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MUSEUMS
To learn more about Maine's colorful history start by visiting
the Bangor Historical Society Museum, 159 Union St, 207-942-5766.
Housed in the Greek Revival home built by Thomas A Hill, you'll
find not only neat artifacts but also be able to claim that you
spent some time in the same house that Daniel Webster and President
Grant visited.
You can learn more about Maine at the Hudson Museum, 5746
Maine Center for the Arts,
University of Maine, Orono, ME, 207-581-1901, which houses a
permanent collection of ethnographic materials. A visit to the
Old Town Museum, North Fourth Street Extension, Old Town area,
will give you a chance to learn more about Maine's lumbering
heyday during the 1800s.
To see this history come alive visit the Leonard's Mills Maine
Forest and Logging Museum, 403 Main, Bradley, ME, 207-866-0811.
On the same spot a 1797 sawmill used to be, you'll now find a
covered bridge, working sawmill with water wheel, a mill pond,
a saw pit, a blacksmith shop, and a trapper's line cabin. If
you're lucky enough to be in the area on the 2nd weekend in July
or the 1st and 2nd weekends of October, you can enjoy Living
History Days, where period re-enactors make history come alive.
Next you'll want to head to the Cole Land Transportation Museum,
405 Perry Road, 207-990-3600, where you'll find snow plows, wagons,
cars, trucks, sleds, fire engines, and rail equipment that earned
its living during the 19th and 20th centuries by hauling, clearing,
and putting out fires for Maine folks.
If you love art, you'll want to head to the University of
Maine Museum of Art, Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St, 207-561-3350,
while you are in the area. It can boast a permanent collection
of 4,500 works of art including those by Picasso, Warhol, Goya,
Wood, and Andrew Wyeth.
Are children part of your traveling party? Then you'll want
to spend some time exploring the 3 floors of the Maine Discovery
Museum, 74 Main St, 207-262-7200. Here you'll find wonderful
interactive exhibits about nature, geography, children's literature,
music, art, science, and anatomy.
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To learn more about Maine's colorful history start by visiting the Bangor Historical Society Museum, 159 Union St, 207-942-5766. Housed in the Greek Revival home built by Thomas A Hill, you'll find not only neat artifacts but also be able to claim that you spent some time in the same house that Daniel Webster and President Grant visited. You can learn more about Maine at the Hudson Museum, 5746
Maine Center for the Arts, To see this history come alive visit the Leonard's Mills Maine Forest and Logging Museum, 403 Main, Bradley, ME, 207-866-0811. On the same spot a 1797 sawmill used to be, you'll now find a covered bridge, working sawmill with water wheel, a mill pond, a saw pit, a blacksmith shop, and a trapper's line cabin. If you're lucky enough to be in the area on the 2nd weekend in July or the 1st and 2nd weekends of October, you can enjoy Living History Days, where period re-enactors make history come alive. Next you'll want to head to the Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Road, 207-990-3600, where you'll find snow plows, wagons, cars, trucks, sleds, fire engines, and rail equipment that earned its living during the 19th and 20th centuries by hauling, clearing, and putting out fires for Maine folks. If you love art, you'll want to head to the University of Maine Museum of Art, Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St, 207-561-3350, while you are in the area. It can boast a permanent collection of 4,500 works of art including those by Picasso, Warhol, Goya, Wood, and Andrew Wyeth. Are children part of your traveling party? Then you'll want to spend some time exploring the 3 floors of the Maine Discovery Museum, 74 Main St, 207-262-7200. Here you'll find wonderful interactive exhibits about nature, geography, children's literature, music, art, science, and anatomy. |