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Regions below:
Southern Coast,
Greater Portland,
Midcoast,
Downeast/Acadia,
Western Lakes & Mountains,
Kennebec Region,
Katahdin/Moosehead,
Aroostook.
Southern Coast
Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society
Converted old school house. Museum room built on to meeting room. Local artifacts.
Route 109, Shapleigh
636-2606
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Biddeford Historical Society and McArthur Library
Local memorabilia, including town records of Biddeford (1653-1855) plus common council, alderman and assessors' reports.
270 Main Street, Biddeford.
283-4706
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The Brick Store Museum
With a permanent collection and rotating exhibits, the museum's main focus is to celebrate the cultural history of the Kennebunks.
117 Main Street, Kennebunk
985-4802
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Harmon Historical Museum
Home of the Old Orchard Beach Historical Society. Permanent exhibits include school, fire and aviation as well as a changing exhibit. Historical walking maps available.
4 Portland Avenue, Old Orchard beach
Kennebunkport Historical Society
A complex of five buildings, there are displays of maritime objects and local memorabilia; also maintains the nearby Nott House.
125-135 North Street, Kennebunkport
967-2751
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Kennebunkport Maritime Museum and Shop
Located in the former boathouse in which author Booth Tarkington wrote. Featuring the remains of the schooner Regina, nautical memoribilia and a collection of early 19th-century scrimshaw.
Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport
967-3218
Kittery Historical and Naval Museum
Contains ship models, items and artifacts from the area's rich maritime past.
Rogers Road Extension, Kittery
439-3080
MacDonald's Mineral Museum
34 Moody Street, Saco
284-4633
Meetinghouse Museum
Artifacts & memorabilia relative to Old Wells. Owned and run by The Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit.
Route 1, Wells
646-4775
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Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Paintings from the permanent collection include those done by Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent and Thomas Hart Benson.
Shore Road, Ogunquit
646-4909
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The Seashore Trolley Museum a
Includes early transportation exhibits and offers streetcar rides.
Log Cabin Road, Kennebunk
967-2800
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Scarborough Historical Society
Farming equipment and tools from bygone coopers and cobblers, and quilts and clothes from past eras. There are class pictures and other objects from early school days, as well as photographs of people, homes, buildings and related documents, including bibles and family genealogies.
649 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough
883-3539
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Wells Auto Museum
Over 80 vehicles dating from 1900-1963. Nickelodeons and antique arcade.
Route 1, 1181 Post Road, Wells
646-9064
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Willowbrook at Newfield
A 19th-century country village museum with more than 35 buildings and thousands of artifacts.
68 Elm Street, Newfield
793-2784
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York Institute Museum
Exhibitions explore regional and natural history, art, culture and industry. Adjacent Dyer Library has extensive Maine history collection, local genealogy, city of Saco records.
371 Main Street, Saco
282-3031/283-3861
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Greater Portland
Children's Museum of Maine
Offers a large collection of interactive exhibits for kids of all ages.
142 Free Street, Portland
828-1234
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Seeks to foster a sense of history by interpreting Maine's Civil War role and the history of Peaks Island.
Seashore Avenue, PO Box 41, Peaks Island
766-3330
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Maine Historical Society Museum
Displays changing exhibitions of Maine History and operates the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
489 Congress Street, Portland
774-1822
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Museum of African Tribal Art
122 Spring Street, Portland
871-7188
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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
The railroad museum celebrates Maine's industrial history with exhibits of trains from the 1800s. Also offers train rides along Portland's historic Waterfront. The museum is open year-round from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., except on Christmas and Thanksgiving. The train rides are offered from May through mid-October from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
58 Fore Street, Portland
(207) 828-0814
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Museum of Yarmouth History & Merrill Memorial Library
Yarmouth Historical Society Main Street, Yarmouth
846-6259
Town of Yarmouth, Maine
Portland Fire Museum
Housed in a granite Greek Revival firehouse. Exhibits include photos and artifacts from Portlands fire-fighting history.
157 Spring Street, Portland
772-2040
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Portland Harbor Museum
The museum is located on the grounds of historic Fort Preble overlooking beautiful Casco Bay. Its permanent exhibit on 19th-century wooden shipbuilding includes sections of the South Portland-built clipper ship Snow Squall. Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse is a few steps from the gallery entrance. Spring Point, on the campus of Southern Maine Technical College on Fort Road, South Portland
799-6337
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Portland Museum of Art
An extensive collection of American artists, including Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and Winslow Homer; rotating exhibits.
Seven Congress Square, Portland
775-6148
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Skyline Farm Carriage Museum
Housed in one of Maine's first indoor riding rings, the horse-drawn carriages and sleighs represent the types of vehicles used for personal tranportation prior to the 1920s.
95 The Lane, North Yarmouth
829-9908
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South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Historical Society Local artifacts from Cape Elizabeth and South Portland.
Local History Museum, Braeburn Avenue, South Portland
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Midcoast
Alna Center School House Museum (1795) Second oldest one-room schoolhouse in Maine.
Route 218, Alna
586-6928
Belfast Museum
Local area artifacts and displays. Includes paintings by Percy Sanborn.
10 Market Street, Belfast
338-2078/1875.
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Boothbay Railway Village
Turn-of-the-century village containing historical exhibits, including the Thorndike (1870) and Freeport (1911) railroad stations.
Route 27, Boothbay
633-4727
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Boothbay Region Historical Society
Italianate house (1874), local historical artifacts, photographs, papers.
70 Oak Street, Boothbay
633-3462
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Housed in a Charles Follin McKim-designed building of 1891-94, the collection numbers more than 12,000 objects and represents the art of ancient Assyria, Greece, Rome, Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
Upper Park Row, Walker Art Building, Bowdoin Campus, Brunswick
725-3275
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Bryant Stove & Music Museum
Routes 139 & 220, Rich Road, Thorndike
568-3665
Camden-Rockport Historical Society
The Camden-Rockport Historical Society is headquartered at the Cramer Museum, a gallery of the society's historic possessions, including period costumes, paintings, musical instruments, guns, documents and a reference library. The society also maintains the Conway House, one of the earliest houses in the region.
PO Box 747, Rockport
236-2257
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Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing contemporary art in Maine through exhibitions and educational programs.
PO Box 147, Rockport
236-2875
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CHTJ Southard House Museum, c. 1870
Local history, tools, toys & housewares, built by shipping magnate T.J. Southard as a wedding gift.
75 Main Street, Richmond
737-8202.
Davistown Museum
Regional history, tool and art museum specializing in early hand tools, the history of Liberty and Montville (Davistown Plantation), Wawenoc Indians and antiquarian and contemporary Maine art.
58 Main Street #4, PO Box 346, Liberty
288-5126
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Dinsmore Grain Company Mill
Main Street, Branch Mills Village, Palermo
993-2496
Department of Marine Resources
Operates the Marine Resources Aquarium. Educational programs, presentations and tours offered daily.
West Boothbay Harbor
633-9542 or 862-5894
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Farnsworth Art Museum
Permanent and changing exhibits of American art focusing on the role of Maine from the 18th through the 20th century.
352 Main Street, Rockland
596-6457
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Fishermen's Museum
Located in former lighthouse keeper's house. Artifacts connected with Maine's fishing industry.
Route 130, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
677-2726/2494
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Harrington Meeting House & Museum (1772)
Old Harrington Road, Bristol
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
Home of Joshua Chamberlain, past governor of Maine, president of Bowdoin College, Civil War general and hero of Little Round Top. Artifacts of the Civil War.
226 Maine Street, Brunswick
729-6606
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Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum
Hardwick Road and Route 27, Boothbay
633-4828
Lincoln County Museum (1839) and Old Jail (1811)
Early 19th-century prison houses artifacts of Lincoln County.
Lincoln County Historical Association, Federal Street, Wiscasset
882-6817
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Maine Maritime Museum
Award-winning Maritime History Building, 19th-century Percy & Small Shipyard, apprentice shop.
243 Washington Street, Bath
443-1316
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Maine Tribal Museum
Unity College, Unity
948-3131
Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum
Port Clyde Harbor Entrance, Port Clyde
372-6450
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Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage and "Hodge" One Room School
Fairgrounds, Union
785-3281
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Monhegan Museum
Located in the former lighthouse keepers house. Island art, history, flora, fauna, and more, with a separate art museum displaying the extensive collection acquired by the museum through the years. Dedicated to Rockwell Kent who was a year-round resident of Monhegan.
Next to the lighthouse
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Montpelier, The Henry Knox Museum
Replica of original 1793 home built by General Henry Knox, U.S. Secretary of War in George Washington's cabinet.
High Street, off Route 1, Thomaston
354-8062
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Musical Wonder House, Music Museum (1852)
Restored antique music boxes.
18 High Street, Wiscasset
882-7163
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Owls Head Transportation Museum
One of the country's outstanding collections of antique planes, automobiles, wagons, motorcycles and bikes. With special demonstrations on weekends. And everything works!
Off Route 73, Owls Head
594-4418
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Artifacts and equipment relating to Arctic explorations of Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan.
Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin Campus, Brunswick
725-3416
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Pejepscot Historical Society Museum (1858)
Local history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell.
159 Park Row, Brunswick
729-6606
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Penobscot Marine Museum
Housed in eight historic buildings, the museum's collection of marine paintings, photographs, art and artifacts is one of the finest in the country.
Church Street at Route 1, Searsport
548-2529
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Phippsburg Historical Museum
1859 one-room school house portraying life in Phippsburg from days of Indians through World War II.
Parker Head Road, Phippsburg
442-7606
Pittsfield Historical Society
Next to Maine Central Railroad line.
Depot House Museum, Railroad Plaza, Pittsfield
487-2254
Richmond Historical Society
7 Gardiner Street, Richmond
737-4166
Shore Village Museum, Maine's Lighthouse Museum Largest collection of lighthouse artifacts on display in U.S. Marine exhibits.
104 Limerock Street, Rockland
594-0311
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Southport Historical Association
244-5856
Searsport Historical Society
Main Street, Route 1, Searsport
548-0245
South Bristol Historial Society
Established in 1998 with achievements ensuing and continuing - newsletters, public meetings and special oral history exhibition, book published, museum activities and genealogy work, etc.
2124 State Route 129, South Bristol
644-1234
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Southport Historical Society/Hendricks Hill Museum
Route 27, Southport
633-3942
S.O.J. School House
Port Clyde Road, Tenants Harbor
372-8012
Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum
Exhibits highlighting island life and industries.
High Street, Vinalhaven
863-4410/4318
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Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum
The museum is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the WW&F Railway, a 2-foot-gauge railroad that operated between Wiscasset and Albion between 1894 and 1933. Come for a train ride or help restore the railroad.
Sheepscot Station, Alna
882-4193
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Whitefield Historical Society
549-5064
Winterport Historical Association
760 N. Main Street, Winterport
223-5556
Woolwich Historical Society and Museum
Eleven rooms of this c. 1810 farmstead feature antique quilts and old-fashioned clothing.
Nequasset Road, Woolwich
443-4833/6571
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