LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS • August 1, 2025
Artistic expression and scientific research collide in an exhibition thousands of years in the making and now at the Monhegan Museum of Art and History on Monhegan Island. “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands” is more than an art show; it is also a biology lesson, a history class, and a community effort. “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island features” paintings, artifacts, photographs, maps, and scientific tools documenting Monhegan Island’s evolution since the ice retreated 17,000 years ago and particularly focuses on the eras of human influence on the island from Indigenous people to modern conservationists. Each chapter of the island’s history brought changes to the ecology that affected Monhegan Island’s appearance and utility. The exhibit is on view at the Monhegan Museum of Art and History, at 1 Lighthouse Hill, until Tuesday, Sept. 30.