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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. Non-profit and university art galleries are also included. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Location County Region Type Website, Notes
1811 Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail Wiscasset Lincoln Mid Coast Prison Operated by the Lincoln County Historical Association
Kennebunkport Maritime Museum Kennebunkport York Southern Maine Coast Maritime Formerly the boathouse of Booth Tarkington
Abbe Museum Bar Harbor Hancock Down East Native American History, culture and crafts of the Wabanaki, two locations
Abbot Historical Society Museum Abbot Piscataquis Maine Highlands Local history Museum in the former Knights of Pythias Hall
Abbott Museum Dexter Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history Operated by the Dexter Historical Society (information)
Acadian Village Van Buren Aroostook Maine Lake Country Open air Historic village buildings reflect the cultural heritage of the Acadians, open seasonally
Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Alexander Washington Down East Local history Open by appointment (information)
Alfred Shaker Museum Alfred York Southern Maine Coast Religion Run by the Friends of the Alfred Shaker Museum, ongoing restoration of the Shaker Wood, Lumber Storage, and Carriage House
Allagash Historical Museum Allagash Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history Operated by the Allagash Historical Society, open weekends in summer
Androscoggin Historical Society Auburn Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Local history Includes the Davis-Wagg Museum (website)
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Houlton Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history Includes a historic kitchen, military artifacts, photographs by (Edward) E. B. White and other photographers taken between 1885 and 1920, and displays about the area WWII prison camp
Ashland Logging Museum Ashland Aroostook Maine Lake Country Industry Includes logging equipment, vehicles, replica log cookroom and scaler's office, blacksmith shop
Bangor Museum and Center for History Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands History Local history, photographs, clothing, Civil War artifacts. Located in the Thomas A. Hill House and Civil War Museum, operated by the Bangor Historical Society. (website)
Bangor Police Museum Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Law enforcement Open by appointment (website)
Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum Bar Harbor Hancock Down East Local history Includes area memorabilia, maps, antique clothing and photos
Bar Harbor Whale Museum Bar Harbor Hancock Down East Natural history Whales and seals common to the Gulf of Maine; seeking new location (website)
Barracks Museum Eastport Washington Down East History History of Fort Sullivan, fishing industry, local history
Bates College Museum of Art Lewiston Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Art Collection includes many Maine artists and Marsden Hartley
Baxter House Museum Gorham Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house
Belfast Museum Belfast Waldo Mid Coast History Operated by the Belfast Historical Society. Local and maritime history, art. (website)
Benjamin C. Wilder House Washburn Aroostook Maine Lake Country Historic house Operated by the Salmon Brook Historical Society. Property also houses Aroostook Agricultural Museum, a barn displaying 1850-1910 farm equipment and tools
Biddeford Mills Museum Biddeford York Southern Maine Coast Local history Offering mill tours and outreach events, preserving the legacy and history of textile mills in the Biddeford/Saco region,
Blacksmith Shop Museum Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis Maine Highlands Industry Operated by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
Blaine House Augusta Kennebec Kennebec Valley Historic house Maine's Governor's Mansion
Blue Hill Historical Society Blue Hill Hancock Down East Historic house Located at Holt House (website)
Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick Cumberland Mid Coast Art Collections include American, European and non-Western paintings, sculpture, works on paper and decorative arts
Boothbay Railway Village Boothbay Lincoln Mid Coast Railway Authentic steam locomotive surrounded by historic Maine buildings preserved in a recreated village, and a collection of 60 antique autos. (website)
Boothbay Region Historical Society Boothbay Harbor Lincoln Mid Coast Local history website
Brick Store Museum Kennebunk York Southern Maine Coast History Local history, art and culture museum housed in five 19th-Century buildings focusing on the Kennebunks and southern Maine.
Brooklin Keeping Historical Society Brooklin Hancock Down East Local history website
Brooksville Historical Society Museum Brooksville Hancock Down East Local history website
Bryant Stove & Music Museum Thorndike Waldo Mid Coast Collectibles Antique stoves, antique toy cars, player pianos, music boxes and doll circus with miniature animated units. (website)
Bucksport Historical Society Museum Bucksport Hancock Down East History Local history
Burnham Tavern Museum Machias Washington Down East Historic house Late 18th-century period tavern with ties to the American Revolutionary War
Burnt Coat Harbor Light Swan's Island Hancock Down East Maritime Keeper's house open in summer, tower open for climbing several times a week
Burnt Island Light Boothbay Lincoln Mid Coast Maritime Boat trip to island lighthouse with living history docent portraying 1950s keeper's life
Caribou Historical Center & Museum Caribou Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history
Castine Historical Society Castine Hancock Down East Local history Located in the Abbot School. (website)
Castle Tucker Wiscasset Lincoln Mid Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, late 19th-century period house
Center for Maine Contemporary Art Rockport Knox Mid Coast Art Contemporary art
Center for Moosehead History & Moosehead Aviation Museum Greenville Piscataquis Maine Highlands Multiple Includes region's aviators, vintage aircraft and memorabilia, Native American influence and artifacts, medical care, Greenville High School, life in the area during the 1800s, local history. (website)
Cherryfield-Narrag Historical Society Museum Cherryfield Washington Down East Local history website
Children's Discovery Museum of Maine Augusta Kennebec Kennebec Valley Children's website
Children's Museum of Maine Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Children's
Clewley Museum Brewer Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history Operated by the Brewer Historical Society, open by appointment. (website)
Clifton Historical Society Complex Clifton Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history Includes Clifton Town Hall Museum and the Harold Allan Schoolhouse
Coastal Children's Museum Rockland Knox Mid Coast Children's website
Colburn House State Historic Site Pittston Kennebec Kennebec Valley Historic house Managed by the Arnold Expedition Historical Society and owned by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. 18th-century house with ties to the American Revolutionary War.
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Kennebec Kennebec Valley Art Part of Colby College, specializes in American and contemporary art
Cole Land Transportation Museum Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Transportation Land transportation equipment including tractors, farm equipment, fire trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, snowplows and cabooses
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site New Harbor Lincoln Mid Coast Multiple Museum with excavated artifacts from Fort William Henry, an early 20th-century reconstruction of a late 17th-century fort, and the excavated remains of 17th- and 18th-century village buildings
Conway Homestead & Cramer Museum Rockport Knox Mid Coast Open air Operated by the Camden-Rockport Historical Society, includes the historic house, history museum, barn with carriages, sleighs and tools, a blacksmith shop and maple sugaring house
Corinna Historical Society Museum Corrina Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history
Corinth Historical Society Museum Corinth Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history 2 floors of displays, guided tours, Corinth History and Genealogy archives. Admission free, under 13 must be accompanied by adult. (website )
Counting House Museum South Berwick York Southern Maine Coast Local history Home of the Old Berwick Historical Society, former textile mill office, exhibits about rural life in coastal New England, from tidewater farms to maritime trade
Country Store Museum Bass Harbor Hancock Down East Local history Operated by the Tremont Historical Society, 19th-century country store with displays of local historic artifacts and photographs. (website)
Cushing's Point Museum at Bug Light Park South Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history Operated by the South Portland Historical Society
Davistown Museum Liberty Waldo Mid Coast Multiple website, hand tools used in Maine and New England's maritime culture, art, history, Native Americans, environment
Dead River Area Historical Society Eustis Franklin Maine Lake Country Local history Located in Stratton, near Eustis (website)
Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society Museum Deer Isle Hancock Down East Local history website
Dennys River Historical Society Dennysville Washington Down East Historical society Vestry Museum
Depot House Museum Pittsfield Somerset Somerset Local history Operated by the Pittsfield Historical Society
Desert of Maine Freeport Cumberland Mid Coast Multiple 40-acre (160,000 m2) tract of exposed glacial silt, includes a sand museum and agriculture museum
Dixfield Historical Society Museum Dixfield Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history website
Dr. Job Holmes Cottage & Museum Calais Washington Down East Historic house Operated by the St Croix Historical Society, restored as an 1850 doctor’s home and office
Dry Mills Schoolhouse Museum Gray Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Education Mid-19th-century period one-room schoolhouse
Eagle Island State Historic Site Eagle Island Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Island with retirement home of Admiral Robert Peary, the polar explorer
Ellsworth Historical Society Museum Ellsworth Hancock Down East Historic house Mid 19th-century Victorian sheriff's house, office and original cell block and jail
Fairfield History House Fairfield Somerset Somerset Local history Located in the Cotton-Smith House, operated by the Fairfield Historical Society
Falmouth Heritage Museum Falmouth Cumberland Southern Maine Coast History Operated by the Falmouth Historical Society (website)
Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland Knox Mid Coast Art American art
Fawcett's Antique Toy & Art Museum Waldoboro Lincoln Mid Coast Toy Collection of antique toys and original comic art (website)
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Peaks Island Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Military Civil War and local history exhibits
Fishermen’s Museum at Pemaquid Bristol Lincoln Mid Coast Maritime Artifacts of Pemaquid Point Light and area maritime history
Fort Kent State Historic Site Fort Kent Aroostook Maine Lake Country Military Reconstructed early 19th-century log blockhouse
Fort Kent Historical Society Museum Fort Kent Aroostook Maine Lake Country Railroad Area railroad history
Fort Knox Prospect Waldo Mid Coast Military Restored mid-19th-century fort and visitor center
Fort McClary State Historic Site Kittery Point York Southern Maine Coast Military Mid-19th-century blockhouse with exhibits, open in summer
Frenchboro Historical Society Frenchboro Hancock Down East Local history website
Friendship Museum Friendship Knox Mid Coast Local history website
Frontier Heritage Historical Society Fort Fairfield Aroostook Maine Lake Country Multiple Operates Fort Fairfield Railroad Museum, Blockhouse Museum, McIntosh One-Room School House, Friends Church
Fryeburg Fair Farm Museum Fryeburg Oxford Western Maine Mountains Agriculture Open during the Fryeburg Fair, historic farm vehicles, equipment, crafts and trades. (website)
Fryeburg Historical Society Museum Fryeburg Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history website
General Henry Knox Museum Thomaston Knox Mid Coast Historic house House known as Montpelier, life and times of Henry Knox (website)
Georgetown Historical Society Museum Georgetown Sagadahoc Mid Coast Local history website
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History Bar Harbor Hancock Down East Natural history Part of College of the Atlantic (website)
Gibbs Avenue Museum Bridgton Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history Operated by the Bridgton Historical Society in a former fire station (website)
Governor Brann School Van Buren Aroostook Maine Lake Country School Historic one room school
Gray Historical Society Museum Gray Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historical society Museum is open on special Open House days and on request (website)
Great Harbor Maritime Museum Northeast Harbor Hancock Down East Maritime Located in the old town firehouse
Green Water Tank Museum Frenchville Aroostook Maine Lake Country Railway Operated by the Frenchville Historical Society
Grindle Point Sailor's Museum and Lighthouse Islesboro Waldo Mid Coast Maritime Maritime museum in the keeper's house, lighthouse tower open for tours in the summer
Grist Mill Museum Dexter Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history Operated by the Dexter Historical Society, former 19th-century mill, miller's house and schoolhouse with local history displays (website)
Guilford Historical Society Museum Guilford Piscataquis Maine Highlands Local history website
Hamilton House South Berwick York Southern Maine Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, late 19th-century period house and garden
Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Paris Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history website
Hampden Historical Society Hampden Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history Located in the 1794 Kinsley House
Harmon Museum Old Orchard Beach York Southern Maine Coast Local history Home to Old Orchard Beach Historical Society (website)
Harpswell Historical Society Museum Harpswell Cumberland Mid Coast Local history website
Harrigan Learning Center and Museum Milo Piscataquis Maine Highlands Fossils, minerals & Native American artifacts website Owned by the Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/Brownville
Harriman School Museum Sebec Piscataquis Maine Highlands Local history Home to the Sebec Historical Society
Harrington House Freeport Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history Home to Freeport Historical Society (website)
Haystack Historical Society Mapleton Aroostook Maine Lake Country History Displays of everyday historical artifacts including household and farming implements
Hendricks Hill Museum Southport Lincoln Mid Coast Local history website
Holmes-Crafts Homestead Jay Franklin Maine Lake Country Historic house Operated by the Jay Historic Society, by appointment only
Hope Historical Society House and Museum Hope Knox Mid Coast Historic house website
Hose 5 Fire Museum Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Fire Historic firefighting vehicles and equipment
Hudson Museum Orono Penobscot Maine Highlands Anthropology Part of the University of Maine, cultural art and artifacts with emphasis on Native American and South American artifacts
International Cryptozoology Museum Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Natural history Exhibits related to the search for animals whose existence has not been proven (website)
Islesboro Historical Society Museum Islesboro Waldo Down East Local history website
Islesford Historical Museum Little Cranberry Island Hancock Down East Local history History of Little Cranberry Island, within the boundaries of Acadia National Park
James Leavitt House Waterboro York Southern Maine Coast Historic house
Jonathan Fisher House Blue Hill Hancock Down East Historic house Early 19th-century homestead, legacy of Reverend Jonathan Fisher
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum Brunswick Cumberland Mid Coast Historic house Maintained by the Pejepscot Historical Society, 19th-century Victorian home
Kennebunkport History Center Kennebunkport York Southern Maine Coast Open air Operated by Kennebunkport Historical Society, includes Pasco Exhibit Center, town house school, Clark Shipyard office, old jail cells, Benson blacksmith shop (website)
Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum Boothbay Lincoln Mid Coast Natural history information
Kingfield Historical House Kingfield Franklin Maine Lake Country Historic house Operated by the Kingfield Historical Society, displays of local history
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum Kittery York Southern Maine Coast Maritime Area maritime, military and local history (website)
Lagerstrom House Woodland Aroostook Maine Lake Country Historic house Late 19th-century house, operated by the Woodland Historical Society
L. C. Bates Museum Hinckley Somerset Somerset Natural history Natural history, archaeology, art and Americana, between Fairfield and Skowhegan
Limington Historical Society Limington York Southern Maine Coast Local history Barn museum open seasonally (website)
Lincolnville Historical Society School House Museum Lincolnville Waldo Mid Coast Local history website
Lindbergh Crate Museum Canaan Somerset Somerset Collectible Open by appointment, collection of Lindberghabilia displayed inside the packing crate in which Lindbergh's plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, was shipped back to America after Lindbergh completed the first human, solo transatlantic flight in 1927
Loring Military Heritage Center Limestone Aroostook Maine Lake Country Military History of the former Loring Air Force Base
Lubec Historical Society Museum Lubec Washington Down East History Early 20th-century general store
Lovell Historical Society Museum Lovell Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history Also known as the Kimball-Stanford House
Madrid Schoolhouse Museum Madrid Franklin Maine Lake Country Local history Located in a historic schoolhouse with school and local history displays, open on a limited basis, operated by the Madrid Historical Society
Maine Air Museum Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Aviation Located at Bangor International Airport
Maine Art Glass Butterfly and Insect Museum Lisbon Falls Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Natural history Mounted butterflies and insects in diorama cases, located in a stained glass workshop and gallery
Maine Coast Sardine History Museum Jonesport Washington Down East Industry Area sardine canning industry, tools, machines (website)
Maine Discovery Museum Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Children's
Maine Forest & Logging Museum Bradley Penobscot Maine Highlands Industry History of forestry in the state, authentic reconstruction of a logging and milling community of the 1790s
Maine Forestry Museum Rangeley Franklin Maine Lake Country Industry Includes 72-acre trail system, vintage logging equipment, chainsaw carvings, oil paintings that depict life in the logging camps from 1915 to 1928, logging dioramas, photographs (website)
Maine Granite Industry Museum Mount Desert Hancock Down East Industry Operated by the Maine Granite Industry Historical Society, tools, photos, company ledgers, books, Union badges and constitutions (website)
Maine Historical Society Museum Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast History Changing exhibits about Maine's history, art and culture
Maine Lighthouse Museum Rockland Knox Mid Coast Lighthouse Collection of lighthouse lenses, lighthouse artifacts and Coast Guard memorabilia (website)
Maine Maritime Museum Bath Sagadahoc Mid Coast Maritime Includes a historic shipyard with five original 19th-century buildings and a Victorian-era shipyard owner's home
Maine Military Historical Society Augusta Kennebec Kennebec Valley Military State's military history (website)
Maine Military Museum and Learning Center South Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Military website, every aspect of military service from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan and Iraq
Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Bethel Oxford County Western Maine Mountains Geology website, state rocks, mineral, and gems, as well as meteors and fossils.
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Railroad Rolling stock and artifacts from the 2 ft (610 mm) gauge narrow gauge railroads
Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum Carrabassett Valley Franklin Maine Lake Country Sports Ski and Snowboard equipment, artifacts and memorabilia
Maine State Aquarium Boothbay Harbor Lincoln Mid Coast Aquarium website, depicts local marine life in 13 tank exhibits and 2 live touch tanks
Maine State Building Poland Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Art Operated by the Poland Spring Preservation Society, changing art exhibits in a building that was originally at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Maine State Museum Augusta Kennebec Kennebec Valley Multiple State history and culture, Native American culture, natural history, industry
Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum Livermore Falls Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Industry website, cultural heritage of the paper-making towns and mills along the Androscoggin River
Margaret Chase Smith Library Skowhegan Somerset Somerset Biographical website, includes museum with artifacts from life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Marrett House Standish Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 19th-century period house
Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage Union Knox Mid Coast Agriculture website, open in summer, lifestyles in the 18th century, including carriages, agricultural tools, musical instruments, books, collections of photo prints
McCurdy Smokehouse Lubec Washington Down East Industry Former traditional smoked-herring facility with exhibits about the area fishing industry, also includes an art gallery, operated by Lubec Landmarks
McLellan-Sweat Mansion Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Part of the Portland Museum of Art, 19th-century house featuring 19th-century American paintings and decorative arts
Meetinghouse Museum Wells York Southern Maine Coast History website, home of Historical Society of Wells & Ogunquit
Mexico Historical Society Museum Mexico Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history website
Milbridge Historical Museum Milbridge Washington Down East Local history website, operated by the Millbridge Historical Society
Millinocket Historical Society Millinocket Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history website, developing the Millinocket Town Museum
Milo Historical Society Museum Milo Piscataquis Maine Highlands Local history Located in a historic church, permanent exhibits of local history, industry and cultural life
Monhegan Museum Monhegan Lincoln Mid Coast Multiple Natural, social, industrial, cultural, and artistic history of Monhegan, located in a lighthouse complex
Monmouth Museum Monmouth Kennebec Kennebec Valley Open air website, 19th-century rural life, complex includes a blacksmith shop, the Blossom House, stencil shop, carriage house, freight shed, corn crib, cobbler's shop and country store
Moosehead Historical Museum Greenville Piscataquis Maine Highlands Historic house website, housed in the Victorian-period Eveleth-Crafts-Sheridan House, carriage house features the Lumberman's Museum with logging tools and equipment
Moosehead Marine Museum Greenville Piscataquis Maine Highlands Maritime Features cruises on the steamboat Katahdin
Morrell-Sherburne House North Berwick York Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, home of the North Berwick Historical Society
Mount Desert Oceanarium Bar Harbor Hancock Down East Industry website, includes Maine Lobster Museum and lobster hatchery
Mount Desert Oceanarium Southwest Harbor Hancock Down East Industry website, includes marine aquarium and Fisherman's Museum
Musée Culturel du Mont-Carmel Lille Aroostook Maine Lake Country History Historic wooden Catholic church, collection of Acadian, Catholic and Québecois artifacts
Museum L-A Lewiston Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Industry Textile and area industry and labor heritage
Museum of African Culture Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Culture Sub-Saharan African tribal art
Museum of Chebeague History at the District 9 Schoolhouse Chebeague Island Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history Operated by the Chebeague Island Historical Society
Museums of Old York York York Southern Maine Coast Open air website, nine historic museum buildings including the Old York Gaol, John Hancock Warehouse, Old Schoolhouse (York, Maine), Elizabeth Perkins House, Jefferds Tavern, the Steedman Woods nature preserve, a contemporary art gallery and restored gardens
Museums of the Bethel Historical Society Bethel Oxford Western Maine Mountains History Eight exhibit galleries and nine period rooms spread throughout two buildings - the 1821 O'Neil Robinson House and the 1813 Dr. Moses Mason House
Naples Historical Society Museum Naples Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history website
Narramissic Bridgton Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, operated by the Bridgton Historical Society, also known as the Peabody-Fitch Farm
Nathan Gates House Machiasport Washington Down East Historic house Home of Machiasport Historical Society, photographs, period furniture, housewares and other memorabilia
National Museum of the Morgan Horse New Gloucester Cumberland Natural history Operated by the American Morgan Horse Association, history of the Morgan horse
Neal Dow Memorial Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house 19th-century headquarters of the Maine Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New Sweden Historical Society Museum New Sweden Aroostook Maine Lake Country History
Nickels-Sortwell House Wiscasset Lincoln Mid Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 19th-century house with Colonial Revival furnishings
Nobleboro Historical Center Nobleboro Lincoln Mid Coast Local history website, operated by the Nobleboro Historical Society
Nordica Homestead Farmington Franklin Maine Lake Country Historic house Birthplace of diva Lillian Nordica
Norridgewock Historical Society Museum Norridgewock Somerset Somerset Local history
Northeast Historic Film Bucksport Hancock Down East Media Exhibits in the Alamo Theatre including the cinema's history, social history of moviegoing, amateur filmmaking equipment
Northern Maine Museum of Science Presque Isle Aroostook Maine Lake Country Natural history Part of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, exhibits include biology, mathematics, physical science, astronomy, chemistry, geology, forestry, agriculture
Northern Timber Cruisers Antique Snowmobile Museum Millinocket Penobscot Maine Highlands Transportation website, snowmobiles from the 1960s and a 1943 Toboggan
Nowetah's American Indian Museum and Gift Store New Portland Somerset Somerset Native American website, includes over 600 old Maine Indian baskets and bark containers
Nylander Museum Caribou Aroostook Maine Lake Country Natural history website, fossils, rocks, plants, insects, butterflies, mammals, birds
Oakfield Railroad Museum Oakfield Aroostook Maine Lake Country Railway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad artifacts and history
Observer Building Museum Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis Maine Highlands Local history Operated by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
Ogunquit Museum of American Art Ogunquit York Southern Maine Coast Art American art, open only in summer
Ogunquit Heritage Museum Ogunquit York Southern Maine Coast Local history Located at the Captain James Winn House
Old Fort Western Augusta Kennebec Kennebec Valley History 18th-century log fort with house and store, costumed interpreters
Old Post Office Liberty Waldo Mid Coast Local history Operated by the Liberty Historical Society on Saturdays in the summer
Old Town Museum Old Town Penobscot Maine Highlands Local history website
Olson House Cushing Knox Mid Coast Historic house Subject of numerous works of art by Andrew Wyeth, including Christina's World, operated by the Farnsworth Art Museum
Orland Historical Society Museum Orland Hancock Down East Local history website
Owls Head Transportation Museum Owls Head Knox Mid Coast Transportation website, includes airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, carriages, engines and motorcycles
Page Farm & Home Museum Orono Penobscot Maine Highlands Historic house Owned by University of Maine, industry, agriculture, economy and home life of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Patten Lumbermen's Museum Patten Penobscot Maine Highlands Industry website, Maine logging history
Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum Brunswick Cumberland Mid Coast Anthropological Part of Bowdoin College, Inuit art and artifacts from the Arctic explorations of Robert Peary and Donald Baxter MacMillan
Pejepscot Museum Brunswick Cumberland Mid Coast Local history Operated by the Pejepscot Historical Society, history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell
Pelletier-Marquis House St. Agatha Aroostook Maine Lake Country Historic house Operated by the St. Agathe Historical Society
Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport Waldo Mid Coast Maritime 19th-century village buildings with displays of boats, fishing artifacts, 19th-century Victorian period house, ship models, scrimshaw, marine art
Penobscot Nation Museum Old Town Penobscot Maine Highlands Native American website, located on Indian Island, cultural heritage of the Penobscot and Wabanaki people, contemporary Wabanaki art
Pettengill Farm Freeport Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, owned by the Freeport Historical Society, early 1800s saltbox farmhouse is open by appointment, trails and grounds open daily
Phillips Historical Society Museum Phillips Franklin Maine Lake Country Railway Located in the Capt. Joel Whitney House, includes collection of Portland Glass, period home furnishings, genealogical information and newspaper runs
Poland Spring Museum and Environmental Education Center Poland Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Industry Company history and bottling operations
Portland Fire Museum Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Fire Operated by the Portland Veteran Firemen's Association, historic firefighting vehicles and equipment
Portland Head Light Cape Elizabeth Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Lighthouse Museum with lighthouse lenses and interpretative displays, adjacent to Fort Williams Park
Portland Museum of Art Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Art American and European fine and decorative arts, and the L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries
Preble-Marr Historical Museum Great Cranberry Island Hancock Down East Local history website, operated by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society in the Cranberry House
Presque Isle Air Museum Presque Isle Aroostook Maine Lake Country Aviation History of Presque Isle Air Force Base, located at Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle
Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Aroostook Maine Lake Country Historical society website, operates two museums: Maysville Museum (in a restored historically significant building that served simultaneously as the Maysville Town Hall, Maysville Grange and Maysville School) at 165 Caribou Road (US Rte 1) and is open during the summer Monday - Saturday from 10 - 2 with no admission; and The 1875 Vera Estey House Museum at 16 Third Street, a small two-story Victorian house. Admission is $5 per person; open during regularly scheduled tour - see website - or by appointment for groups.
Project Puffin Visitor Center Rockland Knox Mid Coast Natural history Features a live video display of puffins and other seabirds from Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, natural history displays, the seabird conservation work done by the National Audubon Society and others
Public Safety Museum Brewer Penobscot Maine Highlands Multiple website, operated by the city, historic displays from the Brewer Fire and Police Departments
Quoddy Dam Model Museum Eastport Washington Down East Technology website, operated by the Border Historical Society, working scale model of the Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Project; also known as Quoddy Maritime Museum
Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum Rangeley Franklin Maine Lake Country Sports website, outdoor sports including fly fishing, boating, Paleo Native American artifacts, antique sporting equipment, a working silk fly line making machine, art
Raye's Mustard Mill Museum Eastport Washington Down East Industry website, working mustard mill museum and mustard shop
Raymond-Casco Historical Society Museum Casco Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history website
Readfield Historical Society Museum Readfield Kennebec Kennebec Valley Local history website
Redington Museum Waterville Kennebec Kennebec Valley Historic house Operated by the Waterville Historical Society, 19th-century house with collections of furniture, accessories, household artifacts, toys, tools, and weapons
Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum Lubec Washington Down East Firefighting
Rockwell Kent Cottage and Studio Monhegan Lincoln Mid Coast Historic house Home and studio of artist Rockwell Kent
Rufus Porter Museum Bridgton Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Art Home of folk artist Rufus Porter
Ruggles House Columbia Falls Washington Down East Historic house 19th-century period house with many original family furnishings
Rumford Historical Society Museum Rumford Oxford Western Maine Mountains Local history website, also known as the Lufkin School Museum
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village New Gloucester Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Religious Includes Shaker Museum
Saco Museum Saco York Southern Maine Coast Multiple Regional museum of fine and decorative arts and historic artifacts, also known as Dyer Library/Saco Museum, formerly known as the York Institute
Sail Power and Steam Museum Rockland Knox Mid Coast Maritime website
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Phillips Franklin Maine Lake Country Railway Heritage railroad and equipment
Sarah Orne Jewett House South Berwick York Southern Maine Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, features a blend of 18th-century architecture, antiques, and old wallpapers with furnishings showing the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement
Sayward-Wheeler House York Harbor York Southern Maine Coast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 18th-century period house
Scarborough Historical Society Museum Scarborough Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history Located in a former power substation of the Portland Railroad Company
Seal Cove Auto Museum Seal Cove Hancock Down East Automotive website, antique cars and motorcycles with a special emphasis on the Brass Era car (1895-1917)
Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport York Southern Maine Coast Railway Mass transit vehicles including trolley cars, rapid transit trains, trolley buses and motor buses
Sebago Historical Society Museum Sebago Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Museum Sedgwick Hancock Down East History website, located in the Rev. Daniel Merrill House (1795)
Skolfield-Whittier House Brunswick Cumberland Mid Coast Historic house Maintained by the Pejepscot Historical Society, 19th-century Victorian home
Skowhegan History House Skowhegan Somerset Somerset Local history website
Skyline Farm North Yarmouth Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Transportation website, living carriage museum with an antique carriage & sleigh collection, open for events and by appointment
Snowman School House Woodland Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history One room schoolhouse with local history artifacts
Somesville Historical Museum Mount Desert Island Hancock Down East Local history website, operated by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Sound School House Museum Mount Desert Island Hancock Down East History website, operated by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
South Bristol Historical Society Museum South Bristol Lincoln Mid Coast Local history website
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Littleton Aroostook Maine Lake Country Agriculture website, farm tools and equipment, household items, memorabilia from the past two centuries
Stanley Museum Kingfield Franklin Maine Lake Country History website, Stanley Steamer cars, air-brush portraits, paintings, photographs
Stanwood Homestead Ellsworth Hancock Down East Historic house 19th-century home of ornithologist Cordelia Stanwood and the Richmond Nature Center, 200-acre wildlife sanctuary
Stockholm Historical Society Museum Stockholm Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history Located in a historic general store building, open by appointment
Tante Blanche Museum Madawaska Aroostook Maine Lake Country Local history website, operated by the Madawaska Historical Society
Tate House Museum Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Mid 18th-century period house
The Telephone Museum Ellsworth Hancock Down East Industry website, working telephones, switchboards and switching systems, operated by The New England Museum of Telephony, Inc.
Thomaston Historical Society Museum Thomaston Knox Mid Coast Local history website, houses a library and museum
Tides Institute and Museum of Art Eastport Washington Down East Art website, art, architecture and history, collections include paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, Passamaquoddy and Micmac basketry, architectural documentation and artifacts, ship models, maps, furniture, musical instruments
Turner Museum Turner Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Local history Operated by the Turner Museum and Historical Association, located on the fourth floor of the Leavitt Institute Building
Umbrella Cover Museum Peaks Island Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Collectible Features over 600 umbrella covers
Union Historical Society Union Knox Mid Coast Historic house website, headquartered in the Robins House
University of Maine Museum of Art Bangor Penobscot Maine Highlands Art Focuses on American mid-20th-century works on paper
University of Southern Maine Art Gallery Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Art
University of Southern Maine Art Gallery Gorham Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Art
University of Southern Maine Atrium Art Gallery Lewiston Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Art website, exhibits highlight Maine artists with solo and group exhibitions of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and contemporary crafts
Victoria Mansion Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Also known as Morse-Libby House, late 19th-century Victorian mansion
Vinalhaven Historical Society Museum Vinalhaven Knox Mid Coast History website
Wadsworth-Longfellow House Portland Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house Operated by the Maine Historical Society, home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Waldoborough Historical Society Museum Waldoboro Lincoln Mid Coast Local history website
Waponahki Tribal Museum Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Washington Down East Native American website, Maine Native tools, baskets, beaded artifacts, historic photos, and arts and crafts
Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Livermore Androscoggin Kennebec Valley Living Mid 19th-century period mansion, farm and schoolhouse
Wendell Gilley Museum Southwest Harbor Hancock Down East Art Wooden bird carvings by Wendell Gilley and other artists
West Quoddy Head Light House Visitor Center Lubec Washington Down East Maritime History of the lighthouse
White Columns Kennebunkport York Southern Maine Coast Historic house website, operated by Kennebunkport Historical Society, 1853 Greek Revival house museum with restored period rooms, features First Families Kennebunkport Museum, also known as Nott House
Wilhelm Reich Museum Rangeley Franklin Maine Lake Country Biographical Also known as Orgonon, home of scientist Wilhelm Reich
Willowbrook Museum Village Newfield York Southern Maine Coast Open air Restored country village with two historic houses and their barns, a reproduction schoolhouse and bandstand, trade shops and carriages
Wilson Museum Castine Hancock Down East Multiple Exhibits include history, natural history, cultural, and historic houses John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop and Hearse House
Wilton Farm & Home Museum Wilton Franklin Maine Lake Country History Operated by the Wilton Historical Society, displays include farm tools, Maine bottles, homemaking, military uniforms, clothing, bedrooms
Winslow Homer Studio Scarborough Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Historic house House and studio of artist Winslow Homer, tours by the Portland Museum of Art
Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum Alna Lincoln Mid Coast Railway 2 ft (0.61 m) (610 mm) gauge heritage railway and museum
Woodlawn Museum Ellsworth Hancock Down East Historic house Collections reflect three generations of the Black family from 1802 to 1928
Woolwich History Museum Woolwich Sagadahoc Mid Coast History 19th-century rural life museum operated by the Woolwich Historical Society (website)
Yarmouth History Center Yarmouth Cumberland Southern Maine Coast Local history website, operated by the Yarmouth Historical Society

Defunct Museums

  • Downeast Heritage Museum, Calais, closed in 2008
  • Johnson Hall Museum, Wells, contents auctioned off in 2015, future uncertain
  • Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramic, Sebago,
  • Mainely Critters Wildlife Museum, Dixfield, destroyed in 2000 due to fire
  • Museum of Lighthouse History, Wells, lighthouse collection relocated to the Maine Lighthouse Museum,
  • Musical Wonder House, Wiscasset, closed in 2014
  • Portland Harbor Museum, Portland, merged with the Maine Maritime Museum in June 2010
  • Rier Sardine Museum, Lubec
  • Shore Village Museum, Rockland, lighthouse collection relocated to the Maine Lighthouse Museum,
  • Webb Museum of Vintage Fashion, Island Falls
  • Wells Auto Museum, Wells, closed in 2013

See also

  • Botanical gardens in Maine (category)
  • Nature Centers in Maine
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