Abbe Offers Free Admission, Sponsored by Machias Savings Bank
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Breaking News! The Abbe Museum will be offering
free admission half of the year beginning this February.
The museum, which is celebrating
its 86th year on Mount Desert Island, has a long-standing commitment
to serving the local community, with much of the museum’s educational programs
offered free of any additional charge after museum admission, and this year the
Abbe is taking that commitment even further.
“The decision to offer free
admission from November through April was a natural one,” explains Abbe
President and CEO, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko. “We really have two audiences here
at the museum. During the summer and fall, we serve a large number of tourists
as visitors pour onto the island from around the country and the world, via
car, bus and cruise ship. During the winter and spring, the local people, who
are often too busy working in the summer, come back to the museum for film
events, exhibit openings and other educational programs.. In recent years we
have really been focusing on how to deepen our connection to the year-round
community, both on Mount Desert Island and beyond, and we feel that free
admission during the quieter months is a really good way to do so.”
The first year of free admission
is made possible through the support of Machias Savings Bank. “Machias Savings Bank is very pleased to be
able to support this effort,” said Bar Harbor Branch Manager, Matt
Horton. “The Abbe does so much to help bring awareness about the Wabanaki
Nations to the general public. It is an incredible resource to have right
here in our own backyard and we are happy to be part of making it even more
accessible for the local community and all of Maine.”
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| Matt Horton, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Abbe Director of Development, Hannah Whalen |
