List of museums in Maine

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This list of museums in Maine is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Lists of Maine institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

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Name Location Region Type Website, Notes
Abbe Museum Bar Harbor Down East Native American website
Abbot Historical Society Museum Abbot Maine Highlands History information, town museum in the former Knights of Pythias Hall
Abbott Museum Dexter Maine Highlands History website, operated by the Dexter Historical Society, former town hall and school
Abbott School Castine Down East School website, operate by the Castine Historical Society
Acadian Landing & Tante Blanche Museum Madawaska Aroostook County Open air website, information
Acadian Village (Maine) Van Buren Aroostook County Open air website
Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society Acton Southern Maine Coast History information, museum located in former school
Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Alexander Down East History information, open by appointment
Alfred Shaker Museum Alfred Southern Maine Coast Religion website run by the Alfred Historical Committee
Alfred Village Museum Alfred Southern Maine Coast History information, run by the Alfred Historical Committee
Allagash Historical Society Museum Allagash Aroostook County History website, information
Androscoggin Historical Society Auburn Western Maine Mountains History website, museum information
Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum Houlton Aroostook County History information
Ashland Logging Museum Ashland Aroostook County Industry website
Bangor Museum & History Center Bangor Maine Highlands History website
Bangor Police Museum Bangor Maine Highlands Law enforcement website
Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum Bar Harbor Down East Historical society Website
Bar Harbor Whale Museum Bar Harbor Down East Natural history Website
Barracks Museum Eastport Down East Military website, information, operated by the Border Historical Society
Bates College Museum of Art Lewiston Western Maine Mountains Art website
Baxter House Museum Gorham Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Belfast Museum Belfast Mid Coast History website, operated by the Belfast Historical Society
Benjamin C. Wilder Farmstead Washburn Aroostook County Historic house information, operated by the Salmon Brook Historical Society, property also houses Aroostock Agricultural Museum, a barn displaying 1850-1910 farm equipment and tools
Bethel Historical Society's Regional History Center Bethel Western Maine Mountains History website
Blacksmith Shop Museum Dover-Foxcroft Maine Highlands Industry website, operated by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
Blaine House Augusta Kennebec Historic house website, Maine's Governor's Mansion
Blue Hill Historical Society Blue Hill Down East Historic house website, located at Holt House
Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick Mid Coast Art website
Boothbay Railway Village Boothbay Mid Coast Railway Website
Boothbay Region Historical Society Boothbay Harbor Mid Coast History Website
Brick Store Museum Kennebunk Southern Maine Coast History website
Brooklin Keeping Historical Society Brooklin Down East Historical society information, exhibit room
Brooksville Historical Society Brooksville Down East Historical society information
Brownville Historical Society Brownville Maine Highlands History information
Bryant Stove & Music Museum Thorndike Mid Coast Collectibles website, antique stoves, antique toy cars, player pianos, music boxes and doll circus with miniature animated units
Burnham Tavern Museum Machias Down East Historic house website
Camden-Rockport Historical Society Rockport Mid Coast
Camden Area History Center Camden Mid Coast History information
Caribou Historical Center & Museum Caribou Aroostook County History information
Castle Tucker Wiscasset Mid Coast Historic house website
Center For Maine Contemporary Art Rockport Mid Coast Art website
Chebeague Island Historical Society Chebeague Island Southern Maine Coast Local history website Museum of Chebeague History

at the District 9 Schoolhouse
Cherryfield-Narrag Historical Society Cherryfield Down East
Children's Discovery Museum Augusta Kennebec Children's web
Children's Museum of Maine Portland Southern Maine Coast Children's web
Clewley Museum Brewer Maine Highlands History website, operated by the Brewer Historical Society
Colburn House Pittston Kennebec Historic house website, managed by the Arnold Expedition Historical Society and owned by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Kennebec Art website
Cole Land Transportation Museum Bangor Maine Highlands Transportation website
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site New Harbor Mid Coast Fort website, museum with artifacts from Fort William Henry
Corinth Historical Society Cornish Southern Maine Coast Local history website
Counting House Museum South Berwick Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, home of the Old Berwick Historical Society
Country Store Museum Bass Harbor Down East History website, operated by the Tremont Historical Society
Cranberry House Great Cranberry Island Down East Local history website, operated by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Davistown Museum Liberty Mid Coast Multi web, tools, art, history
Dead River Area Historical Society Eustis Western Maine Mountains History information, located in Stratton, near Eustis
Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society Deer Isle Down East Historic house information
Dennys River Historical Society Dennysville Down East Historical society Vestry Museum
Dixfield Historical Society Dixfield Western Maine Mountains Historical society website
Downeast Heritage Museum Calais Down East History website
Falmouth Heritage Museum Falmouth Southern Maine Coast History website, operated by the Falmouth Historical Society
Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland Mid Coast Art website
Fawcett's Antique Toy & Art Museum Waldoboro Mid Coast Toy website, collection of antique toys and original comic art
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Peaks Island Military website
Fishermen's Museum Bristol Mid Coast Maritime website
Fort Kent Blockhouse Fort Kent Aroostook County Military information
Fort Kent Historical Society Museum Fort Kent Aroostook County History information, information, information
Fort Knox (Maine) Prospect Mid Coast Fort website
Frenchville Historical Society Frenchville Aroostook County Railway website
Frenchboro Historical Society Frenchboro Down East Local history website
Frontier Heritage Historical Society Fort Fairfield Aroostook County Multi website, operates Fort Fairfield Railroad Museum, Blockhouse Museum, McIntosh One-Room School House, Friends Church
Fryeburg Fair Farm Museum Fryeburg Western Maine Mountains Agriculture website
Fryeburg Historical Society Museum Fryeburg Western Maine Mountains Historical society website
Gates House Machiasport Down East Historic house information, home of Machiasport Historical Society
General Henry Knox Museum Thomaston Mid Coast Historic house website, house known as Montpelier
Georgetown Historical Society Georgetown Mid Coast Local history website
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History Bar Harbor Down East Natural history website, part of College of the Atlantic
Gibbs Avenue Museum Bridgton Southern Maine Coast History website, operated by the Bridgton Historical Society
Gray Historical Society Gray Southern Maine Coast Historical society website, museum is open on special 'Open House' days and on request
Great Harbor Maritime Museum Northeast Harbor Down East Maritime information, look under Galleries & Museums
Grist Mill Museum Dexter Maine Highlands History website, operated by the Dexter Historical Society, former mill
Guilford Historical Society Guilford Maine Highlands Historical society website
Hamilton House South Berwick Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Paris Western Maine Mountains History website
Hampden Historical Society Hampden Maine Highlands Historical society website
Harmon Museum Old Orchard Beach Southern Maine Coast History information, home to Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
Harpswell Historical Society Museum Harpswell Mid Coast History website
Harriman School Museum Sebec Maine Highlands History website, home to the Sebec Historical Society
Harrington House Freeport Southern Maine Coast History website, home to Freeport Historical Society
Haystack Historical Society Mapleton Aroostook County History information
Hendricks Hill Museum Southport Mid Coast Historic house website
Hope Historical Society House and Museum Hope Mid Coast Historic house website
Hose 5 Fire Museum Bangor Maine Highlands Fire website
Hudson Museum Orono Maine Highlands Culture website, cultural art and artifacts with emphasis on Native American and South American artifacts
Islesboro Historical Society Islesboro Down East History information, information
Islesford Historical Museum Little Cranberry Island Down East Local history information
Jay Historical Society Jay Western Maine Mountains Historic house website, operates the Holmes-Crafts Homestead by appointment only
Sarah Orne Jewett House South Berwick Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Jonathan Fisher House Blue Hill Down East Historic house website
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum Brunswick Mid Coast Historic house website, maintained by The Pejepscot Historical Society, history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell
Kennebunkport History Center Kennebunkport Southern Maine Coast Open air website, operated by Kennebunkport Historical Society, includes Pasco Exhibit Center, Town House School, Clark's Shipwright's Office, Old Jail Cells, Benson Blacksmith Shop
Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum Boothbay Mid Coast Natural history information
Kingfield Historical House Kingfield Western Maine Mountains Historic house information
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum Kittery Southern Maine Coast Maritime website, information, information
Lagerstrom House Woodland Aroostook County Historic house website
L. C. Bates Museum Hinckley Somerset Multi website, art, natural history, archaeology and Americana, just north of Skowhegan
Limington Historical Society Limington Southern Maine Coast Historical society website, barn museum open seasonally
1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail Wiscasset Mid Coast Jail website, operated by the Lincoln County Historical Association
Lincolnville Historical Society School House Museum Lincolnville Mid Coast School website
Lindbergh Crate Museum Canaan Somerset Collectible information, information
Lovell Historical Society Lovell Western Maine Mountains History website, located in the 1839 Kimball-Stanford House
Maine Air Museum Bangor Maine Highlands Aviation web
Maine Center for the Arts Orono Maine Highlands Art website
Maine Discovery Museum Bangor Maine Highlands Children's website
Maine Folklife Center Orono Maine Highlands Culture website, part of University of Maine
Maine Forest & Logging Museum Bradley Maine Highlands Industry website
Maine Granite Industry Museum Mount Desert Down East Industry website, article
Maine Historical Society Museum Portland Southern Maine Coast History website
Maine Lighthouse Museum Rockland Mid Coast Lighthouse website, collection of lighthouse lenses, lighthouse artifacts and Coast Guard memorabilia
Maine Maritime Museum Bath Mid Coast Maritime website
Maine Military Historical Society Museum Augusta Kennebec Military website
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum Portland Southern Maine Coast Railway website
Maine State Building Poland Western Maine Mountains Historic building website, operated by the Poland Spring Preservation Society
Maine State Museum Augusta Kennebec History website
Mainely Critters Wildlife Museum Dixfield Western Maine Mountains Natural history information
Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum Livermore Falls Western Maine Mountains Industry website
Margaret Chase Smith Library Skowhegan Somerset Biographical website, includes museum with artifacts from life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Marrett House Standish Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Mason House Bethel Western Maine Mountains Historic house website, operated by the Bethel Historical Society, also known as the Dr. Moses Mason House
Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage Union Mid Coast Agriculture website
Meetinghouse Museum Wells Southern Maine Coast History website, home of Historical Society of Wells & Ogunquit
Mexico Historical Society Mexico Western Maine Mountains Historic house website
Milbridge Historical Museum Milbridge Down East History website
Millinocket Historical Society Millinocket Maine Highlands History website, developing the Millinocket Town Museum
Milo Historical Society Milo Maine Highlands History website, permanent exhibits of local history, industry and cultural life
Monhegan Museum Monhegan Mid Coast History website, natural, social, industrial, cultural, and artistic history of Monhegan
Monmouth Museum Monmouth Kennebec Open air website
Moosehead Historical Museum Greenville Maine Highlands History website, housed in the Eveleth-Crafts-Sheridan Historical House
Moosehead Marine Museum Greenville Maine Highlands Maritime website, features cruises on the steamboat Katahdin
Mount Desert Oceanarium Bar Harbor Down East Industry website, includes Maine Lobster Museum and lobster hatchery
Mount Desert Oceanarium Southwest Harbor Down East Industry website, includes Marine Aquarium and Fisherman's Museum
Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel Lille Aroostook County Historic site website, historic wooden Catholic church
Museum L-A Lewiston Western Maine Mountains Industry information, information, museum of labor and industry
Museum of African Culture Portland Southern Maine Coast Culture website
Museum of Yarmouth History Yarmouth Southern Maine Coast History website
Museums of Old York York Southern Maine Coast Open air website, nine historic museum buildings, a nature preserve, contemporary art gallery and restored gardens, operated by the Old York Historical Society
Musical Wonder House Wiscasset Mid Coast Collectibles website, 5000+ restored musical boxes, player grand pianos and organs, spring-wound phonographs, musical birds, porcelains, furniture, clocks, steins, whistlers and even a musical painting
Naples Historical Society Naples Southern Maine Coast Historical society website, museum open in summer
Narramissic Bridgton Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, operated by the Bridgton Historical Society, also known as the Peabody-Fitch Farm
Neal Dow Memorial Portland Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, headquarters of the Maine Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New England Museum of Telephones Ellsworth Down East Industry website
New Sweden Historical Society Museum New Sweden Aroostook County History website
Nickels-Sortwell House Wiscasset Mid Coast Historic house website
Nobleboro Historical Center Nobleboro Mid Coast History website
Nordica Homestead Museum Farmington Western Maine Mountains Historic house information, information, information, birthplace of diva Lillian Nordica
Norridgewock Historical Society Museum Norridgewock Somerset History website
Northeast Historic Film Museum Bucksport Down East Media website, located in the Alamo Theater
Northern Maine Museum of Science Presque Isle Aroostook County Natural history website at University of Maine at Presque Isle, also mathematics, physical science, astronomy, chemistry
Northern Timber Cruisers Antique Snowmobile Museum Millinocket Maine Highlands Transportation web, snowmobiles from the 1960s and a 1943 Toboggan
Nott House Kennebunkport Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, operated by Kennebunkport Historical Society
Nowetah's American Indian Museum New Portland Somerset Native American information
Nylander Museum Caribou Aroostook County Natural history website
Oakfield Railroad Museum Oakfield Aroostook County Railway website
Observer Building Museum Dover-Foxcroft Maine Highlands History website, operated by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
Ogunquit Museum of American Art Ogunquit Southern Maine Coast Art website
Ogunquit Heritage Museum Ogunquit Southern Maine Coast History website, located at the Captain James Winn House
Old Fort Western Augusta Kennebec Living website
Old Town Museum Old Town Maine Highlands website
Orland Historical Society Orland Down East Historical society information
Owls Head Transportation Museum Owls Head Mid Coast Transportation web
Page Farm & Home Museum Orono Maine Highlands Historic house website, owned by University of Maine
Patten Lumbermen's Museum Patten Maine Highlands Industry web
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Brunswick Mid Coast Anthropological website, part of Bowdoin College
Pejepscot Museum Brunswick Mid Coast History website, maintained by The Pejepscot Historical Society, history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell
Pelletier-Marquis House St. Agatha Aroostook County Historic house information
Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport Mid Coast Maritime website
Penobscot Nation Museum Old Town Maine Highlands Native American website, located on Indian Island
Pettengill Farm Freeport Southern Maine Coast Farm website, owned by the Freeport Historical Society
Phillips Historical Society Phillips Western Maine Mountains Railway website
Portland Fire Museum Portland Southern Maine Coast Fire website
Portland Harbor Museum Portland Southern Maine Coast Maritime website
Portland Head Light Portland Southern Maine Coast Lighthouse website, museum with lighthouse lenses and interpretative displays, adjacent to Fort Williams Park
Portland Museum of Art Portland Southern Maine Coast Art website
Presque Isle Air Museum Presque Isle Aroostook County Aviation website
Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Aroostook County Historical society website, restoring fire station as a local history and cultural museum
Quoddy Dam Model Museum Eastport Down East Technology website, operated by the Border Historical Society
Quoddy Maritime Museum Eastport Down East Maritime
Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum Rangeley Western Maine Mountains Industry information
Raye's Mustard Mill Museum Eastport Down East Industry website, working mustard mill museum and mustard shop
Raymond-Casco Historical Society Casco Southern Maine Coast Local history website, operates the Friends Schoolhouse
Readfield Historical Society and Museum Readfield Kennebec Local history website
Redington Museum Waterville Kennebec History website, operated by the Waterville Historical Society, collections of furniture, accessories, household artifacts, toys, tools, and weapons as well as historical papers and diaries
Rier Sardine Museum Lubec Down East Industry information, information
Robinson House (Maine) Bethel Western Maine Mountains Historic house website, operated by the Bethel Historical Society, also known as the O’Neil Robinson House
Rufus Porter Museum Bridgton Art website, home of artist Rufus Porter
Ruggles House Museum Columbia Falls Down East Historic house website
Rumford Historical Society Museum Rumford Western Maine Mountains School website, also known as the Lufkin School Museum
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village New Gloucester Southern Maine Coast Religious website, includes Shaker Museum
Saco Museum Saco Southern Maine Coast Multi website, regional museum of fine and decorative arts and historic artifacts, formerly known as the York Museum
St. Agathe Historical Society Museum Saint Agatha Aroostook County History website
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Phillips Western Maine Mountains Railway website
Sarah Orne Jewett House South Berwick Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Sayward-Wheeler House York Harbor Southern Maine Coast Historic house website
Scarborough Historical Society and Museum Scarborough Southern Maine Coast History website
Seal Cove Auto Museum Seal Cove Down East Automotive website
Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport Southern Maine Coast Railway website
Sebago Historical Society Sebago Southern Maine Coast History website
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Museum Sedgwick Down East History information
Ski Museum of Maine Farmington Western Maine Mountains Sports website
Skolfield-Whittier House Brunswick Mid Coast Historic house website, maintained by The Pejepscot Historical Society, history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell
Skowhegan History House Skowhegan Somerset History website
Skyline Farm North Yarmouth Southern Maine Coast Transportation website, living carriage museum with an antique carriage & sleigh collection
Snowman School House Woodland Aroostook County School website
Somesville Museum Mount Desert Island Down East History website, operated by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Sound School House Museum Mount Desert Island Down East History website, operated by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
South Bristol Historical Society South Bristol Mid Coast Historical society website, operates museum with local artifacts and genealogy center
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Littleton Aroostook County Agriculture website
South Portland Historical Society South Portland Southern Maine Coast Historical society website, working to establish a permanent local history museum
St Croix Historical Society Calais Down East Historic house website, operates Dr. Job Holmes Cottage & Museum
Stanley Museum Kingfield History web, steam cars, air-brush portraits, paintings, photographs
Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary Ellsworth Down East Historic house web, includes Stanwood Homestead Museum, home of ornithologist Cordelia Stanwood and the Richmond Nature Center
Stockholm Historical Society Museum Stockholm Aroostook County History website
Tate House Museum Portland Southern Maine Coast Historic house web
Thomaston Historical Society Thomaston Mid Coast History website, houses a library and museum
Tides Institute and Museum of Art Eastport Down East Art website
Umbrella Cover Museum Peak's Island Southern Maine Coast Collectible website
Union Historical Society Union Mid Coast Historic house website, headquartered in the Robins House
University of Maine Museum of Art Bangor Maine Highlands Art website
University of Southern Maine Atrium Gallery Lewiston Western Maine Mountains Art website
Victorian Mansion (Maine) Portland Southern Maine Coast Historic house web, also known as Morse-Libby House
Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum Vinalhaven Mid Coast History website
Wadsworth-Longfellow House Portland Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, Longfellow website, operated by the Maine Historical Society
Waponahki Tribal Museum Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Down East Native American website
Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Livermore Western Maine Mountains Living website, Livermore Falls Historical Society
Wells Auto Museum Wells Southern Maine Coast Automotive website
Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving Southwest Harbor Down East Art website
West Quoddy Head Light House Visitor Center Lubec Down East Lighthouse website
Wilhelm Reich Museum Rangeley Western Maine Mountains Biographical website, also known as Orgonon, home of scientist Wilhelm Reich
Willowbrook Museum Village Newfield Southern Maine Coast Open air website, restored country village with two historic houses and their barns, a reproduction schoolhouse and bandstand, trade shops and carriages
Wilson Museum Castine Down East Multi website, history, natural history, cultural, and historic houses John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop and Hearse House
Wilton Farm & Home Museum Wilton Western Maine Mountains History website
Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum Alna Mid Coast Railway website
Woodlawn Museum Ellsworth Down East Historic house website, also known as The Black House
Woolwich Historical Society Museum Woolwich Mid Coast History website, 19th century rural life museum


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[edit] Defunct Museums

  • Shore Village Museum, Rockland, lighthouse collection relocated to the Maine Lighthouse Museum[1], [2]
  • Museum of Lighthouse History, Wells, lighthouse collection relocated to the Maine Lighthouse Museum [3], [4]
  • Webb Museum of Vintage Fashion, Island Falls [5]
  • Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramic, Sebago [6], [7]


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[edit] External Links


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://lighthouse.cc/shorevillage/ Shore Village Museum homepage
  2. ^ http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/newsroom/kenblack_012907.htm Kenneth N. Black, “Mr. Lighthouse,” Passes Away at 83
  3. ^ http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/museum/mlh_landingpage.htm Museum of Lighthouse History... Our collection has moved into the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland Maine!
  4. ^ http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/museum/mlmalf121306.htm Consolidation Will Create America’s Largest Lighthouse Museum
  5. ^ http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=150604&zoneid=14 Bangor Daily News, June 5, 2007, Article referencing defunct museum
  6. ^ http://antiquesandthearts.com/TT-2003-09-23-12-27-02p1 Glass Museum in Maine Found in Contempt of Court Order, Sept. 23, 2003
  7. ^ http://www.lakesregionofmaine.gen.me.us/richardbuck/see&do/jonesmuseum.html A Jewel in a Pastoral Setting, 1997


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