Bowdoin College Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum

Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center

Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World

Spirits of Land, Air, and Water: Antler Carvings from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum - Arctic Studies Center

Exhibitions: Current Past Upcoming

Current Exhibitions

Peary/Kirkeby: Views of Peary Land

May 29, 2013 - July 14, 2013

In the spring of 1892. Robert E. Peary and Evind Astrup set out to cross the great Greenland ice cap, to become the first Euro-Americans to visit the northernmost coast of Greenland, now known as Peary Land. This is northernmost land on the planet and few people have had the privilege of visiting it. This exhibit features Peary's first photographs of this stark and beautiful landscape, as well as more recent views.

Spirits of Land, Air, and Water: Antler Carvings from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection

April 11, 2013 - February 23, 2014

Caribou antlers are a source of inspiration for Inuit artists across the Canadian Arctic. Working within the constraints of antler's forms, they create a variety of fanciful creatures, exuberant dancers, and ethereal figures.

Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World

April 05, 2012 - January 06, 2014

This exhibit explores the Inuit worldview, based on mutual respect between humans and animals. Through contemporary Inuit carvings and prints, traditional tools and clothing, and filmed interviews with Inuit men and women visitors learn about the behavior of seals, whales, polar bears, caribou, and muskoxen.

Robert E. Peary and His Northern World

April 05, 2012 - December 31, 2014

As a pioneering Arctic explorer, Peary relied on many extraordinary people, including his family, financial backers, loyal expedition members, and the Inughuit men and women of Northwest Greenland.

Upcoming Exhibitions

A Glimmer on the Polar Sea: The Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917

Opening November 01, 2014

In the summer of 1913, Donald B. MacMillan and six other men set off on an expedition to conduct research and exploration in the far north. Marking the 100th anniversary of this major expedition, this exhibit will highlight the results of their extensive fieldwork, and look at the field studies being conducted by contemporary researchers in the same region.

Museum News

May 29, 2013 - NEWS - EXHIBIT

Peary/Kirkeby: Views of Peary Land

May 28, 2013 - NEWS - OTHER

2013 Summer Construction

April 4, 2013 - NEWS - EXHIBIT

‘Spirits of Land, Air and Water’: Inuit Antler Carvings at Arctic Museum, Opens April 11

February 5, 2013 - NEWS - OTHER

Return of the Sun - video

April 28, 2012 - NEWS - OTHER

Polar Bear Uprising - Dance Event

more News

Museum Events

Lecture: Mathematics and the Melting Polar Ice Caps

April 12, 2013 | 6:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Lecture: "Things That Matter: How Inuit Artists Create Meaning" - Arctic Museum Exhibit Opening Lecture

April 10, 2013 | 7:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Lecture: Climate Change - Realities and Opportunities: What Earth's Most Remote Places Tell Us About the State of Our World and the Future

April 4, 2013 | 7:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Movie/Film: Chasing Ice

March 2, 2013 | 7:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium

Horns, Hooves, Flippers and Fins: Family Day at the Arctic Museum!

February 23, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Hubbard Hall, Lobby

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Museum Hours

Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday 2 PM to 5 PM
The museum is located on the main floor of
Hubbard Hall on the Bowdoin College campus.

Closed Mondays and National Holidays

Admission is FREE

For more information call:
207-725-3416
write to:
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and
Arctic Studies Center
Bowdoin College
9500 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011-8495
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