Museums
Bath:
Maine Maritime Museum. Be awestruck at the life-size sculptural representation of the Wyoming, the largest wooden commercial sailing vessel ever constructed. Step aboard a replica of a diesel tug boat pilot-house and lots more.
Brunswick:
Browse through exhibits detailing the history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell at the Pejepscot Museum. Explore three generations of a prominent Brunswick family with careers in seafaring, medicine and education at the Skolfield Whittier House. Tour the home of the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg during the Civil War, Governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College at the The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum.
On the campus of Bowdoin College learn about cultures and natural environments of the Arctic and subarctic at the Peary-MacMillan Artic Museum. Included are photos and artifacts from Peary’s expedition to reach the North Pole. A few steps away are outstanding collections from the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world to artwork created in the first years of the 21st century at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Dresden:
Venture off of Route #1 in Woolwich to Rt. 128 to the Dresden Brick School House Museum (c.1816) and then picnic on the grounds of the only remaining pre-Revolutionary War court building in Maine, the Pownalborough Courthouse (c.1761).
Georgetown:
Old Stone Schoolhouse Museum (c.1820)
Harpswell:
Off the coast of Harpswell sail to Admiral Robert E. Peary’s summer home on Eagle Island (and bring a picnic!)
Harpswell Center contains a small cluster of historic buildings and grounds including the Tarr-Hackett House, the Elijah Kellogg Church, the old Harpswell Meeting House and graveyard.
Phippsburg:
Trace life in Phippsburg from Native Americans through World War II, in an 1859 one-room schoolhouse.
Richmond:
Tour one of the grandest homes on Main St., the T.J. Southard House (c.1870).
Woolwich:
Imagine living in a rural farmhouse (c.1810).
Wiscasset:
Castle Tucker (c.1807) will remind you of a time when the village was the busiest port east of Boston. And the impressive facade of the Nickels-Sortwell House (c.1807) recalls the prosperity brought by shipbuilding. Marvel at the collection of 5000 mechanical musical instruments atthe Musical Wonder House (c. 1852). Discover what kinds of prisoners inhabited the Old Lincoln County Jail (1811-1954).
