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Current Exhibitions

RUGS ALL MARKED OUT: Biddeford's Edward S. Frost

January 14 through March 24, 2012
Cozy up with some hooked rugs this winter with two warm and wonderful exhibitions at the Saco Museum! "Rugs All Marked Out" celebrates the hooked rug innovator and entrepreneur Edward S. Frost, who launched a rug-pattern business right here in Biddeford, Maine, in the mid-19th-century. Originally presented at the Maine State Museum in 2006, "Rugs All Marked Out" features rugs, burlap patterns, and metal stencils from the Maine State Museum collection. The original exhibition is enhanced with Frost rugs and patterns from the Saco Museum's own collections, all recent acquisitions. Also on view are modern hooked rugs by members of the Maine Tin Pedlar, a group of local hooked rug artists named in honor of Frost.

Pictured: Pattern for Hooked Rug, ink on burlap, Edward S. Frost pattern #92, 1870s, collections of the Maine State Museum.

HOOKED RUGS FROM ARTISTS OF "THE MAINE TIN PEDLAR"

January 14 through March 24, 2012
January 14 through March 24, 2012
Cozy up with some hooked rugs this winter with two warm and wonderful exhibitions at the Saco Museum! "Rugs All Marked Out" will celebrate the hooked rug innovator and entrepreneur Edward S. Frost, who launched a rug-pattern business right here in Biddeford, Maine, in the mid-19th-century. Also on view will be modern hooked rugs by members of the Maine Tin Pedlar, a group of local hooked rug artists named in honor of Frost.

Pictured: "Stained Glass Magic" by Deb Arcaro, photo courtesy The Maine Tin Pedlar.

Upcoming Exhibitions

THE 2012 MILL-ENNIAL: Celebrating the Art and Artists of the Cities on the Saco

Our biennial exhibition of work by artists associated with Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach! This year's exhibition will take place simultaneously at the Saco Museum and at Engine in Biddeford: http://feedtheengine.org/. Artists selections will be announced the week of February 6, and more details will follow.

THE MOVING PANORAMA OF PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

June 23 through November 10, 2012
More than fifteen years of research and restoration will come to a show-stopping finale this coming June at the Saco Museum with a major exhibition and public programs focused on the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress. Pictured: "They Behold the Fate of the Apostate," from The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress, 1851, created by Edward Harrison May (1824-1887) and Joseph Kyle (1815-1863), distemper on muslin, 8 x 800 feet, Saco Museum Collection. Photo by Matthew Hamilton, Williamstown Art Conservation Center.