Maine Policy Review Volume 24 Issue 1 Humanities and Policy

2015 Maine Museums

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Maine Museums Aroostook

Piscataquis

Somerset Penobscot

Washington Franklin

Hancock

Waldo Oxford Kennebec

Knox Lincoln Androscoggin Legend Sagadahoc = History = Art Cumberland = Combined = Other Augusta

“Combined” museums Brunswick have several types of collec- York tions, e.g. art + history, Portland anthropology + history.

This list of museums and historical societies is adapted from one provided by Maine Archives & Museums and is not an exhaustive list of all museums. The map was produced with support from the Spatial Informatics group in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine.

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Androscoggin Greene Greene Historical Society ...... Portland Portland Museum of Art ...... Lewiston Franco Center ...... Lewiston Museum L- A ...... Portland Tate House Museum ...... Livermore Livermore-Livermore Falls Historical Society Pownal Pownal Scenic & Historical Society . . . . Livermore Washburn-Norlands Living History Center . Scarborough Scarborough Historical Society Inc. . . . . Poland Poland Spring Preservation Society . . . . South Portland Turner Turner Museum & Historical Association . . South Portland Historical Society/ Cushings Point Museum ...... Aroostook Windham Windham Historical Society ...... Frenchville Frenchville Historical Society ...... Yarmouth Skyline Farm Carriage Museum ...... Grand Isle Greater Grand Isle Historical Society ...... Yarmouth Yarmouth Historical Society ...... Littleton Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum . Franklin Mapleton Haystack Historical Society ...... Farmington Nordica Memorial Association ...... Presque Isle Presque Isle Historical Society ...... Kingfield Kingfield Historical Society ...... Saint Agatha Sainte Agathe Historical Society . . . . . Kingfield Ski Museum of Maine ...... Sweden Sweden Historical Society ...... Kingfield Stanley Museum ...... Washburn Salmon Brook Historical Society of Washburn ...... Rangeley Rangeley Lakes Regional Historical Society . Temple Temple Historical Society ...... Cumberland Weld Weld Historical Society ...... Bridgton Bridgton Historical Society ...... Bridgton Rufus Porter Museum ...... Hancock Brunswick Bowdoin College Museum of Art . . . . . Bar Harbor Abbe Museum ...... Brunswick Brunswick Naval Museum & Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Historical Society ...... Memorial Gardens ...... Bass Harbor Tremont Historical Society ...... Brunswick Pejepscot Historical Society ...... Blue Hill Blue Hill Historical Society ...... Brunswick The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum . . . Blue Hill Jonathan Fisher House ...... Buxton Buxton-Hollis Historical Society ...... Brooklin Brooklin Keeping Society ...... Cumberland Center Brooksville Brooksville Historical Society ...... Cumberland Historical Society ...... Brooksville Penobscot Historical Society ...... Falmouth Falmouth Historical Society ...... Castine Castine Historical Society ...... Freeport Freeport Historical Society ...... Castine Wilson Museum ...... Gray Gray Historical Society ...... Cranberry Isles Great Diamond Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society . . Fort McKinley Museum ...... Deer Isle Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society . . . Long Island Long Island Historical Society, Inc...... East Orland Friends of Craig Brook Atlantic Salmon New Gloucester Museum ...... New Gloucester Historical Society . . . . . Ellsworth Ellsworth Historical Society ...... New Gloucester Ellsworth Telephone Museum ...... Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum . . . . . Franklin Franklin Historical Society ...... North Yarmouth Gouldsboro Gouldsboro Historical Society ...... North Yarmouth Historical Society . . . . . Hulls Cove Davistown Museum ...... Peaks Island Fifth Maine Regiment Museum ...... Mount Desert Peaks Island Umbrella Cover Museum ...... Beatrix Farrand Society ...... Portland Children’s Museum & Theater of Maine . . Mount Desert Portland International Cryptozoology Museum . . . Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Portland Maine Irish Heritage Center ...... Museum ...... Portland Maine Masonic Civil War Library & Museum Mount Desert Portland Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Mount Desert Island Historical Society . . . Company & Museum ...... Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum ......

Legend = History = Art = Combined = Other

This list of museums and historical societies is adapted from one provided by Maine Archives & Museums and is not an exhaustive list of all museums.

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Seal Cove Seal Cove Auto Museum ...... Whitefield Whitefield Historical Society ...... Swans Island Swan’s Island Educational Society . . . . . Wiscasset Head Tide Archaeological Conservation Laboratory ...... Kennebec Wiscasset Historic New England: Castle Tucker Augusta Children’s Discovery Museum ...... & the Nickels-Sortwell House ...... Augusta Holocaust & Human Rights Center Wiscasset Lincoln County Historical Association . . . of Maine ...... Augusta Kennebec Historical Society ...... Oxford Augusta Maine Military Historical Society & Bethel Bethel Historical Society ...... Armed Forces Museum ...... Bethel Maine Mineral & Gem Museum ...... Augusta Maine State Museum ...... Brownfield Brownfield Historical Society ...... Augusta Old Fort Western ...... Denmark Denmark Historical Society ...... Clinton Clinton Historical Society ...... Dixfield Dixfield Historical Society ...... Hallowell Vaughan Homestead ...... Gilead Gilead Historical Society ...... Litchfield Historical Society of Litchfield & Hartford Hartford Heritage Society, J.O. Litchfield Fair Museum ...... Irish Museum ...... Monmouth Monmouth Museum ...... Hebron Hebron Historical Society ...... Pittston Pittston Literary & Historical Society . . . . Hiram Hiram Historical Society ...... Readfield Readfield Historical Society ...... Lovell Lovell Historical Society ...... Sidney Sidney Historical Society ...... Norway Norway Historical Society ...... Vassalboro Vassalboro Historical Society ...... Rumford Greater Rumford Area Historical Society . . Waterville Colby College Museum of Art ...... Upton Upton Historical Society ......

Knox Penobscot Friendship Friendship Museum Inc...... Bangor Bangor Museum and Center for History . . Hope Hope Historical Society ...... Bangor Cole Land Transportation Museum . . . . North Haven North Haven Historical Society ...... Bangor Maine Discovery Museum ...... Owls Head Mussel Ridge Historical Society ...... Bradley Maine Forest & Logging Museum . . . . . Rockland Coastal Children’s Museum ...... Bradley Town of Bradley, Historical Committee . . . Rockland Farnsworth Art Museum & Wyeth Center . . Brewer Brewer Historical Society ...... Rockland Maine Lighthouse Museum ...... Corinth Corinth Historical Society ...... Thomaston Knox Museum ...... Hampden Hampden Historical Society ...... Thomaston Thomaston Historical Society ...... Millinocket Millinocket Historical Society ...... Warren Warren Historical Society ...... Newport Newport Cultural Center ...... Old Town Old Town Museum ...... Lincoln Orono Hudson Museum ...... Alna WW&F Railway Museum ...... Orono Maine Folklife Center ...... Boothbay Boothbay Railway Village ...... Orono Page Farm & Home Museum ...... Boothbay Harbor Orrington Curran Homestead Living History Farm Boothbay Region Historical Society . . . . & Museum ...... Jefferson Jefferson Historical Society ...... Patten Patten Lumbermens Museum ...... Monhegan Monhegan Museum ...... Stetson Stetson Historical Society ...... New Harbor Friends of Colonial Pemaquid ...... Newcastle Frances Perkins Center ...... Piscataquis Nobleboro Nobleboro Historical Society ...... Abbot Abbot Historical Society ...... South Bristol South Bristol Historical Society ...... Dover-Foxcroft Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society, Inc. . . . Southport Southport Historical Society/Hendricks Greenville Moosehead Historical Society & Museums . Hill Museum ...... Greenville Moosehead Marine Museum ...... Waldoboro Waldoborough Historical Society . . . . . Jackman Jackman-Moose River Historical Society . . Westport Island Milo Milo Historical Society ...... Westport Island History Committee . . . .

Legend = History = Art = Combined = Other

This list of museums and historical societies is adapted from one provided by Maine Archives & Museums and is not an exhaustive list of all museums.

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Sagadahoc Washington Bath Maine Maritime Museum ...... Cherryfield Cherryfield-Narraguagus Historical Society . Dresden Dresden Historical Scociety ...... Columbia Falls Ruggles House Society ...... Georgetown Georgetown Historical Society ...... Dennysville Dennys River Historical Society ...... Richmond Southard House Museum ...... Eastport Tides Institute & Museum of Art ...... Milbridge Milbridge Historical Society ...... Somerset Pembroke Pembroke Historical Society ...... Anson Anson Historical Society ...... Bingham Old Canada Road Historial Society . . . . . York Fairfield Fairfield Historical Society ...... Alfred Alfred Shaker Museum ...... Hartland Hartland Historical Society ...... Alfred Alfred Village Museum ...... Hinckley L C Bates Museum ...... Biddeford Biddeford Mills Museum ...... Madison Madison Historical and Biddeford New England Osteopathic Heritage Center . Genealogical Society ...... Kennebunk Brick Store Museum ...... New Portland Nowetah’s American Indian Kittery Kittery Historical & Naval Museum . . . . Museum & Store ...... Limerick Limerick Historical Society ...... North Anson Embden Historical Society ...... Newfield 19th Century Willowbrook Village . . . . . Rockwood Friends of Pittston Farm Museum ...... North Berwick North Berwick Historical Society ...... Saint Albans St. Albans Historical Society ...... Ogunquit Ogunquit Museum of American Art . . . . Skowhegan Skowhegan History House Association . . . Old Orchard Beach Solon Solon Historical Society ...... Old Orchard Beach Historical Society- Harmon Museum ...... Waldo Parsonsfield Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society . . . Belfast Belfast Historical Society & Museum . . . . Saco Saco Museum ...... Brooks Brooks Historical Society ...... South Berwick Old Berwick Historical Society/Counting Freedom Freedom Historical Society ...... House Museum ...... Lincolnville Bayside Historical Preservation Society . . . Searsport Penobscot Marine Museum ......

Legend = History = Art = Combined = Other

This list of museums and historical societies is adapted from one provided by Maine Archives & Museums and is not an exhaustive list of all museums.

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