The Arctic Museum Galleries in the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies are now OPEN!
Hours:
Tuesday thru Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and Holidays
Call (207) 725-3416 or email pmam@bowdoin.edu for more information.
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HOLIDAY CLOSURES
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will be CLOSED on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of the July 4th holiday. We will resume our normal business hours on Sunday, July 5.
Museums are repositories of a diverse array of items that they pledge to care for forever. Their collections, whether they be artworks, objects, photographs, documents, or natural history specimens, are valued for the stories they hold, their aesthetic value, their links to historic events, and the contributions they can make to current and future research.
Food is at the heart of Inuit culture. In the聽Arctic聽this means food hunted, fished, or gathered from the land, air,聽and sea. Whales, seals, caribou, muskox, fish, and聽birds, as well as berries and other plants, have provided untold generations with all the healthy nourishment聽they needed聽to thrive. These foods continue to be important to Inuit, and many consider hunting, gathering, sharing, and eating these traditional foods聽to be聽central to Inuit identity.
