BECOME A MEMBER OF THE Tours are welcome; group leaders ABBE MUSEUM THE must check with the Attendant during their visit. Special presentations will be Membership benefits include: ABBE made to groups with particular in- free admission free newsletters MUSEUM terests, but advance arrangements are necessary. A special program is 10% discount on Museum purchases available for students. (for memberships in the supporting, patron and sponsor categories. A tax deduction for all contributions and MAINE and dues. INDIAN A library of books and journals per- taining to early Northeast American In- Individual $ 5 ARTIFACTS dians is available to scholars presenting Family 12 appropriate credentials. Please notify Supporting 25 the Museum staff prior to your an- Business 100 ticipated visit. Listed in the Patron 100 National Register Sponsor 500 of Historic Places Additional Contributions Dr. Abbe was a respected New York Name surgeon who pioneered the develop- ment of several surgical procedures. A Address summer resident of Bar Harbor, he City became interested in prehistoric artifacts of the area. Over many years, he State Zip assembled an impressive collection of archaeological and ethnographic material. In 1926, he decided to Please mail your check to: establish a small Museum for the public. The Abbe Museum Many of his friends contributed to the Box 286 Museum, but Dr. Robert Abbe was the Bar Harbor, ME 04609 primary founder. He died shortly before the Museum's dedication on SIEUR DE MONTS SPRING August 14, 1928. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK YOUR SUPPORT IS BAR HARBOR, MAINE 04609 GREATLY APPRECIATED LOCATION BASKETRY STONE TOOLS The Museum is located off Route 3 in Bar Harbor on a small wooded rise overlooking Sieur de Monts Spring, the Wild Gardens of Acadia and the Acadia Nature Center. There are benches along the walk to the Museum for the convenience of visitors who wish to linger. MAILING ADDRESS Box 286 The Abbe Museum has a very fine Bar Harbor, Me. 04609 collection of Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Telephone (207) 288-3519 birchbark, ash splint and sweet grass (207) 244-7452 baskets as well as an exhibit of basket making techniques. HOURS The artifacts in the museum's collection are Mid-May - June: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. BONE IMPLEMENTS from the Frenchman Bay and Mount Desert July - August: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Island area. Some stone implements have September to mid-October: been estimated to date from 5,000 years 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. before the present. ADMISSION Dorr Pt. 'Kebo Hill An admission fee of $1.00 is charged to aid in the Museum's educational and Great Meadow Jackson Sieur' research projects and to help with the de Monts preparation of new exhibits and ABBE MUSEUM publications. Although the Museum is located in Acadia National Park, it is an Early Indians found many uses for bone: Dorr independent and self-supporting, non- harpoon points, flutes, fish hooks, projectile profit institution. points and ornaments of various kinds. Cadillac Mt. Huguenot Head Champlain Mt. ) Photographs of artifacts by B. Tiedemann.