Home Museum

Children historically have participated in the production of folk art and household crafts.  Their projects functioned to fulfill multiple needs.  Sometimes, their productions served to provide children with toys.  Other times, household crafts and folk art taught children important skills that they would need in adulthood.  Folk art was also an important part of self-expression […]

Join the Friends of Dr. Edith Marion Patch to celebrate the opening of the Dr. Edith Marion Patch Exhibit.  Edith Marion Patch was the first woman scientist employed by the University of Maine. She arrived in Orono in 1903 to start the entomology department at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, but had to work for a […]

March 23 from 11:00-3:00 is the date/time of our next “Fourth Saturday” gathering.  We don’t have a formal fiber program planned, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be learning anything:  Jennifer Lund, Maine’s State Apiarist, will be presenting a program on Bees of Maine beginning at 1:00pm.  As we spin, knit, quilt, or otherwise fiber-ize  […]

Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes critical thinking skills through project-based learning.  The 2019 contest theme is “Triumph & Tragedy.” The next state contest will be hosted at the University of Maine campus in Orono on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Top award winners in the state […]

Maine Day is all about service In 1935 President Arthur Hauck inaugurated MAINE DAY, a day set aside for “spring clean-up” of our campus. Classes are canceled on that day.  The entire campus community  – students, faculty, staff, and alumni – pitches in to spruce up the campus. The Museum will be closed for Maine Day.  Student […]

The Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held at the beautiful University of Maine campus in Orono, ME, from May 30 to June 1, 2019. Please join us for a series of events, panels, presentations, and concerts celebrating the unique history of Maine, its peoples, culture, politics, art and music. Please see our program for a complete […]

Once again, you will be able to create your own original artwork at the Third Annual Summer 2019 Fine Art Drawing Workshop for adults (18+) at the Page Farm And Home Museum […]

Once again, you will be able to create your own original artwork at the Third Annual Summer 2019 Fine Art Watercolor Workshop for adults (18+) at the Page Farm And Home Museum […]

  Congratulations, Orange Group, you have successfully bartered the bag of corn for a supply of wool and have found your next clue: Big ones and little ones—but these do […]

Stop using toxic dryer sheets and start using your own hand-made, natural, non-toxic dryer balls. Why? 1) Dryer balls reduce drying time by 25% and help clothes dry more efficiently […]