MONSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GUILFORD, ME
The Monson Historical Society in Guilford, ME was established in 1965 to promote and preserve the history of the town of Monson and its surrounding communities. The society's mission is to collect, preserve, and share the history of the area, including the stories of its people, places, events, and artifacts. The Society operates a museum and research library, which serve as a repository of information about the town and its people.
The Society's museum, located in the town center, displays artifacts and photographs from the town's past. The museum offers educational programs and special events throughout the year, including the Annual Muscongus Bay History Festival, which celebrates the region's maritime heritage. The society also publishes books and articles on local history, hosts lectures, and conducts research projects.
The Society's research library contains materials related to the history of the region, including books, maps, newspapers, photographs, and manuscripts. The library is open to the public and is also available for use by researchers.
The Society is a member of the Maine Historical Society and is affiliated with the Maine State Museum. The Society is supported by donations, memberships, and grants from the Maine Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and other organizations.
MONSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in GUILFORD ME. US MID #8402300199
The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont).
![Solar Eclipse Yesterday, I and my family traveled north and west in Maine to see a total eclipse of the sun. We intended to go into the town of Greenville about 2 hours and 20 minutes away under normal conditions. We never actually got there as about 12 or so miles from the town the traffic slowed to about 3 miles per hour. We decided to explore a small road that led through a rural area. It took awhile but we found a more or less perfect place with a few other people all parked along the road in the small community of Blanchard. It had a couple of large open fields on one side and a cemetery on the other. It was warm and not a cloud in the sky. The totality lasted about 3.5 minutes. I had not intended to try to photograph the sun but at the last minute decided to just take a series of photos by quickly going through a set of camera settings. I took of the eye protection and enjoyed the rest of the show with a couple more photos toward the horizon. Only when I got back last evening and was able to see the exposures was I able to see this and other images. I used Topaz to double the size and to remove noise. A few basic adjustments in Lightroom were done. I will probably work one this and a couple others. There are many options available. The two red shapes in the corona are solar prominences as described below. I thing the red dot on the right is noise as it is not in other exposures.
In solar physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot plasma, prominences contain much cooler plasma, similar in composition to that of the chromosphere.
Prominences form over timescales of about a day and may persist in the corona for several weeks or months, looping hundreds of thousands of kilometers into space. Some prominences may give rise to coronal mass ejections. Scientists are currently researching how and why prominences are formed. [Wikipedia]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53643092133_3863ea58d5_b.jpg)
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MONSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 173
GUILFORD
ME
04443
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MONSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Information
| MID # | 8402300199 |
| Name | MONSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
| Alternate Name | |
| Classification | Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , New England |
| Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) | 010389912 |
| NTEECC | A99 |
| Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) | 201212 |
| INCOME | 0 |
| REVENUE | 0 |
| LAT/LONG | 45.21628, -69.4003 |
| CODES | FIPS State Code: 23 FIPS County Code: 021 US Census Tract: 960600 US Census Block: 2027 |