ABBE MUSEUM UNVEILS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN

BAR HARBOR, ME -- As the Abbe Museum advances toward its centennial in 2028, the Board of Trustees, Wabanaki Council, and Museum Staff have announced a three year strategic plan. Included in the plan is a new mission, vision, and values. 
 

"I'm excited that our new three-year strategic plan not only reaffirms our educational mission, but also focuses us on activating our audiences to be better and more informed allies to Wabanaki Nations in the years to come," states Betsy Richards, the Abbe’s Executive Director & Senior Partner with Wabanaki Nations. The Museum’s plan creates goals for expanded reach and sustainability, well-stewarded facilities, and highlights the Abbe’s values of community, respect, responsibility, and creativity. “We are invigorated by this new plan and the path it creates to step boldly towards our centennial. We have added to our leadership team, and we are strengthening and expanding our collaborations as we work together towards our goals,” emphasized Newell Lewey, (Passamaquoddy) Board Co-Chair for the Abbe. Co-chair Carolyn Rapkievian echoed Lewey’s enthusiasm. "It's an exciting time to be a part of the Abbe Museum. We have an amazing staff, a strong board and council, a new mission - ‘to illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations’ heritage, living cultures, and homelands’ - and now we have a strategic plan that will guide us in our collaboration with Wabanaki nations to accomplish the important work ahead of us." More information about the Abbe Museum’s new strategic plan can be found at https://www.abbemuseum.org/strategic-plan

About the Abbe - The Abbe is a museum of Wabanaki art, history, and culture, with the mission to illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations’ heritage, living cultures, and homelands. The Abbe works directly with Wabanaki Tribal Nations to share authority for the interpretation of their living cultures and history, and privilege Native perspective/voice. These practices can be seen throughout our exhibits, public programs, educational workshops, tours, research, collections management, and museum shop. In 2013, we became the only Smithsonian affiliate in Maine. The Abbe Museum contributes to global conversations through our work with the International Coalition for the Sites of Conscience, all while being an involved community anchor in Mount Desert Island, Maine.