Visit the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor from a Seat at the Fairfield Public Library

Visit the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine from a seat in the Fairfield Public Library’s Rotary Room. A docent will take provide a private tour of the museum’s exhibit Coming Home via Skype.

Skype is a video phone call, but when projected onto the large screen in the Library’s Rotary Room, it allows us to view exhibits up close and converse with the docent as we tour. Join the library for this “visit” on Wednesday, March 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. Registration is requested.

Read more from the press release below:

The Abbe Museum borrowed objects from museums in the northeastern United States from Philadelphia to Maine for the Coming Home exhibit. From baskets to beadwork, woodcarvings to birch bark canoes, tools to artwork, many pieces of Wabanaki material culture have ended up in museums far away from the Wabanaki homeland. Wabanaki culture includes the Abenaki, Mikmaq, Maliseet, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy tribes.

When Reference Associate Lauren DeNisco made a presentation about the Library’s innovative Skype-a-Docent program to the New England Museum Association (NEMA) this year, she was able to develop new partnerships for future Skype tours, including the Abbe Museum.

Skype-a-Docent is an extension of the Library’s Homebound Service that has been delivering Library books and other materials to residents for over 20 years. Last year over 1,200 items were delivered by volunteers to five senior living facilities and to individuals living in their own homes. Now we are able to “deliver” tours of cultural interest to seniors and others who may not be able to travel out of town. In addition to the monthly presentation at the Main Library, Skype-a-Docent tours are brought to two senior living facilities in town.

Tours aren’t just for seniors, they are open to all. So take an early lunch or join us while the children are in school.

All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. To register, or for more information on this and other programs, visit our website at: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256-3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.

Mission: “The Fairfield Public Library, our community’s gateway to the world of information and discovery, inspires the lifelong love of reading and learning. It offers free access to varied collections, stimulating programs, leading-edge technology, and a responsive staff in a welcoming environment.”