Indigenous Peoples Day: Abbe Museum Offers Programming & Pay What You Can Admission (9/22/2025)

Indigenous Peoples Day: Abbe Museum Offers Special Programming & Pay What You Can Admission  
 

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The Abbe Museum will be open on Indigenous Peoples Day (Monday, October 13, 2025) and will feature free programming including performances by the Inter-Tribal drum group Rez Dogs and a printmaking workshop.  Admission for that day (10am-5pm) will be “pay what you can” - which, along with the performances, are sponsored by Friends of Acadia. 

   
 Drumming will take place on the Museum’s patio beginning at 11am. The Abbe’s Curator of Education, Christiana Becker (Penobscot) will discuss the sacred medicine sweet grass, its cultural significance and traditional uses, and then lead participants in creating a take-home print.

    Visitors will also have the opportunity to explore the Museum’s two new contemporary art shows: In the Shadow of the Eagle which uses America’s upcoming 250th as a jumping off point to discuss Wabanaki perspectives on our democracy and Jordan Bennett’s (Mi’kmaq) stunning print series Mi’kmaw Tepgunsejig: 13 Moons Full Suite. The visit to the Abbe also includes refreshed permanent exhibits and its 24th annual Student Art Show.
 

    Abbe Museum Executive Director Betsy Richards (Cherokee Nation) invites “Mainers and visitors alike to join us that day to explore our exhibits, take part in special programming, and contribute what you can towards uplifting Wabanaki voices and sustaining Native-led creativity”.  More information: abbemuseum.org or by calling 207-288-3519.

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.