Document Type
Dataset
Editor
Liam Riordan
Richard W. Judd
Publication Date
1-29-2025
Abstract/ Summary
This dataset is a text-based spreadsheet documenting the 385 objects displayed in Maine bicentennial exhibitions at five venues: the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine Historical Society, Maine State Museum, Portland Museum of Art. All exhibitions took place in 2020 with the exception of the Bowdoin exhibition, which was moved to 2022. The data includes the makers’ names, titles or descriptors for the objects, what materials they are made of, and dates of manufacture and owner, along with delimited text values indicating the type of object (painting, sculpture, etc.), where the object was displayed, whether it was borrowed, connections to municipalities and regions in Maine, the gender and ethnicity of the maker, and the subject matter to which it relates. The data derives primarily from exhibition checklists supplied by the exhibiting organizations; information about object type, maker gender and heritage, and geographical distribution were assigned by the author.
For a comparison between Bowdoin’s selection of objects in 2020 and what they ultimately displayed in 2022, see Routhier, Jessica Skwire, "The Stuff of Statehood: Public Exhibitions and Public Memory in the Bicentennial Year" (2025). Research Datasets. 2.
Repository Citation
Repository Citation: Routhier, Jessica Skwire, "The Stuff of Statehood: Public Exhibitions and Public Memory in the Bicentennial Year" (2025). Research Datasets. 2. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/datasets/2
Version
pre-print (i.e. pre-refereeing)