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Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Effigy Pot Workshop with Ellen Sedgwick
Hand-build your own effigy pot and have it fired in a traditional anagama kiln with local potter Ellen Sedgwick.
Integrating Medicinal Mushrooms into your Life
Looking for new ways to support your health? Join mycologist and author Greg Marley for a fascinating talk on medicinal mushrooms.
Book Discussion - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winner
Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
“A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness.” —People, A Best New Book
Cooking with Wild Mushrooms - Workshop
A hands-on workshop focused on preparing wild mushrooms with mycologist and author Greg Marley.
A Minecraft Movie: Community Movie Night
Community movie night featuring A Minecraft Movie, cosponsored by Maine Maritime Academy and the Wilson Museum.
Finding a Place: A Community Storytelling Event
Come hear true, personal stories from your fellow Castine community members about times they were trying to find a place.
WHERE Walk Castine
A journey across land and water in the place known for millennia by the Wabanaki people as the Dawnland, shining a light on the ways that Indigenous, Black, and settler-descendent populations are represented—or not—in Maine’s commemorative landscape.
Spooky Songs with Singer-Songwriter Gordon Thomas Ward
Get in the spooky spirit with singer-songwriter Gordon Thomas Ward as he pairs his love of history with his talent for storytelling.
We’re Morocco Bound!: A random walk through an Arab town with Larry Rosen
We’re Morocco bound with retired legal anthropologist Larry Rosen! Rosen will take us on a random walk through an Arab town where we’ll see elements of everyday life and features that paint the background to an understanding of Islam and Muslim cultures generally.
Interacting with Wabanaki-Maine History
An interactive experience engaging in the history of colonization of Wabanaki people by Europeans in this territory now called the state of Maine.
Book Discussion - Tangleroot by Kalela Williams
Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
The Land Between the Rivers Book Reading with Todd R. Nelson
Join us for a reading by Todd R. Nelson from his latest book, The Land Between the Rivers, co-sponsored by the Wilson Museum and the Castine Arts Association.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Artisan Market & Community Picnic
Artisan’s Market - Promoting and supporting today’s fine artisans and craftspeople on and around the Blue Hill Peninsula and beyond.
Community Picnic - A timeless, multi-sensory experience you can share with your friends and community members. Sample bread fresh from our bake oven while soaking in the beautiful view.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Find us at the Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival!
Make boats and rope with us at the Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival under the big tent!
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
A journey from curiosity to preservation, with wine!
A Fundraiser to Support Historic Preservation at the Wilson Museum
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Castine Town Band Performance
Bring a chair and enjoy the Castine Town Band’s free outdoor concert performed along the picturesque shores of Penobscot Bay. In case of rain, the performance will be held at Emerson Hall on Court Street.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Bastille Day French Vanilla Ice Cream Social
Come get a scoop of delicious French-vanilla ice cream topped with strawberries and blueberries.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
The French Connection: The Lost Fruit and Farmers of Acadie with Todd Little-Siebold
Before the town-wide celebration for Bastille Day, learn about Castine’s surprising French connection through the genetics of apples with historian Todd Little-Siebold.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Mi'kmaq Storytelling & Songs
Venture through the Mi'kmaq culture with stories and songs shared by John Dennis who will bring an understanding of how stories impact the Mi'kmaq culture.
Hands-On History
See, smell, touch, and hear history in action!
A must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Performance on handcrafted flutes by renowned Native musician Hawk Henries
Join renowned Native artist, composer, and flute musician Hawk Henries (Nipmuc) for a performance on his handcrafted flutes.
Hands-On History Open House
Adults and kids can get their hands on some fun at our Hands-On History Open House featuring remarkable guest demonstrators!
Stories on the Water: Notable Castine Inhabitants (2 pm)
Join the Wilson Museum and Maine Maritime Academy for a unique on-the-water learning opportunity to enrich your perspective of Castine’s waterscapes through fact-based stories of some of its notable inhabitants.
Stories on the Water: Notable Castine Inhabitants (10 am)
Join the Wilson Museum and Maine Maritime Academy for a unique on-the-water learning opportunity to enrich your perspective of Castine’s waterscapes through fact-based stories of some of its notable inhabitants.
Stories on the Water: Notable Castine Inhabitants
Due to the heat index for Tuesday & Wednesday, these trips have been moved to Thursday.