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    Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum (Brunswick, ME)

    The only museum in the United States devoted completely to Arctic Studies!

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    The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum located in Brunswick, Maine was founded in 1967 at Bowdoin College, and the Arctic Studies Center was created in 1985. Artifacts in the Museum's collection include Peary and MacMillan's expedition equipment, Inuit art, films, archival papers, natural history specimens, and much more. The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum is home to a diverse collection of over 41,000 objects, photographs, and motion picture films. You can explore highlights of these collections through their Web Kiosk. New records are being added regularly.

    Admission to the Museum is always free and open to the public.

    Follow them on Twitter at @arcticmuseum, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/arcticmuseum/ and check their their photo blog at https://www.arcticmuseum.tumblr.com.

    Location: 10 Polar Loop, Brunswick, Maine (inside the John and Lile Gibbons Arctic Museum).

    Phone: (207) 725-3416

    Hours:
    Thursday-Saturday: 10 am-5pm
    Sunday: 1 pm-5pm
    (Closed July 4th)

    For more information, please visit: https://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/

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