Wilson Museum

05/27/2026

Thanks for visiting WABI TV5 and helping us show off our new 250th exhibit!

The Wilson Museum in Castine has officially kicked off its 2026 summer season. To celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the museum is featuring a new exhibit of an American ship during the Revolutionary War.

05/25/2026

05/21/2026

Did you know that we open for the season next week? Wednesday, May 27 is our first day, and our museum campus is buzzing with activity!
1 - rehearsal for the Adams School play, with performances coming up on May 30 and 31
2 - cleaning everything, including the glass on all the exhibits
3 - prop making for the Adams School play
4 - stocking up on key supplies
5 - media interviews about our new Semiquincentennial exhibit (more soon on this!)
6 - flowers ready to go in their pots
7 - the beautiful results of a ton of work by Jess and Aaron to re-open the view from the museum and the Home & Away sculpture

05/20/2026

We are excited to share that restoration work has started on the Perkins House chimneys! Time caught up with the very old brick, so the great team from Sheridan Brick & Stone Work will be taking the main chimney down to the roof line and rebuilding it with reproduction bricks and historically-accurate lime mortar. The kitchen chimney will also get some minor repairs and repointing. This project is made possible by a 1772 Foundation grant via

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Lisa Ladd, director of Buck Memorial Library, and Wilson Museum trustee!

05/15/2026

Congratulations to our friends at the Maine Discovery Museum for this prestigious national award!

05/13/2026

What a great time we had exploring the characteristics of wood and trying our hands at different hand tools during our Exploration in Wood workshop with Aaron Margolis yesterday!

Join us for our next woodworking workshop with Aaron on Saturday afternoon!

05/13/2026

Congratulations to Darren Ranco, among whose many public engagement work has been serving as an advisor to Castine History Partners!

05/07/2026

This workshop based on curiosity & hands-on learning invites participants to construct, carve, nail, screw, paint and otherwise fashion animals (real or imagined) from wood, and other found materials, with artist & woodworker Aaron Margolis.

Tools will be supplied. No experience necessary.

Join us on May 16 from 1 to 5 pm by registering on the museum's calendar of events.

This program is part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, presented by Craft in America.

05/07/2026

We are excited to share that the John & Phebe Perkins House will be featured as part of this year's Castine Historical Society House & Garden Tour on July 24.

Visit https://www.castinehistoricalsociety.org/events/house-garden-tour-2026/ to learn more and purchase tickets!

05/06/2026

Based on curiosity & hands-on learning, this workshop with artist & woodworker Aaron Margolis will consider how to creatively utilize different pieces of wood while considering the unique, individual qualities of the tree from whence it came.

Participants will also explore a variety of woodworking hand tools and learn about how to achieve desired results with easily obtained tools.

Join us on May 12 from 6 to 7:30 by registering on the museum's calendar of events.

This program is part of : Celebrating American Craft 2026, presented by Craft in America.