Pinning Workshop/Work Day at the Maine State Museum Collection
Monday, April 15, 2024; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
MSM Annex, 10 Water St. Hallowell, Maine
DO PLEASE contact Charlene Donahue if you're planning to attend:
call 485-0960, or by e-mail at donahuecp15@gmail.com
Learn how to properly pin and label insect specimens for identification and future study. The Maine State Museum (MSM) has tens of thousands of specimens that need pinning and labelling so that they become valuable bits of the scientific world rather than dead bugs in a jar. Or bring your own material to work on.
If pinning is not your jam, the MSM collection always needs curating. The collection needs sorting out at all levels - from samples that have not been sorted even to order to identified specimens that need to be incorporated into the collection. Lots of labelling - proper labels need to be added to specimens and drawers and cabinets labelled so we can find things. There are specimens that need identifying to any level. There is sure to be a job for you and others to work with on a project that never ends. AND we provide on the job training!
Come for whatever your schedule allows that day. There is no food or drink allowed in the annex so plan on heading out to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Wear warm clothes as the Annex is cool and dry (to reduce insect and fungal infestations in the collections).
Please let Charlene Donahue know (via e-mail: donahuecp15@gmail.com or 485-0960 if you plan on attending.
Directions: The MSM Annex is in the back part of the Maine Lottery building.
From the North: Take exit 109A from I-95 S heading toward Augusta on Western Avenue. After 0.5 mile, at the light by the Fire Station (before Burger King), turn right onto Armory Street. Merge left onto Capitol Street. In 0.8 mi turn right onto State Street. In another 0.8 mi. turn left into the parking lot of the temporary home of the Maine State Museum staff and warehouse. (If you pass the cemetery, you have gone too far.)
From the South: Go through Hallowell on Route 201. Pass the Hallowell Cemetery, which will be on your right. Take the next driveway into the first parking lot on the right. (If you pass the old Dairy Queen, you have gone too far.)
Enter the building by the wooden steps next to the tractor trailer, where the sign says “ENTRANCE.” The outer door will be locked so call Charlene when you get there and we will come open it.