The Maine Highlands, Maine Museums
Bangor Museum and Center for History
Interested in local history?
Bangor Police Museum
Artifacts pertaining to law enforcement with an emphasis on the Bangor Police Department dating from 1700
Cole Land Transportation Museum
The museum contains over 200 vehicles illustrating the evolution of land transportation from wagons to 18
Maine Discovery Museum
The Maine Discovery Museum is an interactive learning place for children and their families, providing seven educational and fun exhibits on three floors of the historic Freese'
Enfield Shaker Museum dba Chosen Vale Inc.
A beautiful historic site with 8 buildings, 28
American Independence Museum
Located on a hill overlooking downtown Exeter, the American Independence Museum offers a fascinating glimpse of America'
Kinsley House Museum, Hampden Historical Society, Museum and Archives
1794 home of Martin Kinsley - Mass. Senator, Judge, and a Member Missouri Compromise Comm. Also Hannibal Hamlin Law office used from 1831-1860
Jabez Knowlton Old Country Store Museum
It is an original 1839
Page Farm and Home Museum
The Page Farm and Home Museum collects, documents, preserves, interprets and disseminates knowledge of Maine history relating to farms and farming communities between 1865 and 1940
The Patten Lumberman's Museum
Maine's lumbering history displayed in nine buildings by more than 3500 artifacts. Gum boxes, Steam and Gasoline Log Haulers, Bateaux, 1820
S/S Katahdin (1914) & Moosehead Marine Museum
Artifacts and photographs concerning the marine history of the region. July through October 11. Katahdin is a 110' foot boat built by Bath Iron Works in 1914. Restored in 1995