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Abbe Museum
Courtesy Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Bar Harbor, Maine—From baskets to beadwork, woodcarvings to birchbark canoes, tools to artwork, objects are an important expression of Wabanaki culture. Since the arrival of the first European explorers more than 400 years ago, objects made and used by the Wabanaki have made their way into museums around the world. The new exhibit Coming Home features a beautiful array of material culture, selected and interpreted by Wabanaki community curators. The exhibit shares cultural and traditional knowledge, offering information about the Wabanaki objects. (207) 288-3519, www.abbemuseum.org/exhibits (Through December 19, 2015)
courtesy San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego, Calif.—The ancient Maya left behind evidence of a sophisticated and complex culture, which is explored through the exhibit Maya: Heart of Sky, Hearth of Earth. Using cycles of the moon, sun, and planets, they were able to develop accurate calendar systems. More than a thousand years ago, they used unique hieroglyphic writing to carve important dates, rulers’ names, and ceremonial events on stone monuments in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. The huge monuments are casts of the original monuments at the site of Quirigua in Guatemala. Today these casts are in better condition than the original monuments, and are studied by researchers tracing the history of the Maya through their hieroglyphic writing. The exhibit also includes Maya masks, bowls, and figurines, as well as a 42-foot-wide mural. (619) 239-2001, www.museumofman.org/exhibits (Through July 31, 2015)
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Heard Museum
Phoenix, Ariz.—In the new exhibit Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century, the pueblo’s residents tell their history and the lasting effects of 19th-century changes on their lives today through historic photographs and a variety of media. The story unfolds in three parts: first, pueblo people describe the year’s cycle as it was in the mid-19th century; then they describe the arrival of Americans and how this disrupted their way of life; and finally they examine the historic photographs as products of Anglo culture and ask what kind of record they really represent. (602) 252-8840, www.heard.org (Through September 27, 2015)
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