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Maine Public and Seashore Trolley Museum are excited to welcome Daniel Tiger, from the PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, back for a visit at Seashore on Saturday/Sunday July 26 and 27! Tickets are still available on both days for the 12:30PM and later admission times.

Hop on a trolley shuttle to Highwood Carhouse to meet Daniel and Seashore’s very own Biddeford & Saco trolley No. 31 to visit and take photos with Daniel and this special trolley car. Enjoy other activities around the Museum campus, including Maine Public Television’s fun activity tent and decorate your own Daniel Tiger sugar cookies! Guests can also visit our regular Museum exhibits and displays, as well as ride trolleys on our private 3.5-mile round trip heritage railroad!

Tickets are $15 per person; children two (2) and under are FREE. Seashore Trolley Museum members are also free! A Seashore Trolley Museum Family Membership for up to five family members is just $60/year. Join today at www.trolleymuseum.org and email finance@trolleymuseum.org for your discount code.

This event will be held rain or shine. Tickets may be transferred to another guest or family, but no refunds will be issued. No transfers, time changes, or any other ticket changes will be possible after 5PM on Friday, July, 25th.

On July 26th and 27th, the Museum will be open from 9:30AM-4:30PM. The time on your ticket is the time your trolley shuttle to meet Daniel Tiger will depart. Guests are encouraged to take advantage of all of the other activities, exhibits and displays at the Museum during your visit! We will announce on-site food options closer to the date or pack a picnic lunch to enjoy at one of several locations around our beautiful campus.

We ask that guests arrive at the Museum at least 15 minutes prior to your departure time to ensure ample time for parking and checking in at our Registration Tent, which will be located between our Visitors Center and Tower C, visible from our parking lot. Stroller parking will be available near Tower C.

If you have any questions, please contact our Operations Manager at (207) 967-2800 x110 or email events@trolleymuseum.org

Thank you for your interest in our event and thank you for supporting Seashore Trolley Museum and Maine Public!

The Canton Historical Society (CHS) is hosting a celebration of its 50th anniversary. Spend the day with members and friends of the CHS, see some special new exhibits, hear a talk on an historical Canton native, and stay for the party!

The events will take place on Saturday, July 26th at the Canton Historical Society’s building at 25 Turner Street in Canton, Maine.

The museum will open 10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. for visitors to explore the collections, including new exhibits featuring maps of Canton through history and the paintings of Mary Neal Richardson—a portrait artist from Canton in the 19th and 20th centuries. There will also be a quilt show featuring historical quilts from the collections of both the Canton and Jay Historical Societies.

At 2 p.m., Mr. Fred Thompson will give a talk on the aforementioned Mary Neal Richardson about whom he’s written a book. During her life, Mary painted portraits of several of his family members.

Then, at 4 p.m., the party will start outdoors on the lawn. Drinks will be available at a cash bar offered by Boondocks Farm’s Backwoods Affair and food will be available for purchase at Alabama’s BBQ’s Phat Vinnie’s Food Truck. Both vendors accept cash or credit. Those wishing to have alcoholic beverages will be asked to provide identification—and please, no outside beverages.

Because our society was founded in 1975, we urge everyone to wear their 1970s garb! Think tie-dye, denim, disco, bell bottoms, miniskirts, maxi dresses, hippy-style, and “flower power.”

Each attendee will receive a 50th Anniversary souvenir gift (while supplies last), PLUS a slice of cake following the cake cutting! Also, the Country Store will be open!

Admission is FREE. All ages are welcome, and the events are open to the public. The venue is handicap accessible. Parking is curbside or at the Public Boat Launch around the corner. If it rains the party will be moved inside.

The Canton Historical Society is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization devoted to the preservation and celebration of Canton’s heritage and history.

If you would like more information about this event, please email cantonmehistorical@gmail.com, or go to www.cantonmehistory.org or the “Canton Maine Historical Society” Facebook page.

Most people know that museums collect objects, put on exhibits and present programs, but just how do the staff go about doing those things? Saco Museum will feature some of its oldest collections dating from the late19th century, as well as recent acquisitions, to illustrate how the secrets are unveiled. Staff will be available most weekdays to answer questions. Exhibit hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 4-8 p.m. (free admission); Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This FREE program includes a slide presentation highlighting the significant contributions of the 19th century New England artist and Canton native Mary Neal Richardson (1859-1937). The talk will be given by author Fred Thompson who has written a book on Miss Richardson. He will have with him some of her paintings that will be displayed along with ones from the Canton Historical Society's collection. During her career, Miss Richardson painted portraits of many prominent politicians, judges, professors, and families. Her works have been displayed alongside the likes of John Singer Sargent and Chide Hassam.

Author Frederic L. Thompson is a retired broadcasting executive who spent his entire career in the field of communications and marketing. However, his hobby was writing and publishing local history books with over 20,000 of his books sold. Fred spent more than four years researching the Mary Neal Richardson book that took him on a journey through archives, museums, and hidden corners of some of Boston’s major institutions.

One of Yankee Magazine's top five cemetery tours in New England! Walk Portland's Old Burying Ground with a trained guide. Hallowed? Not officially. Historic? Absolutely. Haunted? You decide. Visit the cemetery's unique field of underground tombs, the oldest gravemarker from 1717, the final resting place of the famed Captains of the 1813 battle between the Boxer and the Enterprise, and the interesting carvings of Portland's first stone-cutter, Bartlett Adams. Tours include early gravestone art, important local historic figures, Portland's historic events, and the landscape of this National Historic Landmark, including segregated sections for Black people, Catholics, Quakers, and strangers. Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the ground is uneven once we leave the main pathway. Tours are held unless the weather is stormy.

Blue Hill’s fourth annual “History Hunt” will take place this year from July 1-29, co-sponsored and hosted by the Jonathan Fisher House, Blue Hill Historical Society, First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, Blue Hill Public Library, and the Blue Hill Town Hall. Throughout the month of July, visit any of the participating locations to pick up a checklist of fun historical items to locate and activities to do. Turn in your completed checklist by July 29 to be entered into a drawing for a prize! Prizes for both kids and adults will be available and winners will be contacted after the drawing at the end of July.

From scouring stained glass windows to sleuthing for old books, each location will offer a way to learn about and connect with Blue Hill’s history. July hours for the locations are as follows:
Fisher House, Wed-Sat, 1-4 PM (beginning July 5)
Holt House (Blue Hill Historical Society), Thurs-Sun, 12-4 PM
Congregational Church, Wed & Sat, 1-3 PM (except 7/16 & 7/19)
Blue Hill Public Library, MTWF 9 AM-6 PM, Th 9 AM-8 PM, Sat 9 AM-5 PM
Blue Hill Town Hall, Mon. 8 AM-5:30 PM; Tues-Fri, 8 AM-3 PM

Post photos from your Hunt on social media using #HistoryHunt or send them to contact@jonathanfisherhouse.org.

The 2025 Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival runs July 23-28, in a series of indoor and outdoor programs held in and around Greenville, Maine. The Fest celebrates Maine's North Woods unique cultural and natural heritage, commemorating naturalist writer Henry David Thoreau's three trips into the wilds, two of which were launched with Penobscot guides from Moosehead Lake, made famous in his book "The Maine Woods". Showcasing this year's Fest: a gathering of some 32-Birch Bark Canoes Exhibit & Flotilla, Penobscot Drumming/Singing group, Thoreau-inspired ecological Nature Walks, Penobscot Ways in Woods & Water cultural trip. Presentations include Dark Sky/Aurora Borealis photography tips; Thoreau Historian "The Tonic of Wildness"; Maine's Moose Population; The Art of River Traveling; "Moosehead's Native Influences"; and "Wabanaki, Thoreau & The Power of Place". For details, see: thoreauwabanaki.org. NOTE ~ times, locations depend on day.

Maine Public and Seashore Trolley Museum are excited to welcome Daniel Tiger, from the PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, back for a visit at Seashore on Saturday/Sunday July 26 and 27! Tickets are still available on both days for the 12:30PM and later admission times.

Hop on a trolley shuttle to Highwood Carhouse to meet Daniel and Seashore’s very own Biddeford & Saco trolley No. 31 to visit and take photos with Daniel and this special trolley car. Enjoy other activities around the Museum campus, including Maine Public Television’s fun activity tent and decorate your own Daniel Tiger sugar cookies! Guests can also visit our regular Museum exhibits and displays, as well as ride trolleys on our private 3.5-mile round trip heritage railroad!

Tickets are $15 per person; children two (2) and under are FREE. Seashore Trolley Museum members are also free! A Seashore Trolley Museum Family Membership for up to five family members is just $60/year. Join today at www.trolleymuseum.org and email finance@trolleymuseum.org for your discount code.

This event will be held rain or shine. Tickets may be transferred to another guest or family, but no refunds will be issued. No transfers, time changes, or any other ticket changes will be possible after 5PM on Friday, July, 25th.

On July 26th and 27th, the Museum will be open from 9:30AM-4:30PM. The time on your ticket is the time your trolley shuttle to meet Daniel Tiger will depart. Guests are encouraged to take advantage of all of the other activities, exhibits and displays at the Museum during your visit! We will announce on-site food options closer to the date or pack a picnic lunch to enjoy at one of several locations around our beautiful campus.

We ask that guests arrive at the Museum at least 15 minutes prior to your departure time to ensure ample time for parking and checking in at our Registration Tent, which will be located between our Visitors Center and Tower C, visible from our parking lot. Stroller parking will be available near Tower C.

If you have any questions, please contact our Operations Manager at (207) 967-2800 x110 or email events@trolleymuseum.org

Thank you for your interest in our event and thank you for supporting Seashore Trolley Museum and Maine Public!

Most people know that museums collect objects, put on exhibits and present programs, but just how do the staff go about doing those things? Saco Museum will feature some of its oldest collections dating from the late19th century, as well as recent acquisitions, to illustrate how the secrets are unveiled. Staff will be available most weekdays to answer questions. Exhibit hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 4-8 p.m. (free admission); Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One of Yankee Magazine's top five cemetery tours in New England! Walk Portland's Old Burying Ground with a trained guide. Hallowed? Not officially. Historic? Absolutely. Haunted? You decide. Visit the cemetery's unique field of underground tombs, the oldest gravemarker from 1717, the final resting place of the famed Captains of the 1813 battle between the Boxer and the Enterprise, and the interesting carvings of Portland's first stone-cutter, Bartlett Adams. Tours include early gravestone art, important local historic figures, Portland's historic events, and the landscape of this National Historic Landmark, including segregated sections for Black people, Catholics, Quakers, and strangers. Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the ground is uneven once we leave the main pathway. Tours are held unless the weather is stormy.