BAR HARBOR — The Abbe Museum will focus on Maine Native American history during its 65th season this year.

The museum, located at Sieur de Monts Spring in Bar Harbor, is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through June; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during July and August; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during September and October.

According to director Diane Kopec, the museum has two exhibits of Maine Native American history.

The season’s opening exhibit is called “Mikwid-Hamin: Passing on Native Traditions,” a celebration of the art, traditions and material culture of Maine’s Native Americans.

Artwork by Penobscot and Passamaquoddy children and videos by the students of Indian Island School are woven together with legend texts and items from the Abbe’s permanent collection of prehistoric and historic stone and bone tools, clothing, jewelry and historic and contemporary baskets and basketmaking tools.

The exhibit presents a picture of the continuing presence of Native Americans in Maine, Kopec said.

In September, “History on Birchbark: The Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy” will travel from the Haffenreffer Anthropology Museum at Brown University to the Abbe — its only Maine site.

Tomah Joseph transformed the style of traditional New England incised birchbark at the turn of the century. The exhibit gathers his works from around the country and explores his art as an expression of Passamaquoddy identity and survival.

The Tomah Joseph exhibit at the Abbe Museum is funded through grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maine Community Foundation.

Besides the two exhibits, the museum plans a number of workshops, demonstrations, children’s programs, and lectures throughout the summer and fall.