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Maine State Museum The Museum is now open! Offering free admission through the end of 2026! **The museum is temporarily closed.

The Maine State Museum seeks to share what is meaningful about Maine and its place in the world. Unfortunately, the major renovation project at the Maine State Museum will likely mean that the museum will not reopen until 2026.**

As the dates for the museum’s reopening become more definite, more information will be available on the museum’s website. The Maine State Museum is the state’s foremost general museum, collecting and exhibiting the finest of Maine’s natural and cultural heritage. The museum’s collection includes almost one million objects and specimens, representing the breadth of Maine’s rich legacy. In representing the state’s best efforts to preserve its dynamic history, the Maine State Museum helps Maine people understand the present and imagine and prepare for the future. Find our Social Media Guidelines at: https://mainestatemuseum.org/about-us/social-media-guidelines/

Psst...It's official! The Maine State Museum is now open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and admission ...
10/28/2026

Psst...It's official! The Maine State Museum is now open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and admission is FREE through the end of the year. Visit our website MaineStateMuseum.org for more information. See you at the Maine State Museum soon!

See you all Saturday!
10/21/2026

See you all Saturday!

The Maine State Museum will be reopening its doors at 10 a.m. for a full, FREE day of fun and fanfare on Saturday, October 24, to celebrate the first phase of the museum’s Grand Reopening. Enjoy live music, refreshments, activities, AND experience the spectacular exhibits that tell our state’s story.

Phase I exhibits include:

📬 ‘Beyond the Postcard: Stories of the Maine Experience’
🐳 ‘Vector: A Whale’s Life in the Gulf of Maine’
🪡 ‘Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community’
🐦 The Lunder Education Center
🏡 And the return of the beloved exhibit, ‘At Home in Maine.’

✨ MEET MAINE AT THE MAINE STATE MUSEUM! ✨

See more at https://mainestatemuseum.org/explore/exhibits-and-events/grand-reopening-celebration/

📷 Elise Klysa Photography

10/21/2026

Getting excited for the Museum reopening this Saturday? Some great photographers like Elise Klysa , Lee Arnott , Joe Phelen -phelan and Carol Lane captured the excitement in some of these sneak peek shots. Join us this Saturday for the reopening day at the Maine State Museum. Take some of your own photos and videos!

🐶 Many old favorites will be on display in 'At Home In Maine,' opening this Saturday, October 24, including the stuffed ...
10/19/2026

🐶 Many old favorites will be on display in 'At Home In Maine,' opening this Saturday, October 24, including the stuffed dog, Bouncer.

Bouncer was made as a Candlemas gift for Horace True Muzzy (1874-1934) by his mother Amanda Muzzy. (Candlemas falls on February 2 and is a traditional Christian feast day.) Bouncer, who originally had black spots and black shoe-button eyes, was beloved by the family and was passed down to Horace’s daughter, Carolyn Muzzy (1915-2001).

Image ID: “Bouncer” The Stuffed Dog, Made by Amand True Muzzy (1835-1916), Searsmont, ME, circa 1875, MSM 71.154.3

📞 Can you hear me now?! 📞For 32 years, this switchboard ran 24 hours a day in Elden and Barbara Hathaway’s living room i...
10/13/2026

📞 Can you hear me now?! 📞

For 32 years, this switchboard ran 24 hours a day in Elden and Barbara Hathaway’s living room in Bryant Pond. The Hathaways, their children, and a few employees worked as operators.

In the 1950s, Americans started using new dial telephones. Many Maine towns were slow to change, and Bryant Pond was the last. After an unsuccessful fight to keep the old phone system and a news story that swept the nation, this switchboard finally fell silent in 1983.

Image ID: Manual Switchboard, Bryant Pond, ME, 1930-1950, MSM 2003.34.1

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230 State St
Augusta, ME
04330

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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