Title

The Children's Museum of Maine this Saturday celebrates its one-year anniversary

Authors

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

5-11-1994

Pages

1C, 3C

Abstract

The Children's Museum of Maine this Saturday celebrates its one-year anniversary at 142 Free Street, and the flagship exhibit at the institution is the camera obscura. The camera obscura was known and used in Europe during the Middle Ages, but the one at the Children's Museum is a $75,000 optical masterpiece that is considered among the finest in North America. Details.

Subjects

Cameras, Children's Museum of Maine -- Portland

Recommended Citation

"The Children's Museum of Maine this Saturday celebrates its one-year anniversary" (1994). Maine News Index – Portland Press Herald. 12733.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_pph/12733