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RedditThank you for making Museum Day 2009 such a huge success! Please check back for information on Museum Day 2010.
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Rufus Porter (1792-1884) was an artist, musician, teacher, publisher and inventor. His itinerant life began in Bridgton and Portland by painting miniature portraits and then wall murals. Original pages of the Scientific American which he founded in 1845 are displayed, plus examples of his inventions.
Museums and cultural venues participate in Museum Day voluntarily. Smithsonian magazine encourages museum visitation, but is not responsible for individual museum content or participation.
