Maine Guide to Museums and Historic Homes
FIFTH EDITION INDEX — 1984-85 MAINE GUIDE TO MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOMES
PAGE PAGE PAGE Allagash 43 Hinckley 19 Scarborough 8 Aina 23 Houlton 44 Searsport 29 Ashland 43 Islesboro 26 Sebago 16 Auburn 18 Islesford 36 Sedgwick 37-38 Augusta 18-19 Jay 13-14 Skowhegan 21 Bangor 33 Katahdin Iron Works 39 Somesville 38 Bar Harbor 33 Kennebunk 4 South Berwick 8-9 Bath 23-24 Kennebunkport 4-5 South Bristol 29 Belfast 24 Kezar Falls 14 South Casco 16 Bethel 12 Kittery 5 South Solon 21 Biddeford 3 Lee 37 South Windham 16 Blue Hill 34 Liberty 26 Southwest Harbor 38 Boothbay 24 Livermore 14 Standish 16 Boothbay Harbor 24 Machias 41 Stockholm 44 Bridgton 12 Machiasport 42 Strong 17 Brooksville 34 Madawaska 44 Sullivan 38 Brunswick 3-4 Monhegan Island 26 Thomaston 29-30 Buckfield 12 Monmouth 19-20 Thorndike 30 Bucksport 34 Monson 40 Topsham 9 Burlington 34 Morrill 26 Union 30 Buxton 12 Naples 14 Unity 30 Camden 24-25 New Gloucester 14 Van Buren 45 Campobello, NB 42 New Sweden 44 Vinalhaven 30 Caribou 43 Newburgh 37 Waldoboro 30-31 Casco 12 Newcastle 26 Waterville 31 Castine 34-35 Newfield 14-15 Wayne 21 Cherryfield 41 North Berwick 5 Wells 9 China 19 North Bridgton 15 West Paris 17 Columbia Falls 41 North Edgecomb 27 Wilton 17 Corinna 35 North Vassalboro 20 Winslow 21-22 Cushing 25 Old Orchard Beach 5 Winter Harbor 38 Damariscotta 25 Old Town 37 Wiscasset 31-32 Deer Isle 35 Orland 37 Yarmouth 10 Dexter 36 Orono 37 York 10-11 Dover-Foxcroft 39 Owls Head 27 York Harbor 11 Dresden 25 Palermo 20 Ellsworth 36 Paris 15 Fairfield 19 Patten 40 Farmington 12-13 Pemaquid 27-28 Farmington Falls 13 Pemaquid Point 28 Fort Kent 43 Phillips 15 Franklin 36 Phippsburg 6 Freeport 4 Pittston 20 Friendship 25 Poland Spring 20-21 Fryeburg 13 Porter 15-16 Gilead 13 Portland 6-8 Gorham 4 Prospect 28 Greenville 39 Rangeley 16 Hampden 36 Rockland 28-29 Harpswell 4 Rumford Center 16 Head Tide 25-26 Saco 8 Maine Guide to Museums and Historic Homes
FIFTH EDITION
Peter D. Bachelder, Editor
A Publication of The Maine Publicity Bureau In Cooperation with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission 1984-85 Cover Photo: Pownalborough Court House, Dresden Introduction
One cannot long remain in Maine of area artifacts and other memora without becoming conscious of her bilia. A number of specialized historic heritage. museums have sprung up attempt Within towns and cities, along her ing to document a specific segment rocky shores, across her rolling of our past. Our lumbering, ship countryside, even the most casual building and fishing industries; our traveler time and again encounters myriad arts and crafts — none of visible reminders of Maine’s colorful these has been overlooked in what and romantic past. has become an almost wholesale at During recent years, Americans tempt to recapture and preserve a have gained an increasing aware better feeling for the kinds of ness of their forebears, and have positive values equated with Maine come to appreciate the lasting and other people. values and subsequent meaningful The various homes and museums contributions these earlier folk have found within the pages of this book made to today’s world. Very much a let by no means form an all-inclusive part of this trend, concerned Mainers listing of Maine’s historic resources; everywhere have made preservation rather they serve as a broad overview a byword. of her heritage, in that they are Maine’s early Colonial days were facilities which have opened their marked by the never-ending rigors of doors for public viewing, study and day-to-day living that all but preclud research. ed any thought to the accumulation Appointments are generally nec or retention of worldly possessions. essary only when one wishes to visit However, the growing wealth of a a particular location during unsched young and prospering society soon uled days or hours, or when speci changed all that. Maine folk, already fied “ by appointment only’’. When in traditionally deep-rooted and far doubt, however, it’s always best to sighted by nature, went about their check ahead. business building substantial, en We hope, in future editions, to con during homes — with an eye that tinue to expand the scope of this they would last not only for them publication. As such, the Maine selves, but would survive for suc Publicity Bureau welcomes contri ceeding generations. In the true butions of further information for spirit of fine craftsmanship, some of possible inclusion. The Bureau these artisians added an extra wishes to thank the Maine Historic measure of charm to equal parts of Preservation Commission for its in dignity and grace. The resulting high valuable assistance during the pre standard of excellence they attained paration of this work, as well as for remains for us today. the generous loan of its photo Many of these structures still con graphs, which appear throughout tain original furnishings, offering us the book. even further insight into earlier tastes and lifestyles. Note: The information contained Nor is this discernment limited to in this booklet has been obtained brief inspections of our older directly from the facilities in ques historic homes and their contents. tion. The Maine Publicity Bureau Local historical societies and cannot assume any responsibility museums abound with collections for errors, changes or omissions.
2 BIDDEFORD BIDDEFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY McArthur Library 270 Main Street Open year round, Mon-Wed 10-1; Thurs 10:30-1:30; Fri 1-4. Admission: No charge. Houses local memorabilia, including town and vital records of Biddeford (1653-1855) plus common council, aider- men and assessors reports. Genealogies, Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College History of Pepperell Mill. Brunswick FIRST PARISH CHURCH (1846) FIRST PARISH MEETING HOUSE (1759) Maine Street Intersection of Pool Road & Open by appt. (725-2172) Guinea Road. Admission: No charge. Open July only; Inspiration place for Harriet Beecher one special program. Stowe’s “ Death of Uncle Tom” . Such Admission: Donations welcome. personages as Pres. William Howard Colonial interior designed and once Taft, Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, John used as Town Hall, later a church; boxed Masefield (poet Laureate of England), pews, padded kneelers, late 19th century Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin organ. Luther King have spoken from the pulpit here.
BRUNSWICK PEARY-MACMILLAN ARCTIC MUSEUM BOWDOIN COLLEGE Hubbard Hill, Bowdoin Campus MUSEUM OF ART Open: Summer Tues-Fri 10-5, 7-8:30; Walker Art Building (1894) Sat 10-5; Sun 2-5. Bowdoin Campus Winter: Tues-Fri 10-4; Sat 10-5; Open: Summer Tues-Sat 10-5 & Sun 2-5. (725-8731, Ext. 275) 7-8:30; Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Winter: Tues-Fri 10-4; Sat 10-5; Exhibitions and displays of polar arti Sun 2-5. (725-8731, ext. 275). facts and equipment relating to the ex Admission: No charge. plorations of two Bowdoin alumni: Adm. Museum building houses significant Robert E. Peary, the first man to reach holdings of Colonial and Federal por the North Pole, and Adm. Donald B. Mac traits; old master prints and drawings; Millan, Peary’s Chief Assisant. Archives the Winslow Homer Collection; chang of personal memorabilia, diaries, photo ing exhibitions and more. graphs and glass slides.
3 PEJEPSCOT HISTORICAL MUSEUMS KENNEBUNK (1857) 159 Maine Street BRICK STORE MUSEUM (1825) 117 Maine Street, Route 1 Open year round, Tues-Fri 1-4:30; Sat & Sun 2-4 p.m. Open year round, Tues-Sat 10-4:30 Admission: $1.00 for non-members. Admission: $1.00. Collections of regional memorabilia — A block of the 19th century commer fire engines, antique dolls, costumes. cial buildings including Wm. Lord’s Also, General Joshua L. Chamberlain Brick Store (1825), changing exhibits of Civil War Museum, 226 Maine Street. fine and decorative arts, historical and marine collections.
FREEPORT
ENOCH HARRINGTON HOUSE (1830) 45 Main Street (U.S. Route One) Open Tues & Thur 9:30-2:00, or by appt. (865-3170) Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Federal-style brick residence, acts as headquarters for the Freeport Historical Society. Interior, ell and barn currently being restored; small rotating exhibits relating to Freeport history are on display.
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk GORHAM
BAXTER HOUSE & MUSEUM (1797) South Street TAYLOR-BARRY HOUSE (1803) 24 Summer Street Open July & August, Wed & Sat 10-2; By appt. (892-6343). Open June 15-Oct 15, Tues, Wed & Thurs 1-4. Admission: Donations accepted. Admission: Adults $2.00. Birthplace of James Phinney Baxter, 1803 Federal Period, sea captain’s former Mayor of Portland. Houses arti house, stenciled hall, period furnishings. cles and records of local interest.
HARPSWELL (EAGLE ISLAND) KENNEBUNKPORT SCHOOL HOUSE MUSEUM ADM. ROBERT E. PEARY HOME North Street Casco Bay Open June 15-Sept 1; Tues 1-4, Sat 10-12. Open June 20-Labor Day, daily 10-6. Also by appt. (967-2468) Admission: No charge. Admission: No charge, donations Home of Admiral Robert E. Peary, dis welcome. coverer of the North Pole. Landing pier, Former Town House School contains nature trails. Residence with Peary fami various exhibits and files of local history ly artifacts, open for examination. and genealogy. Also picture collection.
4 Adjacent Clark Building houses marine Open June 1-Labor Day, Mon-Sat 9-5; exhibit, emphasizing local ships and Sept 6-Memorial Day, Mon-Fri 9-5. shipbuilding. Admission: Adults $1.00; Families $2.50; Children 50 Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport OLD ORCHARD BEACH OLD ORCHARD BEACH WHITE COLUMNS HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Main Street Harmon Memorial Open late June-Labor Day, Wed-Sun 1-4. 4 Portland Avenue Admission: Adults $2.00. Open July & August, Tues-Sat 1-4; By appt. (284-5118 or 934-4485). Victorian house occupied by Nutt family. Period furnishings. Mid 19th cen Admission: No charge, donations tury Greek Revival architecture. welcome. Collections of local photos, souvenirs KITTERY and memorabilia relating to the growth of community as a resort area. Many pic KITTERY HISTORICAL AND tures and accounts of early trans-Atlantic NAVAL MUSEUM flights from the naturally hard packed Rogers Road, off Route 1 (by circle at beach and of the famous “ Ocean Pier” , Route 236) destroyed in the storm of February 1978. 5 PHIPPSBURG FIRST PARISH CHURCH (1825) 425 Congress Street FORT POPHAM (1861) Open June, July, August; Tues, Noon-3. Terminus of Route 209 Admission: No charge. Open May 30-Labor Day; daily 9-sunset. May 1-May 30 & Labor Day-Sept 30, Historic meeting house, site of the (Limited Hours). drafting of the Maine Constitution. Arti facts tracing the history of Portland from Admission: None. the 17th century to the present day. Semi-circular granite fort, on site of fortifications which have guarded the mouth of the Kennebec River since the GEORGE TATE HOUSE (1755) Revolution. 1270 Westbrook Street Open June 15-Sept 15, Tues-Sat, 11-5; Sun 1:30-5. Closed July 4 and Labor Day. Admission: Adults $1.50; Children 50 NEAL DOW MEMORIAL (1829) 714 Congress Street Open year round, Mon-Sat, 11-4. Fort Popham, Phippsburg Admission: No charge. Late Federal-style mansion of Civil War General Neal Dow, key figure in the PHIPPSBURG HISTORICAL MUSEUM Prohibition movement. Family furnish Parker Head Road, off Route 209 ings, portraits, and memorabilia. Fully Open July 1-Labor Day, Mon-Fri, 2-4. restored. Guided tours. Group meeting Admission: No charge, donations facilities. Headquarters of Maine welcome. W.C.T.U. National Historic Landmark. Located in 1859 one-room schoolhouse containing general exhibits portraying PORTLAND FIRE MUSEUM (1836) life in Phippsburg from days of Indians 157 Spring Street to 1900. Indian artifacts, maritime items. Open June 1-Sept 1. Sat 2-5; Mon 7-9. Admission: No charge. PORTLAND Collection of artifacts and photos relating to Portland’s fire fighting CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MAINE history, located in granite Greek Revival 746 Stevens Avenue building that once housed Engine No. 4. Open year round. Tues-Fri, 10-5; Sat-Sun, 12-4. PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART Admission is charged. The Portland Museum of Art, founded in The Museum features a “ hands on” 1882, is the oldest public art museum in approach to education with exhibits on Maine. Its collections include American the arts, sciences, and natural history. paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from 1800; early American and Federal period decorative arts; the State of 6 Maine Collection of works by artists Admission: No charge. associated with Maine; and 19th century Of French Second Empire Style, build American glass. The new Charles Ship- ing is the finest of its type and period in man Payson Building opened to the Maine. It remains as a symbol of Port public in 1983. The Museum’s other land’s importance as a 19th century ship facilities, the McLellean Sweat House ping center. (1800), a Registered National Historic Landmark, and the L.D.M. Sweat Memorial (1911), are temporarily closed VICTORIA MANSION for reinterpretation and renovation. If (Morse-Libby House) (1859-63) you would like more information, please 109 Danforth Street telephone the Museum’s Public Informa Open June 1-Labor Day, tion Office at (207) 775-6148. Tues-Sat 10-4. Group tours may be arranged in advance during May, Sept and Oct (772-0747). PORTLAND OBSERVATORY (1807) 138 Congress Street Admission: Adults $2.00; Children under 12, 50 Portland Observatory, Portland Victoria Mansion, Portland U.S. CUSTOMHOUSE (1872) WADSWORTH —LONGFELLOW HOUSE 312 Fore Street (1785) Open year round, Mon-Fri 8:30-5; 487 Congress Street for tours (780-3326). Open June 1-Sept 30, Tues-Sat 10-4. 7 Admission: Adults $2.00; SCARBOROUGH Children under 12, $1.00. HUNNEWELL HOUSE (1684) Oldest brick house in Portland. It was Route 207, Black Point Road the boyhood home of poet Henry Wads worth Longfellow. Artifacts and furnish Open by appt. July and August (883-2521). ings (90% original). 30 minute guided Admission: No charge. tour. Renovated 17th Century dwelling house of Richard Hunnewell, military of ficer of note during wars with Indians. Partially furnished with early furniture. Also, formal Colonial herb dooryard garden. Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland SACO Hunnewell House, Scarborough SACO PUMP CO.-WATER PUMP & TELEPHONE MUSEUM 257 North Street SOUTH BERWICK Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9-5. Admission: Donations welcome. COUNTING HOUSE - OLD BERWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (c. 1830) Displays of early water pumps and Route 4 telephones. Open July and Aug, Sat 1-4; and by appt. (384-5556). YORK INSTITUTE MUSEUM Admission: No charge. 371 Main Street Greek Revival commercial structure Open May thru Oct, Tues, Wed, Fri 1-4; contains collection of shipbuilders Thur 1-8; Sat 10-4; by appt. (282-3031 or tools, ship models, navigational instru 283-3861). ments, photos and other items of local Admission: Adults $1.00; Students 50 8 Magnificent Georgian style mansion, Admission: No charge. overlooking Piscataqua River, built by a Museum room has local items of in wealthy merchant, Col. Jonathan Hamil terest. Library dates from 1838. Building ton. Period furnishings, Georgian and has curving stairway and mid-19th cen Federal style. Formal garden. Owned by tury wallpaper. SPNEA. WELLS HISTORIC FIRST CHURCH MUSEUM Route 1 Open July & Aug, Wed 1-4 and by appt. (646-7803). Located on the site of the town’s origi nal meetinghouse. Artifacts and memo rabilia relative to Wells’ first settler and first minister. A nautical room and library provide additional insight into early local Hamilton House, South Berwick activities and genealogical records. SARAH ORNE JEWETT MEMORIAL WELLS AUTO MUSEUM (1774) Route 1 101 Portland Street Open July 5-Labor Day, Daily 10-9; Open June 1-Oct 15; mid-June to July 4 and Labor Day to Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun 12-5. mid-Sept, Daily 10-6. Weekends, Memorial Admission: $2.00. Day to mid-June and mid-Sept to Mid-Georgian style home of famed Columbus Day, 10-6. writer Sarah Orne Jewett. Fine example Admission: Adults $2.50; Children $1.00; of Colonial interior with furnishings of under 6, free. 18th and 19th century, including unusual Over 70 cars on display, dating from wallpapers. Owned by SPNEA. 1900, including Stanley Steamer, Stutz Bearcat, Pierce Arrow, Pathfinder, Rolls Royce. Rides in 1911 Model-T Depot Hack. Exhibits of motorcycles, bikes, license plates, antique toys, and nickel odeons. Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick TOPSHAM WHITTEN LIBRARY & MEMORIAL BUILDING 8 Pleasant Street Open July & Aug, Wed 2-5. Wells Auto Museum, Wells 9 YARMOUTH GEORGE A. MARSHALL STORE BUILDING MUSEUM OF YARMOUTH HISTORY Lindsay Road Main Street Open Year round, Mon-Fri 10:30-5. Open May thru Oct, Wed and Fri 3-5. Admission: No charge. Admission: No charge. 19th century general store situated on Shipbuilding tools, instruments, the Hancock Wharf. Historical and marine glass. Fire Department memora genealogical library and administrative bilia including uniforms, ancient offices of the Old York Historical Society. pumper. Photographs, china, dolls, kit chen utensils. Research material in cludes journals, documents. JEFFERDS TAVERN Lindsay Road, just off Route 1A Open daily mid-June thru Sept OLD LEDGE SCHOOL (1738) Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5; West Main Street Labor Day-Columbus Day Open July, Aug; Wed and Fri 2-4. Tues, Thurs, Sat, and Sunday. Admission: No charge. Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-16) Restored one-room schoolhouse. 75$. Mid-18th century saltbox Inn, originally located in Wells. Features period fur YORK nishings. Tap room. ELIZABETH PERKINS HOUSE (c. 1730) South Side Road JOHN HANCOCK WAREHOUSE Open Daily mid-June thru Sept Lindsay Road Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5; Open daily mid-June thru Sept Labor Day-Columbus Day Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5; Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sunday. Labor Day-Columbus Day Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-16) Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sunday only. 75$. Admission: 50$. House retains Perkins Family furnish 18th century warehouse with exhibits ings, plus treasures and antiques col on life and industry on the York River. lected from around the world. China, glass. EMERSON-WILCOX HOUSE (1742) Lindsay Road & York Street (Route 1A) Open mid-June thru Sept, Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5 (Also weekends after Memorial Day). Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-16) 75$. House served as a general store, tailor shop, tavern, Post Office, and dwelling in John Hancock Warehouse, York 18th and 19th centuries, now a museum of local history and American decorative arts. Only complete set of American 18th OLD GAOL MUSEUM century crewelwork bedhangings in Lindsay Road & York Street (Route 1A) existence. Open mid-June thru Sept, Mon-Sat 10:30-5; 10 Sun 1:30-5 (Also weekends after OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (1745) Memorial Day). Lindsay Road, just off Route 1A Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-16) Open daily mid-June thru Sept 75c. Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5; Built in 1719 as the King’s Prison for Labor Day-Columbus Day the Province of Maine, the building con Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sunday. tains dungeons, cells and jailor’s Admission: No charge. quarters, exhibits reflecting local history One-room school, furnished with and regional decorative arts. One of the period books, benches, including school oldest public buildings in English North master and children in costume. America. YORK HARBOR SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE (1718) 79 Barrell Lane Open June 1-Oct 15; Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun 12-5. Admission: $2.00 Originally built in 1718, it was remodel ed and enlarged in the 1760’s by Jonathan Sayward, a local merchant and civic leader. Contains collections in cluding sets of Queen Anne and Chip pendale chairs. 19th century Sayward descendants began an effort to preserve the house virtually intact. Owned by Old Gaol, York SPNEA. 11 WESTERN LAKES BETHEL BUCKFIELD MOSES MASON HOUSE MUSEUM (1813) OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL 15 Broad Street (Union Church) (1830-31) Open July 1-Labor Day, Tues-Sun 1-4; High Street Sept-June appts. (824-2908). Open House, Labor Day; other times Admission: Adults $1.00; Children by appt. (336-2517). under 12, 50 CASCO Moses Mason House, Bethel FRIENDS SCHOOLHOUSE (1841) Raymond-Casco Historical Society BRIDGTON Open by appt. (655-4699). BRIDGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Admission: No charge. MUSEUM One-room schoolhouse retained as Gibbs Avenue last used for school purposes, contain July & Aug, daily (ex. Sun) 10-4; ing many school related items of local June & Sept by appt. (647-3474). historical interest. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. FARMINGTON Museum housed in 1890’s former fire station, contains collection of area LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM historic items, including slides and (1852) movies of local narrow gauge railroad. Routes 2 & 4, West Farmington 12 Open July 1-Fri before Labor Day FRYEBURG weekend, daily 10-5. Admission: No charge. FRYEBURG FAIR FARM MUSEUM Restored 19th century school building, Route 5, Fryeburg Fair Grounds desks, books, lunchboxes, and other Open Fryeburg Fair Week memorabilia. Also functions as local in (1st week in Oct) 9-9. formation center. Admission: No charge, once on the grounds. NORDICA HOMESTEAD MUSEUM (c. 1840) Collections of early farm tools, Holley Road, off Route 4 machinery, farm homestead items. Depictions of early Fryeburg industries Open June-Labor Day, Tues-Sun — blacksmith, tinsmith, etc. Daily 10-noon & 1-5; May, Sept & Oct by appt. demonstrations of various early trades (778-2042). and crafts. Admission: $1.00. Birthplace of Lillian Norton, world FRYEBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY famous opera singer (Lillian Nordica). 98 Main Street Homestead collection has concert gowns, stage jewels, programs, music Open year round; Tues-Thurs and Sat and other objets d’art from her career 11-5; Fri 5-8. and homes. Family Colonial furniture, Admission: No charge. antiques. Located in 1832 stone schoolhouse. Many paintings by local artists. Lincoln FARMINGTON FALLS memorabilia. Clarence Mulford collec tion (creator of Hopalong Cassidy). His UNION MEETING HOUSE (1826) books, reference collection, gun collec Route 2 tion. Other collections of Maine books; Open by appt. (778-2569 or 778-2445) historical costumes. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. GILEAD Restored Federal-style church, has been used by four denominations over STEAM-ERA RAILROADIANA MUSEUM the years. Now serves as the Farmington Bog Road — off U.S. Route 2 Falls Union Baptist Church. Open late June-early Oct, Thurs-Sun 9:30-4:30; by appt. (836-2673). Admisson: Donations Historical/educational groups free. Collection of steam-era railroad arti facts, memorabilia and photos. Com mentary on collection by owner, retired railroad conductor. Heavily oriented toward Grand Trunk Railway. JAY HOLMES-CRAFTS HOMESTEAD (c. 1820) Route 4-Jay Hill Open June-Sept by appt. (645-2653 or Union Meeting House, Farmington Falls 645-2723). 13 Federal-style house, preserved and furnished period fashion. Annual open house and sale the second Saturday in August. Norlands Living History Center, Livermore NAPLES NAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY Holmes-Crafts Homestead, Jay MUSEUM The Village Green, Route 302 KEZAR FALLS Open by appt. only. HISTORY HOUSE (1875) Admission: No charge, donations Main Street-Route 160 welcome. Open mid-June-Labor Day, Thurs 2-4; Museum complex includes museum Also by appt. (625-4765). building, jail, bandstand. Collections of Admission: Donations welcome. local historical items, including the slide Local memorabilia — old flags, books, presentations on Cumberland and Oxford clothing, maps. Portland-built piano Canal and Sebago-Long Lake Steam from Longfellow’s birthplace. Large col boats. lection of foreign dolls, pictures. NEW GLOUCESTER LIVERMORE THE SHAKER MUSEUM NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER Route 26 Norlands Road, 11/2 mi. N. of Route 108 Open May 30-Labor Day, Mon-Sat 10-4:30; Open July & Aug, Wed-Sun 10-4 for (926-4597). general tours of all buildings. Admission: Adults $2.50; Children No reservation required. (under 12) $1.25; (under 6) free. Admission: Adults $3.50; Students $1.50. A living museum situated in America’s Group rates available. oldest religious community. Shaker fur A 430-acre living history complex re niture, textiles, tin and woodenware, folk creates life in the 19th century. A work art, early American tools & farm imple ing farm with barn and farmer’s cottage, ments. Guide service, museum shop, schoolhouse, church, stone library and Shaker store. Victorian mansion of Maine’s famous Washburn family, are all open to visitors on general tours. Group experiences NEWFIELD varying in length from 2 hours to 3 days WILLOWBROOK AT NEWFIELD and nights are also available by advance Main Street reservation year round. Write: Norlands L.H.C., RD 2, Box 3395, Livermore Falls, Open May 15-Sept 30, daily 10-5. Maine 04254. Tel. (207) 897-2236 or 897- Admission: Adults $3.75; Students 4918. (6-18) $2.00; under 6 free. 14 A complete 19th century restored PHILLIPS village. 27 buildings housing more than 10,000 items on display, including horse- PHILLIPS HISTORICAL SOCIETY drawn vehicles, tools, household and (c. 1832) farm implements. Two homesteads; Pleasant Street schoolhouse; “ trades of yesteryear” Open Aug, Fri & Sat 2-4. building housing barber shop, country Aug. 17, 18 & 19 all day; Special tours bank, photo shop, toy display. can be arranged June through Aug (639-2011 or 639-4001). Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Memorabilia of local first families. Extensive collection of narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Rail road material. Portland Glass collection. Old tools, quilts. Willowbrook, Newfield NORTH BRIDGTON SPRATT-MEAD MUSEUM Bridgton Academy, Main Street Open July-Aug by appt. (647-2330). Phillips Historical Society, Phillips Admission: No charge. Former machine shop (1898) contains Indian artifacts, tools, birds, animals, SANDY RIVER RAILROAD PARK sea shells, red clay pottery exhibits. Open May-Nov, 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month; July 4th and Labor Day 10-6; PARIS by appt. (639-3001 or 353-8382). Admission: (Rides) Adults $1.50; HAMLIN MEMORIAL HALL Children under 12 free. (Old Stone Jail) Restored narrow gauge train operates Paris Hill one mile rides on roadbed of original Open year round. Summer, Tues-Sat 10-4; Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Rail Winter, Tues-Fri 3-5; Sat 10-4. road. Several original cars and reproduc Admission: No charge, donations tion of Sandy River #4 locomotive. Rail welcome. road Museum, picnic area. Old stone jail now houses public library and museum. American primitive PORTER art. Minerals from Oxford County, arti facts from Hamlin family. Hannibal PORTER OLD MEETING HOUSE (1820) Hamlin was Vice President in Lincoln’s Colcord Pond Road, 11/2 miles off Rt. 25 first term. Building is next door to his Open Labor Day Sunday 11 a.m., for childhood home (now private). annual service; by appt. May-Oct (625-4765). 15 Admission: Donations welcome. Admission: Adults $2.00; Seniors and Meeting House used for services by Students $1.50; Children under 12 free. the Bullockites, a Baptist group, and for Gallery houses a major collection of Town Meetings until the early 1900’s. glass and ceramics dating from First Century B.C. to the present. Special em phasis is placed on each piece’s function RANGELEY and importance to the society, civiliza tion or time that it represents. Extensive RANGELEY LAKES REGION library and large slide collection. Knowl HISTORICAL SOCIETY edgeable experts on hand to discuss the Main and Richardson Streets Gallery’s collection and to help collectors Open July-Aug, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-2; with identification of pieces they bring Weekends in Sept. in. Admission: Donations welcome. Displays of local history — photos, SOUTH CASCO documents, research materials. Artifacts often on loan for special shows. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S BOYHOOD HOME (1812) Hawthorne Road, off Route 302 WILHELM REICH MUSEUM Dodge Pond Road, off Route 4 House built by Richard Manning, Haw thorne’s uncle. The later famous author Open July & Aug, Tues, Fri 10-4; spent his early days here. Furnished as a Sun 1-4; Sept, Tues 10-4. Community Hall. Also by appt. (864-3443). Admission: $3.00; under 12 free. Library, scientific equipment, paint SOUTH WINDHAM ings and other memorabilia of Wilhelm PARSON SMITH HOMESTEAD (1764) Reich, pioneering natural scientist 89 River Road whose work in determining and describ Open June 15-Sept 4, Tues, Thurs, Sat, ing the nature of life energy spanned Sun 1-5. several scientific disciplines. Admission: $1.50. A simple Georgian farmhouse in ap RUMFORD CENTER pearance, the interior reveals a mansion- type stairway and hall. Furnished in part RUMFORD AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM with family pieces. Remarkable 18th cen Lufkin School-Route 2 tury kitchen. Owned by SPNEA. Open June-Oct 1, Wed 1-4; also by appt. (364-2151). STANDISH Admission: Donations welcome. DANIEL MARRETT HOUSE (1789) Displays of local artifacts, photos, and Route 25 books. Country store exhibit, old tools. Open June 15-Sept 1, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun 1-5. SEBAGO Admission: $1.50 A preservation home containing 18th THE JONES GALLERY OF GLASS & & 19th century Marrett family furniture & CERAMICS wallpaper. Helen Keller memorabilia. Douglas Mt. Road, off Route 107 Restored turn of the century formal Open May thru Nov. 17, Mon-Sat 9:30-5; perennial garden in full bloom through Sun 1-5. out summer. Owned by the S.P.N.E.A. 16 WEST PARIS PERHAM’S MAINE MINERAL STORE MUSEUM Jet. Routes 26 & 219 Open year round, Mon-Sat 9-5; Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Extensive display of fine mineral specimens which have been collection in various quarries throughout Maine. Daniel Marrett House, Standish WILTON STRONG WILTON HOME AND FARM MUSEUM Kineowatha Park, High Street AURORA GRANGE HALL (1700’s) Open July & Aug, Sun 1-4. Also during Route 149 Wilton Blueberry Days, Aug. 10-12 Open May to Oct by appt. (684-4483). (inquire as to hours). By appt. (645-2091). Admission: No charge. Admission: No charge, donations Historical Society collection of local welcome. artifacts housed in adjacent portion of Artifacts of 18th, 19th and 20th century school building that served as town’s living. Farm tools, household items. first high school. Several arrangements Documents and memorabilia of early are completed and several new items history of Bass Shoe Co. and Wilton have been donated. Woolen Co. Also special display of arti facts, pictures, and history of Wilton Academy (1867-1980), and Sylvia Hardy, known as “ The Maine Giantess” and bill ed by P.T. Barnam as “ The Tallest Lady in the World” . 17 KENNEBEC VALLEY AUBURN Home of James G. Blaine, U.S Presi dential candidate in 1884. Since 1919, ANDROSCOGGIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY official residence of Maine’s Governors. 2 Turner Street (County Building) Silver service from Battleship Maine and Open year round, Mon-Fri 1:30-5; artifacts from Blaine family. Closed Holidays. Admission: No charge. Museum and library containing genea logical information, displays and arti facts of local history. Furniture, dishes, linen, bird collection, few farming tools. Civil War memorabilia. AUBURN FIRE DEPT. MUSEUM 550 Minot Avenue Open year round, daily 8-5. Blaine House, Augusta Admission: No charge. Collection of artifacts and photo graphs relating to fire-fighting in Auburn FORT WESTERN MUSEUM (1754) and vicinity. 1933 Ahren Fox Pumper. Bowman Street Open June 18-Labor Day, Mon-Sat 9-4:30; Sun 1-5. KNIGHT HOUSE (1796) Great Falls Plaza Admission: Adults $1.50; Seniors $1.00; Children under 13, 50 AUGUSTA BLAINE HOUSE (1833) 162 State Street Open year round, Mon-Fri 2-4; and by appt. Admission: No charge. Fort Western Museum, Augusta 18 and serves as the museum exhibit build CHINA ing. Collections displayed in fourteen period rooms, interpreting the building’s ALBERT CHURCH BROWN MEMORIAL use as a fort, trading post, and residence LIBRARY during the late 18th and early 19th cen Main Street turies. On site are reproduction block Open year round, Tues & Thurs 2-5; houses and stockade. Sat 10-Noon. Admission: No charge. MAINE STATE MUSEUM 19th century period house contains State Street (Capitol Complex) small museum with antique tools, spin Open year round, Mon-Fri 9-5; ning wheels, candle molds. Library fur Sat 10-4; Sun 1-4. nished with antiques. Admission: No charge. Exhibits and artifacts present the FAIRFIELD natural and cultural history of the State of Maine. Permanent exhibits focus on LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY lumbering, quarrying, fishing, farming Lawrence Avenue and shipbuilding. Open year round, Mon, Wed, Thurs 1-8; Tues and Fri 10-5. STATE CAPITOL BUILDING (1829) Admission: No charge. State Street Library houses collections of the Fair- Open year round, Mon-Fri 8-5. field Historical Society. Photographs, documents, town records and corres Admission: No charge. pondence. Constructed of Hallowell Granite, the building’s colonnaded front is a fine ex ample of the work of noted American HINCKLEY architect Charles Bulfinch. Rotunda dis plays Maine battle flags. Portraits of L.C. BATES MUSEUM former Maine Governors, Maine Law Route 201 Library, Legislative Chambers, Office of Campus of Hinckley School the Governor. Open July 18-Labor Day, Mon-Fri by appt. Phone 453-7335. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Natural history collection (birds, animals, shells, minerals, fossils). Also Indian artifacts, antique farm equipment and other items relating to Maine’s rural pioneer heritage. MONMOUTH CUMSTON HALL (1900) State Capitol Building, Augusta Main Street Open year round, Mon-Fri during business hours. Additional hours during the summer. Admission: No charge. 19 Ornate Building of Middle Eastern PALERMO architectural features. Presently houses Monmouth town office, town library and DINSMORE GRAIN CO. MILL the Theater at Monmouth, a Victorian Main Street, Branch Mills Village theater with hand-carved procenium Inquire at Dinsmore’s Store arch. Hand-painted cherubic frescoes on (across the street) the ceiling are the work of Maine’s Harry Admission: No charge. H. Cochrane, muralist and writer. A pro fessional acting company performs here Original mill operated by Dinsmore July-Sept. family from early 1800’s until late 1940’s. Water wheel, grain and corn grinding equipment still intact. PITTSTON ARNOLD EXPEDITION HISTORICAL SOCIETY Off Route 27 Open July & Aug, Sat, Sun & Holidays 10-4 and by appt. (582-7080). Admission: Adults $1.50; Children 50$. under 6, no charge. 1765 Major Reuben Colburn House, currently being authentically restored. Cumston Hall, Monmouth Barn museum contains historic batteaux, canoes and picture panels of Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec. Carriage MONMOUTH MUSEUM House and small items gift shop also Main & Maple Streets — intersection of offer historic artifacts. House furnished Route 132 and 135 with period pieces. Open July 4-Labor Day, Tues-Sun 1-4; year round by appt. (933-4444). Admission: Donations welcome. Complex of buildings exhibiting various aspects of 19th century rural Maine life. Stencil shop, silver play house, freight shed, carriage house, blossom house and museum, country store, blacksmith shop. NORTH VASSALBORO VASSALBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (1850) Maj. Reuben Colburn House, Pitts ton Route 32 Open July-Mid-Sept, Wed and Sun 2-4. Admission: Donations welcome. POLAND SPRING Local memorabilia — antiques, photos, STATE OF MAINE BUILDING (1893) manuscripts, maps, home and farm im and ALL SOULS CHAPEL (1912) plements housed in office of former Grounds of former Poland Spring Resort American Woolen Company. — Route 26 20 Open June-Oct, Fri-Mon 9:30-3:30; Open May-Oct, daily 8-8. Tues-Thurs 9:30-Noon. Admission: No charge. Admission: Donations welcome. Gothic Revival Meeting House Queen Anne-style structure built by decorated with frescoes by various State of Maine at Chicago’s International Maine artists during the 1950’s. Exposition. Moved to Maine in 1895 and erected on grounds of former Poland Spring House where it served for a time WATERVILLE as a library. REDINGTON MUSEUM AND APOTHECARY (1814) 64 Silver Street Open mid-May - mid-Sept, Tues-Sat 2-6; by appt. (872-9439). Admission: Adults and non-members $1.00. Houses exhibits of the Waterville His torical Society. Five period rooms, plus two large display rooms and a 19th cen tury apothecary. Displays of Civil War items, Indian relics, china and silver ware. Library contains local photos, manuscripts and diaries. WATERVILLE-WINSLOW TWO CENT BRIDGE Front Street Open year round, daily 24 hours. Admission: No charge. State of Maine Building, Poland Spring Until recently, the only known remain ing toll footbridge in the U.S. Toll-taker’s house on Waterville side. No fee at pre sent. SKOWHEGAN SKOWHEGAN HISTORY HOUSE (1839) WAYNE Norridgewock Avenue ANNIE LOUISE CARY MEMORIAL Open June 1-Sept 2, Tues-Sun 1-5; LIBRARY by appt. (474-3140 or 474-6632). Old Winthrop Road — off Route 133 Admission: Adults 75 SOUTH SOLON WINSLOW SOUTH SOLON MEETING HOUSE (1842) FORT HALIFAX (1754) Off Route 201 Route 201 21 Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 10-6. WINSLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY Admission: No charge. The Fort School, Lithgow Street Oldest blockhouse in U.S. Part of a Open May-Sept by appt. (872-2209). larger fortification built in 1754 to Admission: No charge. monitor travel on the Kennebec River Greek Revival-style school building and protect English settlements to the houses artifacts and photographs south. especially related to agriculture of the local area. f Fort Halifax, Winslow 22 MID-COAST ALNA BATH ALNA CENTER SCHOOL (1795) MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM Route 218 Percy & Small Shipyard (1896) Open July & Aug, Sat 2-4; off season 263 Washington Street by appt. (586-5536). Apprenticeshop Admission: No charge, donations 279 Washington Street welcome. Sewall House (1844) Second oldest one-room schoolhouse 963 Washington Street in Maine. In general use as a school or Winter Street Center (1844) town office until 1962. Early school fur 880 Washington Street nishings. National Register. Open year-round; summer season May 26-Oct 14, daily 10-5. Sasanoa Boatride June 30-Sept. 3. Admission: May 26-June 29 & Sept 4-Oct 14; Adults $4.50; Children $1.75; Family $12.50. June 30-Sept 3 (inc. Boat Ride) Adults $5.50; Children $2.25; Family $15.50. For further information call 443-6311. Extensive collections of paintings, ship models, maritime related artifacts Aina Center School, Aina OLD ALNA MEETINGHOUSE (1789) Route 218 Open July & Aug. Sat 2-4; off-season by appt. (586-5536). Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Especially well-preserved 18th century meetinghouse. Original box pews and hand hewn pillars supporting balcony. M.V. "Sasanoa", Maine Maritime Museum, National Register. Bath 23 and thematic exhibits combined with on Actress Glass, posters, playbills, going boatbuilding, educational activi autographs, manuscripts, toy theatres, ties and traditional small craft. A boat theatre models, etc. ride on the Kennebec River and a close view of the oldest steam tug under U.S. Registry are included with admission. Special free exhibit (May 23 - mid-Oct) on Bath Iron Works’ Centennial at Winter Street Center. Special events all sum mer. BELFAST BELFAST, MUSEUM, INC. 66 Church Street Knight-Corey House, Boothbay Theater Open June through Sept, Sun 1-4. Museum For appt. year round (338-2078 or 338-1875). BOOTHBAY HARBOR Admission: No charge. Local area artifacts and displays, scrap BOOTHBAY REGION HISTORICAL books and other materials. Includes paint SOCIETY ings by Percy Sanborn. McKown Street Open July-Aug, Fri, Sat, Mon 10-5. Admission: 50c. BOOTHBAY Museum contains artifacts and litera BOOTHBAY RAILWAY VILLAGE ture pertinent to the region’s history and Route 27 business activities. Open mid-June - mid-Oct, daily 10-5. Admission: Adults $3.00; Children $1.50. GRAND BANKS SCHOONER MUSEUM Museum housed in two restored rail “ Sherman Zwicker” (1942) road stations, displays of items pertain 100 Commercial Street ing to the steam railroading era. Steam Open June-Sept, daily 9:30-5; train rides on narrow gauge railroad. Also weekends in Oct. Several restored buildings comprising Admission: Adults $1.50; Children 75c. village. Antique auto museum. Stem to stern inspection and guided tour of one of the last remaining dory BOOTHBAY THEATER MUSEUM fishing boats. Movies on board about the Corey Lane dory fishing business. Open mid-June to mid-Oct, Mon-Sat, tours at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. by reservation; for reservation or appt. (633-4536). CAMDEN Admission: $3.00. CONWAY HOMESTEAD AND Housed in Nicholas Knight-Corey MARY MEEKER CRAMER MUSEUM House (1784), National Register of Conway Road, off Route 1 Historic Places, museum displays varied Open July & Aug, Mon-Sat 1-5. collection of theater memorabilia from Admission: $1.50. 18th century to present, including por traits, costumes, stage jewelry, figurines, Complex including Conway House (1770) and barn, blacksmith shop and 24 museum. House has many period fur Open July-Aug 1; weekends 1-5 and nishings and utensils. Barn houses col by appt. (737-8892 or 737-4947). lections of carriages, sleighs, early farm Admission: Donations welcome. implements and tools. Museum displays Restored one-room schoolhouse con society’s historic possessions; antique taining desks, text books and pictures glass, furniture, costumes, quilts, paint from various local schools. Local flora ings, ship models, etc. and fauna display; exhibit highlighting local ice industry. Genealogical informa CUSHING tion. CUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY POWNALBOROUGH COURT HOUSE MUSEUM Hathorn Point Road (1761) Route 128 Open April-Oct by appt. (354-6239). Open July 1-Sept 2, Wed-Sun 10-4. Admission: Donations welcome. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 50 HEAD TIDE EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON HOUSE (1835) Chapman-Hall House, Damariscotta Route 194 Open July 6-Sept. 3, Wed & Sat, 2:30-4:30 p.m. DRESDEN Admission: No charge. DRESDEN BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE Birthplace of Edwin Arlington Robin & MUSEUM (1816) son, three time Pulitzer Prize winning Route 128 Maine poet, owned by Colby College. 25 HEAD TIDE CHURCH (1838) MONHEGAN ISLAND Off Route 194 THE MONHEGAN MUSEUM (1854) Open July & Aug, Sat 2-4 or by chance. Lighthouse Hill Off-season by appt. (586-5643 or 586-5690). Open July 1-Sept 15, daily 11:30-3:30 Dedicated as the North Meetinghouse Admission: No charge, donations in 1838. An interesting Trompe L’oeil welcome. window behind the pulpit is a picture of House in former lighthouse keeper’s the central north window in the 1789 home, collections include exhibits on Aina Meeting House (see Aina listing). flora, fauna, birds, marine life, geography, geology and human history of island. ISLESBORO ISLESBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Historical Society Building is open May- mid-September, daily 10-4 (Sundays 1-4) during art and crafts, quilt and photo graphic shows. Musical and interesting speaker pro grams scheduled some evenings during summer months. Displays of island memorabilia avail able for viewing when building is open for public events and monthly Society Monhegan Museum, Monhegan Island meetings. SAILORS’ MEMORIAL MUSEUM MORRILL AND LIGHTHOUSE (1850) Grindle Point (ferry dock) MORRILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (1805) Open June-Sept, Tues-Sun 10-4. Open by appointment (342-5484). Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Admission: No charge. Collections of maritime and other Oldest house in town, formerly used historic coastal artifacts and materials, as town’s first school, later as post primarily concerned with local heritage. office and residence. LIBERTY NEWCASTLE OLD OCTAGONAL POST OFFICE (1867) ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH (1808) Route 173 — Main Street Academy Road Open June 10-Sept 15, Sat & Sun 1-4, Open year round, daily 9-sunset. by appt. (589-4116, 589-4444 or 589-4347). Admission: No charge. Admission: No charge. Oldest surviving Catholic church in Originally a harness shop, then a post New England. Professionally restored. office, now houses local artifacts- Adjacent old cemetery. photos, deeds, publications. National Register of Historic Places. 26 OWLS HEAD OWLS HEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Route 73—Knox County Airport, Owls Head Open May 1-Oct 31, daily 10-5; Nov-April, Mon-Fri only, 10-5. Admission: Adults $3.50; Children (under 12) $1.50. Landmark collection of ground and air vehicles in working order: planes, cars and engines up to the ’40s in static dis play weekdays, some operating week ends. Restoration workshop programs Tues. and Thurs. evenings; energy build ing; library; nature park. Write for sched ule of special events. PEMAQUID COLONIAL PEMAQUID (1626) St. Patrick’s Church, Newcastle Off Route 130 Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9:30-5:30. NORTH EDGECOMB Admission: Adults $1.50; Children FORT EDGECOMB (1808-09) (6-12) 50c; under six, free. Old Fort Road, Davis Island Site of extensive archaeological dig. Open Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day, Many foundations uncovered, believed daily 9-6. to be early 1600’s settlement. Several thousand artifacts have been unearthed Admission: Adults 50 Colonial Pemaquid, Pemaquid Fort Edgecomb, North Edgecomb 27 FORT WILLIAM HENRY (1692) PROSPECT Off Route 130 FORT KNOX (1844) Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9:30-5:30. Rt. 174, off Rt. 1 Admission: Adults 50 HARRINGTON MEETING HOUSE & MUSEUM OF OLD BRISTOL (1772) ROCKLAND Harrington Road SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM Open July-Aug, Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat 2-4:30; (THE LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM) By appt. June & Sept (677-2587). 104 Limerock Street Admission: Donations welcome. Open June 1-Oct 15, daily 10-4; all year Restored 18th Century Meeting House. by appt. (594-4950). Balcony houses old Bristol Museum. Admission: No charge. Historical documents, books, photo graphs and memorabilia. Adjoining old Largest collection of lighthouse arti cemetery. facts on display in the U.S.—buoys, life saving gear, working light and sound signals. Also Civil War uniforms & arti facts, ship models, scrimshaw, nautical exhibits, and even a doll collection. Changing exhibitions in the upstairs gallery. A “ please touch” museum —much that children can enjoy—guided tours—museum shop—brochure. WILLIAM A. FARNSWORTH HOMESTEAD (1850’s) 21 Elm Street Old Walpole Meeting House, South Bristol Open June 1-Sept 30, Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5. Admission: $2.00. PEMAQUID POINT A typical prosperous businessman’s THE FISHERMEN’S MUSEUM residence of the Victorian Era, furnished End of Route 130 and preserved in its original state. Original furnishings, china. On the Na Open Memorial Day-Columbus Day, daily; tional Register of Historic Places. Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 11-5; in the winter by appt. (677-2726). Admission: Donations welcome. WILLIAM A. FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Located in former lighthouse keeper’s 19 Elm Street house. Articles and artifacts connected with Maine’s fishing industry. Photo Open year round, June 1-Sept 30, graphs, charts, ship models. Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5. 28 Closed Monday rest of year. box pews and pulpit with sounding Admission: Suggested Donation. board. Extensive holdings of 18th through 20th century American, European and THOMPSON’S ICE HOUSE (1820’s) Oriental works of art presented in series Route 129 of changing exhibitions. Two new Open daily year round (for outside galleries double available display space. viewing only). Adjoining Farnsworth Homestead open Admission: No charge. during summer. Current family-operated, 150 year old business using old tools for cutting. Ice SEARSPORT is cut in adjacent pond and stored within double-walled house and insulated fur PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM ther with sawdust. Church Street Open Memorial Day weekend-Oct 15, Mon-Sat 9:30-5; Sun 1-5. THOMASTON Admission: Adults $2.50; Children 7-15, KNOX BUILDING (1789-1793) 75 SOUTH BRISTOL OLD WALPOLE MEETING HOUSE (1772) South Bristol Road, Route 129 Open July & Aug for Sunday Services at 3; or by appt. (563-5660). Admission: No charge. 18th Century Meeting House that stands today just as it was built; original Montpelier, Thomaston 29 Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-12) Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 25 THORNDIKE UNITY BRYANT STOVE MUSEUM MAINE TRIBAL UNITY MUSEUM Routes 139 and 220 COLLECTION Open year round, Mon-Sat 7:30-5. Unity College Admission: No charge, donations Open May 20-Aug 25 by appt. (948-3131). welcome. Admission: No charge. Collection of very early antique Collection displayed at Unity College stoves, column stoves, wood and coal Gallery. Indian baskets and other arti burning stoves, toy stoves, salesman’s facts; summer crafts workshops. samples stoves, old tiles. VINALHAVEN VINALHAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM High Street Open June 15-Sept 15, daily 11-3; by appt. (863-4969). Admission: Donations welcome. Exhibits highlighting island life and in dustries. Fishing and seafaring instru ments, charts. Farming tools, Civil War portraits. Granite industry tools, photos. Galamander (on Town Common)-Granite lifting vehicle. WALDOBORO Bryant Stove Museum, Thorndike OLD GERMAN CHURCH (1772) Bremen Road, Route 32 Open July & Aug, daily 1-4; by appt. (832-7701). UNION Admission: No charge, donations MATTHEWS MUSEUM OF MAINE welcome. HERITAGE AND “HODGE” Built by a group of reformed German ONE ROOM SCHOOL Lutherans. Interior has square-benched Union Fairgrounds pews, wine-glass shaped pulpit. Adja Open July 1-Labor Day, Tues-Sun, cent burying ground. Noon-5; Union Fair week: 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Tours by appt. 30 LINCOLN COUNTY MUSEUM (1837) AND OLD JAIL (1811) Federal Street Open June 30-Sept 2; Tues-Sun 10-4. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 50 Old German Church, Waldoboro WALDOBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Route 220, near Jet. with Route 1 Open July and Aug, Tues-Sun 1-5. Admission: Donations welcome. Museum complex of three buildings. Completely restored country school. Town cattle pound (1819). Early 20th cen tury farm kitchen; shipbuilding memora bilia, tools, documents, photos. WISCASSET CASTLE TUCKER (1807) Lee Street (at end of High Street) Open July-Aug, Tues-Sat 11-4; June, Sept, Oct by appt. (882-7364). Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-12) 50 31 NICKELS SORTWELL HOUSE (1807) Cor. Main and Federal Streets—Route 1 Open June 1-Sept 30; Tues-Sun 12-5. Admission: $2.00. Elegant high-style Federal mansion built for Capt. William Nickels, promi nent shipmaster in Wiscasset’s lumber trade. Of particular interest inside is the elliptical stairway which ascends to the third level, where a skylight bathes the entire stairwell in a subtle, uniform light. Owned by SPNEA. Nickels-Sortwell House, Wiscasset 32 ACADIA BANGOR THE JACKSON LABORATORY Route 3, 31/2 miles south of town. BANGOR HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Thomas Hill House 1834) Open end of June thru Aug; Mon, Tues & 159 Union Street Thurs at 2 for lecture and audio/visual presentation. Closed July 4 and Open mid-April to mid-Dec, Tues-Fri 10-2. August 16 weekend. By appt. (942-5766). Admission: No charge. Admission: Adults $1.00; Seniors 75c; Children 25c. No charge for school One of the world’s largest centers for groups. mammalian genetics research. Scientists conduct research for insight into human Greek revival mansion houses a collec diseases such as cancer, diabetes, birth tion of Bangor memorabilia, paintings, defects. Civil War artifacts. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ISAAC FARRAR MANSION Eden Street, Route 3 166 Union Street Open June 11 thru Labor Day, Open year round, Mon-Fri 8-12; Daily 9:30-4. by appt. only (942-6746). Admission: Adults $1.50; Children Admission: Donation. (under 12) 50c. Carefully restored one-time Greek revi Exhibits explaining the marine mam val mansion, residence of Isaac Farrar, mals, seabirds and plant life of Mount Bangor lumberman. Marble fireplaces, Desert Island and the Gulf of Maine. Tax- intricately carved woodwork, mahogany idermic and live specimens; skeletons paneling, stained glass windows. (including 25-foot minke whale) of species native to the area. Morning inter pretive programs. BAR HARBOR BAR HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY ROBERT ABBE MUSEUM OF MUSEUM STONE AGE ANTIQUITIES 34 Mt. Desert Street Sieur de Monts Spring (Jesup Memorial Library) Acadia National Park Open June 15-Sept 15, Mon-Sat 1-4; Open May 12-Oct 21, daily. and by appt. during winter (288-3838). May-June and Sept-Oct 10-4; Admission: No charge. July-Aug 9-5. Large collection of early photographs Admission: 50c; student groups of local hotels, steamers, cottages, welcome at no charge. Green Mountain cog railroad, hotel Exhibits include stone and bone tools; registers, original Life magazine photos Basketry and pottery of prehistoric In and personal accounts of the 1947 fire. dian occupations. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 33 BLUE HILL BUCKSPORT HOLT HOUSE (1815) BUCKSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Blue Hill Historical Society MUSEUM (1874) Water Street Main Street Open July-Aug, Tues & Fri 2-5. Open July & Aug, Wed-Fri 1-4; Admission: Donations welcome. By appt. (469-2591). Restored Federal period home; period Admission: 50 BURLINGTON STEWART M. LORD MEMORIAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM Route 188 Open July 1-Sept 1, Sun 2-4. Admission: No charge. One time general store contains local logging equipment, farm implements and photographs. Adjacent Harry S. Holt House, Blue Hill Shorey Memorial Building contains dis plays of 19th century household items in a kitchen, parlor and bedroom arrange JONATHAN FISHER MEMORIAL (1814) ment. Main Street (Route 15) south of town Open July 1 - mid-Sept, Tues & Fri 2-5; Sat 10-12. CASTINE Admission: 50 FORT GEORGE (1779) Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 10-6. Admission: No charge. Earthworks constructed in 1779 by British to protect their interests in the 77V “State of Maine’’, Castine Province of Maine and Canada. WILSON MUSEUM JOHN PERKINS HOUSE (1763-1783) Perkins Street Perkins Street Open May 27-Sept 30, Tues-Sun 2-5. Open July & Aug, Wed & Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Admission: $2.00. Worldwide collection of artifacts from Only pre-Revolution building in area, prehistoric times to present. Geology restored and furnished in period style and maritime collections. Exceptional with family and local pieces. Guided North American Indian material. Chang tours-crafts workers. ing art exhibits. CORINNA STEWART FREE LIBRARY (1897) Pleasant Street Open year round, Mon-Fri 9-11:30; 1-4:30. Admission: Donations welcome. Late Victorian architecture. Legal and personal library of building’s donor, con tains photographs of local early settlers. John Perkins House, Castine DEER ISLE SALOME SELLERS HOUSE (c. 1830) MARITIME TRAINING SHIP Route 15A, Sunset “STATE OF MAINE” Open June 30-Sept 9, Wed, Sat, Sun 2-5; Sea Street By appt. (367-5012 or 348-2886). Open after July 1, daily 9-12 and 1-4. Admission: Donations welcome. Admission: No charge. Restored and furnished period home, Guided tours of T/V “ State of Maine,” as well as adjacent museum of Deer Isle- training ship for the Maine Maritime Stonington Historical Society. Marine Academy (Campus nearby). exhibits and photos, local artifacts, Library. 35 DEXTER Museum is a memorial to Cordelia J. Stanwood, pioneer ornithologist, photo DEXTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY grapher and author. 90 acre woodland MUSEUM (1853) sanctuary adjacent, includes 8 trails and Main Street 3 ponds. Museum contains Stanwood Open June 10-Sept 15, Mon-Sat 1-4. family furnishings and a collection of Admission: No charge, donations mounted birds, eggs, etc. Famous bar welcome. red owl “ Ollie” and saw-whet owl “ But tons” sheltered with the rehabilitated 1853 Grist mill converted to museum. birds: owls, hawks, and small birds of Local artifacts, photos, manuscripts, let this area. Gardens, picnic area, gift shop. ters, farm implements. Large doll collec tion. FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH FRANKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Sullivan Road, Route 200 COLONEL BLACK MANSION (1826) Open June-Sept; Mon, Wed & Fri 2-4. West Main Street Admission: Donations welcome. Open June 1-Oct 15, Mon-Sat 10-5. Society collections houses in old Bap Admission: Adults $2.00; Children $1.00 tist church, including local photographs, (Guided tour). documents, tools relating to the granite, Modified Georgian-type period home, lumbering and shipbuilding industries. richly furnished. Authentic period furni Special spinning and weaving exhibi ture, china, glass. Restored garden, car tions every other Monday beginning riage house. June 25 until Labor Day. HAMPDEN HAMPDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY “ Kinsley House” Museum 83 Main Road, Route 1A Open Tues 10-4; Wed 1-4 or by prior appt. (945-5184 or 862-3003). Admission: No charge. Society maintains collections of genealogical information, town records, Colonel Black Mansion, Ellsworth deeds and documents. ISLESFORD STANWOOD HOMESTEAD MUSEUM (LITTLE CRANBERRY ISLAND) (1850) ISLESFORD HISTORICAL MUSEUM Route 3-Bar Harbor Road Open June 23-Sept 15, daily 10-4. Open June 15-Oct 15, daily 10-4; By appt. (667-8683) rest of year. Admission: No charge. Sanctuary open year round. Exhibits on early history of region Admission: Homestead: Adults $1.00; known as Acadia. Artifacts, pictures, Children 50$. Sanctuary: no admission, household tools and furnishings of early donations welcome. Mount Desert. Records of Cranberry Isles families. 36 LEE Logging items, saw mill exhibit. Penob scot Indian exhibit. Several new displays. LEE HISTORICAL MUSEUM Route 6 PENOBSCOT NATIONAL HISTORICAL Open July & Aug, Sun 1-4; Tues 6-8. SOCIETY By appt. June-Oct (738-2202 or 738-2241). Indian Island Admission: None, donations accepted. Open year round, Wed-Sun 10-4. Collections of local memorabilia. Admission: Donations welcome. Farm and household tools and im plements, furniture, pictures. Variety of Indian museum and library detailing unrelated articles brought to Lee. the complete history of the Penobscot Nation. Artifacts, photos and religious items. NEWBURGH JABEZ KNOWLTON OLD COUNTRY ORLAND STORE MUSEUM (1839) Route 9 & 202 ORLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Main Street-Route 175 Open April-Nov by appt. (234-2381). Open July & Aug, Wed & Sat 2-4. Admission: No charge. Admission: No charge. Obsolete store merchandise from last half of the 19th century in original set Tools, housewares, pictures of local ting of counters, bins, shelves and fix area. Mineral collection. Military uni tures. Listed on National Register of forms from several wars. Special pro Historic Places. grams third Wednesday evening of the month, June-Sept. ORONO UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM South Stevens Hall—UM Campus Open all University sessions, Mon-Fri 9:30-4:00 p.m.; by appt. (581-1901). Admission: No charge. Material relating to American Indians, Africa, the Arctic and Oceania. Exhibits on weapon and tool development, fossil Jabez Knowlton Old Country Store Museum man and race. Special sections on Maine Newburgh Indians and Maine prehistory. Frequent exhibits on loan collections from other institutions. OLD TOWN OLD TOWN MUSEUM SEDGWICK North Fourth Street Extension REV. DANIEL MERRILL HOUSE (1795) Open June 10-Aug 19, Wed-Sun 1-5. AND HISTORIC AREA Admission: No charge. Route 172, one mile north of Former water works building houses junction with Route 175 artifacts depicting historical Old Town. Open July & Aug, Sun 2-4. 37 Admission: None WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF Home of first minister, who was also a BIRD CARVING founder of Colby College. Collections of Main Street and Herrick Road-Route 102 tools, household items, memorabilia, Open April-Dee; Jan-March by appt. local history library. Adjacent to Town July-Aug: Tues-Fri 10-5; Sat, Sun 12-5; House (1794), Cattle Pound (1827), Rural Tues eve. 7-9. Cemetery (1794), First Baptist Church June, Sept, Oct: Tues-Fri 10-4; (1805) (Listed in National Register of Sat, Sun 12-4. Historical Places). April, May, Nov, Dec: Fri-Sun 12-4. Admission: Adults $2.00; Children $1.00. MOUNT DESERT (SOMESVILLE) Museum houses a permanent collec tion of more than 200 wood carvings by MOUNT DESERT ISLAND local townsman Wendell Gilley, national HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ly acclaimed carver; Documentary films Main Street-Route 102 on Gilley. 1984 Summer Exhibition (July Open July 15-Labor Day, 3-Oct 14): Working Decoys and Whimsies Wed & Sun 2:30-5; by appt. (244-3808). of Gus Wilson. Nature films daily. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. SULLIVAN Maps, deeds, records and other arti facts of local area. Collection housed in SULLIVAN-SORRENTO HISTORICAL original selectman’s office. Newly con SOCIETY structed foot bridge crosses stream con Sorrento-Sullivan Recreation Center necting old museum with new one con Route 1, West Sullivan structed for greater display of historical Open July & Aug, Tues & Sat 1-4; artifacts. and by appt. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. SOUTHWEST HARBOR Exhibit room houses collections of MOUNT DESERT OCEANARIUM artifacts, photographs, newspaper clip Clark Point Road pings, books of the local area. Occa Open mid-May - mid-Oct, Mon-Sat 9-5. sional special changing displays. (Closed Sun; open all holidays.) Admission: Adults $3.00; Children WINTER HARBOR (5-12) $1.50. Exhibits on commercial fishing, OLD SCHOOL HOUSE (1855) waves, tides, sea water; touch tank with Open May 1-Oct 1. For further informa informed staff person available to talk tion call (963-7314 or 963-7461). about marine life. Twenty-five aquariums Recently renovated and restored with Maine sea life. Extensive talk on the Winter Harbor Grammar School. To lobster. A “ hands-on” museum. house collections of the local Historical Society. 38 KATAHDIN-MOOSEHEAD DOVER-FOXCROFT Hotel, considered one of the finest resort properties in the world during its BLACKSMITH SHOP MUSEUM (1863) heyday. Chandler Road, off Route 153 Open April-Oct, daily 8-8. KATAHDIN IRON WORKS Admission: Donations welcome. Restored Civil War period blacksmith KATAHDIN IRON WORKS (1843) shop retains much of the original equip From Route 11, 5 miles north of Brown- ment still in place. Anvil, bellows, ox- ville Junction, take gravel road (left) lifter, other pieces. six miles to Iron Works. Open May 30-Labor Day. Admission: No charge. Restored stone blast furnace and char coal kiln on site of 19th century iron works that annually produced some 2,000 tons of raw iron for nearly fifty years. Blacksmith Shop Museum, Dover-Foxcroft GREENVILLE MOOSEHEAD MARINE MUSEUM & S/S “KATAHDIN” (1914) Pritham Avenue Open year round, Memorial Day-Labor Katahdin Iron Works Day, daily 10-4; rest of year Mon-Fri 10-4. Admission: No charge. Museum is home of Lake Steamer “ Katahdin” , the vessel used on the last log drive in the U.S. and currently under restoration. Artifacts and photos concer ning the steamboat era on Moosehead Lake; logging; and the Mount Kineo 39 MONSON PATTEN MONSON MUSEUM (1889) PATTEN LUMBERMAN’S MUSEUM Main Street—Route 15 Route 159, 1/ 2 mile west of Patten Open mid-June thru Aug; time & days Open Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day, announced in June; other times June Tues-Sat 9-4; Sun 11-4. Labor Day- thru Oct by appt. (997-3792). Columbus Day, Sat & Sun. Also to Admission: Donations requested. groups on other days by appt. (528-2650 or 528-2547). Local memorabilia and artifacts. Tools, cheese press, snow roller, Seth Admission: Adults $2.00; Children Steward paintings. Some articles per (6-12) $1.00; (under 6) free. taining to the local narrow gauge railroad Senior citizen groups and school and the slate quarries. Special exhibits groups free. Donations appreciated. planned for each month. 2,000 artifacts housed in eight build ings tracing Maine’s lumbering history. Steam and gasoline log haulers, tractors, working model of saw mill. 1820 logging camp, double camp, blacksmith shop, boom jumper and pusher boats. Photos, dioramas. 40 DOWN EAST CHERRYFIELD MACHIAS CHERRYFIELD-NARRAGUAGUS BURNHAM TAVERN (1770) HISTORICAL SOCIETY Main & Free Streets—Route 192 Main Street, just off Route 1 Open mid-June to Labor Day, Open May-Oct by appt. (546-7979 or Mon-Fri 1-5; by appt. (255-4432). 546-7937). Open 9-3, June 30. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 25 Burham Tavern, Machias STEAM LOCOMOTIVE “LION” (1846) University of Maine at Machias campus —O’Brien Avenue Open year round, daily, during normal business hours. Admission: No charge. 1846 narrow gauge steam locomotive, Ruggles House, Columbia Falls once part of the Whitneyville-Machias- port Railroad. Housed in a special building near the UMM Gym. Also, Bi centennial Conestoga Wagon on display. 41 MACHIASPORT CAMPOBELLO, NEW BRUNSWICK GATES HOUSE (c. 1807) Route 92 ROOSEVELT CAMPOBELLO PARK Open July, Aug, Mon-Fri 9-4:30; Route 774, Welshpool May & Sept, Mon-Fri 1-4; Open May 26-Oct 12, daily 9-5. Admission: Donations welcome. Admission: No charge. Summer home (1897) of the late U.S. Federal-style house has several rooms President Franklin D. Roosevelt. House furnished in period fashion. Maritime includes original furnishings of the room has exhibits, including ship Roosevelt family. 2,600 acre natural area. models, also a maritime and genealogi Picnic sites, vistas, lookout on Friar’s cal library and general exhibits room. Head and Eagle Hill. Steam Locomotive “ Lion", Machias 42 ALLAGASH Open May 15-Labor Day, weekends 10-4 and by appt. (834-3933). ALLAGASH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Admission: Donations welcome. Route 161 Museum located in former Bangor & Open May 30-Sept 1; Aroostook Railroad station. Contains ex By appt. (398-3335 or 398-3306). hibits on Fort Kent’s economic and Admission: No charge. social history, with emphasis on lumber Log House Museum houses local gene ing and agriculture. alogical records, photos, history of area lumbering, artifacts, military section. FORT KENT BLOCKHOUSE (1840) Block House Street—just off Route 1 ASHLAND Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 9-sunset. ASHLAND LOGGING MUSEUM Admission: No charge. Garfield Road Wooden blockhouse erected as part of Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 10-6. military preparation vs. Canada resulting Admission: No charge. from long-standing controversy as to the Museum building with blacksmith location of Maine’s northeastern boun shop and two machine sheds housing dary. Contains museum displays of artifacts and exhibits including log- lumbering artifacts and equipment. In haulers and sleds, relating to lumbering terpretive panels depict events of that industry. era. CARIBOU NYLANDER MUSEUM 393 Main Street Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, Wed-Sun 1-5; also by appt. (493-4474). Fossils, rocks, minerals, butterflies and shells collected by Olof Nylander, Swedish-born geologist and naturalist; pioneer relics, Indian artifacts; changing exhibits. FORT KENT FORT KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Fort Kent Memorial, Fort Kent MUSEUM Market Street HOULTON SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK HISTORICAL AND ART MUSEUM 109 Main Street Open May 29-Aug 31, Mon-Fri 10-12; 1-4 and by appt. (532-3050). Exhibits and displays of area and Aroostook County artifacts and memora bilia. MADAWASKA MADOUESK HISTORIC CENTER & ACADIAN CROSS HISTORIC SHRINE U.S. Route 1 Open June 8 thru Labor Day, Mon-Fri 9:30-4:30; Sun 1:30-4:30; by appt. (Bernette Albert, P.O. Box 258; or Geraldine Chasse, R #1, Box 59, Madawaska 04756). Admission: No charge. New Sweden Historical Museum, New Sweden Museum features Acadian artifacts as well as those of local historical value. Complex includes preservation of a 100- year old schoolhouse. Shrine commemo STOCKHOLM rates the first Acadian landing site in the St. John Valley. STOCKHOLM MUSEUM Corner of Main and Lake Streets, off Route 161 NEW SWEDEN Open July 1-Labor Day, Sat & Sun 1-4; NEW SWEDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY weekdays by appt. (896-5279 or 896-5759). MUSEUM Admission: No charge, donations Off Route 161 welcome. Open June-Aug, daily. Mon-Sat noon-5. Museum building served as town’s Sun 2-5; and by appt. during closed first store and first post office. Houses season (896-5639, 896-5526 or 896-5801). local history collection of photos and Admission: No charge, donations artifacts, town and family histories. welcome. Special photo exhibit “ Glimpses of Stockholm Past” . Replica of 1870 community hall hous ing various handcrafted articles of the early Swedish settlers, farm and lumber ing equipment. Lindsten Stuga — restored cabin home of early settlers. 44 VAN BUREN Collection of 16 reconstructed and re located buildings dating from 1785 to ACADIAN VILLAGE early 1900’s to show the embodiment of Route 1 the Acadian culture. All are period fur Open June 15-Sept 15, Mon-Sat 11-6; nished-houses, barns, RR station, Sun noon-5; by appt. (868-2691 or school, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, 868-3972). general store, barber shop and church with grotto. Admission: Adults $2.00; Children under 12, $1.00. Acadian Village, Van Buren 45 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOMES F a c ility Lo catio n Page F a c ility L o ca tio n Page Robert Abbe Museum of Dexter Historical Society Stone Age Antiquities Bar H arbor 33 M useum Dexter 36 Acadian Village Van Buren 45 Dinsmore Grain Co. Mill Palerm o 20 Allagash Historical Socie Neal Dow Memorial Portland 6 ty A lla gash 43 Dresden Brick School Aina Center School A ina 23 House & Museum Dresden 25 Androscoggin Histroical Emerson-Wilcox House York 10 S o cie ty A uburn 18 Enoch Harrington House Freeport 4 Arnold Expedition William A. Farnsworth Art Historical Society P itts to n 20 Museum & Library Rockland 28-29 Ashland Logging Museum A shland 43 William A. Farnsworth Auburn Fire Dept. H om estead Rockland 28 M useum A uburn 18 Isaac Farrar Mansion Bangor 33 Aurora Grange Hall S trong 17 First Parish Church B runsw ick 3 Bangor Historical First Parish Church Portland 6 M useum Bangor 33 First Parish Meeting Bar Harbor Historical House Biddeford 3 Society Museum Bar H arbor 33 Jonathan Fisher Memorial Blue H ill 34 L.C. Bates Museum H in ckle y 19 The Fisherman’s Museum Pem aquid Baxter House & Museum G orham 4 Point 28 Belfast Museum Inc. B e lfast 24 Fort Edgecomb N orth Biddeford Historical Edgecom b 27 S o cie ty B iddeford 3 Fort George C astine 35 Blacksmith Shop & Fort Halifax W inslow 21-22 Hearse House C astine 34-35 Fort Kent Historical Blacksmith Shop Museum Dover- S ociety Fort Kent 43 F o x c ro ft 39 Fort Kent Blockhouse Fort Kent 43 Blaine House A ug u sta 18 Fort Knox P rospect 28 Boothbay Railway Village B oothbay 24 Fort Popham Phippsburg 6 Boothbay Region B oothbay Fort Western Museum A ugusta 18-19 Historical Society H arbor 24 Fort William Henry Pem aquid 28 Boothbay Theater Franklin Historical Society F ranklin 36 M useum B oothbay 24 Friends School House C asco 12 Bowdoin College Museum Friendship Museum F riendship 25 o f A rt B ru n sw ick 3 Fryeburg Fair Farm Brick Store Museum K ennebunk 4 M useum Fryeburg 13 Bridgton Historical Socie Fryeburg Public Library Fryeburg 13 ty M useum B ridgton 12 Gates House Machiasport 42 Brooksville Historical Wendell Gilley Museum of S outhw est S o cie ty Brooksville 34 Bird Carving H arbor 38 Albert Church Brown Grand Banks Schooner B oothbay Memorial Library C hina 19 M useum H arbor 24 Bryant Stove Museum T h orn dike 30 Hamilton House South Bucksport Historical B erw ick 8-9 Society Museum B ucksp o rt 34 Hamlin Memorial Hall Paris 15 Burnham Tavern (1770) M achias 41 Hampden Historical Annie Louise Cary S ociety Ham pden 36 Memorial Library W ayne 21 John Hancock Warehouse York 10 Castle Tucker W isca sse t 31 Harrington Meeting House Chapman-Hall House Damariscotta 25 & Museum of Old Bristol Pem aquid 28 Cherryfield-Narraguagus Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Historical Society Cherryfield 41 Boyhood Home South Casco 16 Children’s Museum of Head Tide Church Head Tide 26 Maine Portland 6 Historic First Church Colonel Black Mansion E llsw orth 36 M useum W ells 9 Colonial Pemaquid Pem aquid 27 History House Kezar Falls 14 Conway Homestead and Holmes-Crafts Homestead Jay 13-14 Mary Meeker Cramer H olt H ouse Blue Hill 34 M useum Cam den 24-25 Hunnewell House Scarborough 8 Counting House-Old Ber South Hussey Manufacturing North wick Historical Society B erw ick 8 Company Museum B erw ick 5 Cumston Hall M onm outh 19-20 Islesboro Historical Cushing Historical S ociety Islesboro 26 SocietyMuseum C ushing 25 46 F a c ility L o ca tio n P age F a c ility L o ca tio n Page Islesford Historical New Sweden Historical New M useum Islesford 36 Society Museum Sweden 44 The Jackman Laboratory Bar H arbor 33 Nickels-Sortwell House W iscasset 32 Jefferds Tavern York 10 Nordica Homestead Sarah Orne Jewett South M useum F arm ington 13 M em orial B erw ick 9 Norlands Living History The Jones Gallery of Glass C enter Liverm ore 14 & C eram ics Sebago 16 Nylander Museum Caribou 43 Katahdin Iron Works Katahdin Old Aina Meetinghouse A ina 23 Iron W orks 39 Old Church on the Hill B uckfield 12 Kittery Historical Museum K ittery 5 Old Gaol Museum York 10-11 Knight House A uburn 18 Old German Church W aldoboro 30 Jabez Knowlton Old Coun Old Ledge School Yarm outh 10 try Store Museum N ew burgh 37 Old Octagonal Post Office Liberty 26 Knox Building T hom aston 29 Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Lawrence Public Library F a irfield 19 Historical Society Museum Beach 5 Lee Historical Museum Lee 37 Old School House Winter Hrb. 38 Lincoln County Fire Old Schoolhouse York 11 M useum W iscasset 31 Old Town Museum O ld Town 37 Lincoln County Museum & Old Walpole Meeting Old Jail W iscasset 31 House So. Bristol 29 Little Red Schoolhouse Orland Historical Society O rland 37 M useum F arm ington 12-13 Owls Head Transportation Stewart H. Lord Memorial M useum O w ls Head 27 Historical Museum B urling ton 34 Patten Lum berm an’s Madouesk Historic Center M useum Patten 40 & Acadian Cross Historic Adm. Robert E. Peary Shrine M adawaska 44 House H arpsw ell 4 Maine Maritime Museum Bath 23-24 Peary-MacMillian Arctic Maine State Museum A ugusta 19 M useum B runsw ick 3 Maine Tribal Unity Pejepscot Historical Museum Collection U nity 30 M useum s B run sw ick 4 Maritime Training Ship Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport 29 ‘State of Maine’ C astine 35 Penobscot National Daniel Marrett House S tandish 16 Historical Society Old Town 37 George A. Marshall Store Perhams Maine Mineral B uilding York 10 Store Museum W est Paris 17 Matthews Museum of Elizabeth Perkins House York 10 Maine Heritage and John Perkins House C astine 35 ‘Hodge One Room School’ Union 30 Phillips Historical Society P hillips 15 Rev. Daniel Merrill House Phippsburg Historical and Histroic Area S edgw ick 37-38 M useum Phippsburg 6 The Monhegan Museum M onhegan Porter Old Meeting House Porter 15-16 Island 26 Portland Fire Museum Portland 6 Monmouth Museum M onm outh 20 Portland Museum of Art Portland 6-7 Monson Museum M onson 40 Portland Observatory Portland 7 Montpelier T hom aston 29-30 Pownalborough Court Moosehead Marine House Dresden 25 Museum & S/S ‘Katahdin’ G reenville 39 Rangeley Lakes Region Morrill Historical Society Historical Society Rangeley 16 M useum M orrill 26 Redington Museums & Moses Mason House Apothecary W aterville 21 M useum Bethel 12 Rice Public Library K ittery 5 Mount Desert Island M ount Edwin Arlington Robinson Historical Society Museum Desert 38 House Head Tide 25 Mount Desert Oceanarium S outhw est Roosevelt Campobello Campobello, H arbor 38 Park New Bruns. 42 Museum of Yarmouth Ruggles House C olum bia H istory Yarm outh 10 Falls 41 Musical Wonder House Rumford Area Historical Music Museum W iscasset 31 M useum Rum ford 16 Naples Historical Society Allie Ryan Maritime Col M useum N aples 14 lection C astine 34 The Natural History M useum Bar H arbor 33 47 F a c ility L o ca tio n P age F a c ility L o ca tio n P age Saco Pump Co.-Water Sullivan-Sorrento Historical Pump & Telephone S ociety S ullivan 38 M useum Saco 8 George Tate House P ortland 6 Sailors’ Memorial Museum Taylor-Barry House K ennebunk 4 & Lighthouse Islesboro 26 Thompson’s Ice House So. Bristol 29 St. Patrick’s Church N ew castle 26 Tory Hill Meeting House B uxton 12 Sandy River Railroad Park P h illips 15 Union Meeting House F arm ington Sayward-Wheeler House York Harbor 11 Falls 13 School House Museum Kennebunk- U.S. C ustom house Portland 7 port 4-5 University of Maine Searsport Historical Anthropology Museum O rono 37 S ociety Searsport 29 Vassalboro Historical N orth Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunk- Society Museum Vassalboro 20 port 5 Victoria Mansion Portland 7 Salome Sellers House Deer Isle 35 Vinalhaven Historical The Shaker Museum New Society Museum Vinalhaven 30 G loucester 14 Wadsworth-Longfellow Shore Village Museum R ockland 28 H ouse Portland 7-8 Skowhegan History House S kowhegan 21 Waldoborough Historical Parson Smith Homestead So. Society Museum W aldob W indham 16 orough 31 South Solon Meeting Waterville-Winslow Two House South Solon 21 Cent Bridge W aterville 21 Southern Aroostook Wells Auto Museum W ells 9 Historical and Art Museum H oulton 44 White Columns Kennebunk- Spratt-Head Museum No. Bridgton 15 port 5 Stanwood Homestead Whitten Library & M useum E llsw orth 36 Memorial Building Topsham 9 State Capitol Building A ugusta 19 Wilhelm Reich Museum Rangeley 16 State of Maine Building Poland Willowbrook at Newfield N ew field 14-15 and All Souls Chapel S pring 20-21 Wilson Museum C astine 35 Steam-Era Rail road i ana Wilton Home and Farm M useum G ilead 13 M useum W ilto n 17 Steam Locomotive ‘Lion’ M achias 41 Winslow Historical Society W inslow 22 Stewart Free Library C orinna 35 York Institute Museum Saco 8 Stockholm Museum S tockho lm 44 48 '