Visit the museum for free all day with an ever-changing monthly party.
Free program
Every third Thursday of the month the PMA is free throughout the entire day and during extended hours, making Access for All last from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with an evening party with musicians, food trucks, artists, and more.
Stick around into the evening as we transform the museum into a party with lawn games from A Family Affair of Maine, music by Kafari, jewelry from Wild Sol, food from Black Tie, and drawing activities with Jennifer Brou, MECAD, Josie Colt, Portraits as you Pass, and Geo SanGiovanni, Portland Drawing Group!
Complimentary event parking available at the MaineHealth parking lot on Free Street, 5–8 p.m. courtesy of MaineHealth.
Free Film Screening
Also this month, we are showing a free film screening of Our Lives in Our Hands (1986), from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., in our auditorium.
About the Film:
Our Lives In Our Hands examines the traditional Native American craft of split ash basketmaking as a means of economic and cultural survival for Aroostook Micmac Indians of northern Maine. This documentary of rural off-reservation Indian artisans aims to break down stereotypical images. Basketmakers are filmed at their craft in their homes, at work on local potato farms and at business meetings of the Basket Bank, a cooperative formed by the Aroostook Micmac Council. First person commentaries are augmented by authentic 17th century Micmac music.
49 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Harald Prins and Karen Carter. In English.
