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Demonstrations -
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Home & Away - Monthly Homeschool Program Our homeschool sessions are scheduled for the second Friday of every month, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., through and including April. Sessions generally have two parts: one part for "in-the-classroom" Maine History (structured into groups for varying learning levels) hosted in the inspiring Hutchins Education Center and one part for a local field trip. The two sections will be separated by a break for lunch. Please be prepared with your own lunch and weather appropriate clothing. Sessions may vary and may not always follow this format. All ages are welcome. Please help us best serve you by letting us know EACH MONTH if you are planning to attend by calling 207-326-9247 or emailing info@wilsonmuseum.org. Information on this program is also available on our Home & Away event page on Facebook. Feel free to share the information on this program with other homeschool families. For more information on the education programs offered through the Wilson Museum, click HERE. While school is out for summer, keep the education flowing by attending our summer offerings. Check our Calendar of Events often as programs are added throughout the summer. From tours of the Perkins House and the Museum's main hall, as well as hands-on activities, the Wilson Museum has alot to offer!
Bead It - Just Bead It Native American-Style Bead Embroidery and Flatwork Beading Workshop
This beading workshop for ages 10 and up will be held February 5, 7, and 8 from 3 - 5 p.m. each day in the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center. The cost for the three-day workshop is $35 per person which includes a beading kit with everything you'll need. What a great pre-Valentine's Day mother-daughter experience this could be! Rob Kufrovich is an artist and has been serving as a Special Education Technician at the Adams School in Castine for the past six year. In the 1980s, Mr. K worked as an underground mining geologist where many of his co-workers were from the Laguna-Acoma, Zuni, and Navajo tribes. From these co-workers he developed his love of Native American-style beadwork. Space is limited to 10 participants.
A special meeting and a special venue, the February meeting of the Castine Men's Club will be sponsored by the Wilson Museum and hosted at the Hutchins Education Center on Wednesday, February 13th. The evening will feature a delightful menu prepared by the Adams School Calvineers, a student club. It's also a celebration of Valentine's Day so the ladies are invited.
The social hour will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served promptly at 6:30. There will be no bar but BYOB can be accommodated. The cost is $25 per person and the menu will feature: garden salad, a variety of sauces and hot pasta, garlic bread, dessert, iced tea or coffee. Reservations are required and must be made no later than noon on Sunday, February 10th by calling the Museum at 326-9247. Alternatively you can e-mail your reservations to info@wilsonmuseum.org. Please make your dinner reservation NOW since the Education Center only seats 40!
Life Was Better at the Lake - February Vacation Day-Camp This year's camp is inspired by the Museum's diorama and exhibit on the Swiss Lake Dwellers, a people who lived 7,000 years ago and were just beginning to add agriculture to their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Students will learn such things as what the Lake Dwellers ate, how food was preserved, and the importance of fire. Activities and hands-on projects will take place both inside and outside, so bring weather appropriate clothing. Snacks related to the lake dweller life-style will be provided by the Museum; please plan to bring your own lunch. As always, parents are invited to attend and participate. Cost per child to attend Life Was Better at the Lake is $15 for all four days or $5 per day for individual days. Space is limited. Be assured of a spot today, by downloading a registration form and returning it with the registration fee. Call 207-326-9247 or email info@wilsonmuseum.org for more information.
Beekeeping with the Castine Garden Club
Sandra Beske gained an interest in bees from her beekeeper father when she was a child. She has had her own hives for over 10 years and is a past president of the Tri-County Beekeepers Club headquartered in Orland, an organization with 65-70 current members. Additionally, Sandra teaches a course for new beekeepers. The program is free and open to the public. Please let Ruth Anne Vagt know you will attend this meeting: 326-9244 or ruvagt@davidson.edu.
Perkins Family Reunion
Fireside Cooking
Though it won't be early in the morning, the aroma of baking bread will be a major draw on July 10, July 24, and August 14 from 2 - 5 p.m. at the John & Phebe Perkins House as Fireside Cooking is demonstrated (part of a guided tour) on the hearth. Tour visitors may enjoy some tasty morsels from the day's fare as they learn about the Perkins family and how meals were prepared in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The John & Phebe Perkins House is located at 111 Perkins Street in Castine and is part of the Wilson Museum campus. Guided tours of the Perkins House begin on the hour and are $5 per person. Should you miss our special Fireside Cooking demonstrations you can still tour the Perkins House any Wednesday or Sunday from 2 - 5 p.m. throughout July and August or by appointment. Also, check out our Outdoor Cooking demonstrations on July 31, August 21, and September 11.
Outdoor Cooking
Also, check out our Fireside Cooking demonstrations as part of a Perkins House tour on July 10, July 24, and August 14.
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Woodturning
If you are a homeschool family looking to bolster your lessons and make new connections, the Wilson Museum's free monthly Home & Away program is for you. During our sessions, we draw upon the Museum's world-wide collection and local history as well as the strength and support of our community's educational resources, all the while enjoying the natural beauty of Castine.
Does the gray of winter weather have you feeling all strung out? Surround yourself with color during our multi-day Native American-style beading workshop with local artis Rob Kufrovich (aka Mr. K). Across three afternoons, guests will be able to make their own creation while learning bead embroidery and flatwork beading.
Men's Club Whale of a Valentine's Meeting
(Men's Club Members Only) 
Not only will the Adams School Calvineers prepare the meal, but they will also inform the group about Calvin, a North Atlantic right whale and speak about their upcoming trip to Barcelona, Spain, where they will be attending the international meeting of 2 groups: the 23rd Biennial Marine Mammal Conference and the European Cetacean Society. Teacher Bill McWeeny has been involved with Right Whale research for over 36 years and he and the Calvineers will share their enthusiasm and research on the right whale. 
Take the old Maine saying"life is better at the lake" and throw in some time-travel back to 5000 BCE to get a sense of the Wilson Museum's 2019 February Vacation Day-Camp for grade 1 - 8, running from Tuesday, February 19, through Friday, February 22 (8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.) at the Hutchins Education Center.
The Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center will be buzzing with activity on Tuesday, March 12 (4 p.m.), for Sandra Beske's talk on bees and beekeeping co-hosted by the Castine Garden Club and the Wilson Museum. Sandra will bring along equipment including an empty hive for interior viewing as she describes what keeps a hive healthy and what plants can be grown to make happy bees. Refreshments following the program will include a sampling of meads made from different nectar sources.
Calling all Perkins family descendants! Mark your calendar and make plans to return to your roots this summer at the family homestead on the shores of beautiful Castine Harbor. The Wilson Museum will host a Perkins Family Reunion on Saturday, June 29 from 1 - 4 p.m., at the historic John & Phebe Perkins House at 
"This is the way we bake the bread, so early in the morning." 
Nothing whets the appetite like an ocean breeze with the fragrance of wood smoke and baking bread wafting through the air. Visit the back yard of the John & Phebe Perkins House from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 31, August 21 and September 11 as Director Patty Hutchins cooks up some treats using the outdoor bake oven, the fire pit, or a combination of the two. There might be bread or pizza, bean-hole-beans or stew, we're leaving it up to the weather and the whim of the cook. Mix up a batch of your own favorite bread and bring it down to pop into the oven - it's a big oven with room for several loaves (or a pie might be nice). Outdoor cooking tips are free of charge with impartial taste-testers always available. 
