Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum - Brunswick Museum

  • Address: Hubbard Hall, Brunswick, ME
  • Phone: +1 207 725 3416
  • Website:academic.bowdoin.edu
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Hubbard Hall
Brunswick, ME

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  • named for Arctic explorers and Bowdoin College graduates Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) and Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898). The museum collections include Arctic exploration gear, natural history specimens, and art and anthropological material, produced primarily by the Inuit cultures of La... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Museum dedicated to two Bowdoin College alumni who explored the Artic. more on TripAdvisor
  • While Admiral Robert E. Peary (class of 1887) is well known for his accomplishments (he landed at the North Pole in 1909), Donald MacMillan (class of 1898) also racked up an impressive string of achievements in Arctic research and exploration. You can learn about both men in this intriguing museu... more on Frommers
  • Bowdoin's imposing neo-Gothic Hubbard Hall, on the campus quadrangle, is home to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, where you can find navigational instruments and other artifacts from the first successful expedition to the North Pole. The 1909 journey was headed by two of Bowdoin's most famous a... more on Fodor's

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