Welcome Emma Wegner
Program and Education Director
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Emma, in the Frances Perkins Homestead Library, comes to us from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds an MA, History of Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture from the Bard Graduate Center and an AB, History of Art from Bryn Mawr College. |
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We are pleased to announce the hiring of Emma Wegner as our new Program and Education Director, joining us on March 28, 2022.
Executive Director Michael Chaney adds, "Emma brings substantial public program and education experience to the Frances Perkins Center. She will play an important role in interpreting and bringing forth the legacy of Frances Perkins for audiences in Maine, nationally, here at the Exhibit Center in Damariscotta and the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, and through virtual programming. She will help chart the course for the Center's next stage of organizational growth and impact."
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Home For A Nation
Breaking Ground at the Frances Perkins Homestead
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Reflecting on Frances Perkins’ commitment to the principle that “government should provide all its people with the best possible life,” the Frances Perkins Homestead, a fifty-seven-acre National Historic Landmark, a saltwater farm in the nation’s northeast corner, is a tangible reminder that America is intended to be a vast homestead for all its people, a lively household for one and all, and that concern for the common good should govern our life together. Following preservation activity for safe access, we look forward to welcoming Homestead visitors. Watch for Homestead opening announcements later in 2022!
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FPC staff and Board reps, Spencer Preservation Group, EJ Perry Construction, and Brown, Richardson + Rowe landscape architects commemorate the start of restoration efforts. |
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Posting of construction permits |
Maine DOT markings for new onsite parking |
Preparing new visitor parking |
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Summer Interns
June - August 2022
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After a two-year hiatus of being able to host and house students for on location internships, we look forward to welcoming two students for summer 2022 internships. Emma Wegner, our new Program and Education Director, will mentor their work during their time with the Frances Perkins Center. |
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Madeleine Myers, Mount Holyoke College '24,
History major
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Esmeralda Alfaro, Bates College '24,
Classical Medieval Studies major with History minor
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Watch the recording of our April 3rd virtual forum where Intelligence and Courage award recipients, Shaylyn Romney Garrett, Robert Putnam, and Janet Dewart Bell, share optimism about how diverse, collaborative, intergenerational problem solvers can—again—shape an upswing in America’s trajectory.
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Frances Perkins Place
NYC Street Naming Honors Frances Perkins
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On a Saturday afternoon, March 26, 2022, the legacy of the woman known as “the Mother of Social Security” was honored as W 46th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues was renamed “Frances Perkins Place.” NYC Mayor Eric Adams remarked, “I think we need to draw on Ms. Perkins — she saw the devastation of the [Triangle Shirtwaist] fire, and she could have said ‘woe is me’, but instead — she said, ‘why not me’. And what she did with her life, turning that painful moment into a purposeful moment, we all benefited from it — she changed the landscape of employment, of safe spaces for employees. Let’s acknowledge the role she played on humankind in New York City.”
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Frances Perkins Place located on West 46th Street, between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue, New York City. |
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Holding a replica of the new Frances Perkins Place sign (l-r) NY Mayor Eric Adams, Frances Perkins' grandson Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, NYC DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon, NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher, and NY Senator Brad Hoylman. Photo courtesy of NYS DOT. |
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Frances Perkins Center | PO Box 281 | Newcastle, ME 04553
Exhibit Center: 170A Main St | Damariscotta, ME
Open by Reservation | Tues - Friday | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Homestead: Closed during preservation activity
(207) 563-3374
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