Schedule of Events
The Saco Museum:
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| York County
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Thursday, April 7 — 5:00-8:00 pm
Grand Opening Reception
This event is free and open to the public. Please plan on attending, and bring your friends!
Thursday, April 28 — 7:00 pm
Slide Lecture: "Barns and the Changing Agricultural Landscape of Southern
Maine"
Speaker: Christi A. Mitchell from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Deering Room at the Dyer Library (across parking lot from Saco Museum)
$5/person -- includes admittance to lecture and 2 free passes to the Museum
Saturday, May 21 — Noon-5:00 pm
Downtown on the Farm
A family event celebrating barns and farming. Timber hewing and joining demonstrations, live animals, and children's activities.
$2/adult (includes outside activities and museum admission)
$1/children (includes outside activities and museum admission)
Wednesday, June 8 — Noon-4:00 pm
Closing Day for the Exhibit
Your final opportunity to see this exhibit before it closes in Saco!
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| Aroostook County
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Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel:
Wednesday, June 15 — Noon-4:00 pm
Exhibit Opening
Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.
Sunday, June 19 — 2:00-4:00 pm
Opening Reception
You're invited to join the celebration, and bring the whole family!
Friday, August 12 — Noon-4:00 pm
Closing Day for the Exhibit
Your final opportunity to see this exhibit before it closes in Lille.
Bethel Historical Society:
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| Oxford County
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March 17, March 31, April 14 and April 28 — 7:30 pm
Winter/Spring Course on Maine Agriculture
This four-session course will take place at the Robinson House. Coordinated by Society Director Stanley R. Howe, the series will provide a broad overview of farming in Maine from the early 17th century to the present.
$20 non-members, $15 members, with fee due at first class.
To register, call 207-824-2908 or 800-824-2910 or email us at info@bethelhistorical.org
Monday, April 18 — 6:00 pm
Antiquarian Supper
In the mid-1850s, members of the Bethel Farmer's Club (the first such organization in Maine) held "antiquarian suppers," during which they dressed in old-fashioned clothes, brought "relics" to exhibit, shared stories of the "olden time," and enjoyed a bountiful meal. Participants of the 2005 supper are encouraged to dress in clothes of an earlier period and to bring an artifact to show. The event will be held in the Mason House Exhibit Hall and a small fee will be charged to offset the cost of the meal. Reservations are encouraged. (For more information, call 207-824-2908)
Friday, August 19 — 1:00-4:00 pm
Exhibit Grand Opening: Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon
Located in the Dr. Moses Mason House Exhibit Hall. Please plan on attending,
and bring your friends!
Thursday, September 8 — 6:30 pm
Bethel Historical Society Annual Meeting and Lecture
Potluck supper followed by meeting and lecture at the Hastings Homestead (next door to the Society's Mason House).
Christi A. Mitchell, Architectural Historian at the Maine Historic
Preservation Commission, will present a program about the history of
Maine barns. The evening will conclude with a viewing of the exhibit
Barn Again! Celebrating An American Icon at the Mason House Exhibit
Hall.
Saturday, September 17
Barn Tour and Barn Dance
Held in connection with the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest Fest on the Bethel Hill Common. Self-guided tours will take place from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and will include approximately a dozen barns. Admission fee of $10 per person includes map with photos and brief histories of each barn. The barn dance ($5 per person) will take place at the Prodigal Inn & Gallery on Route 2 in Mayville, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Saturday, October 8 — 5:00 pm
Harvest Supper
Location: Alder River Grange, East Bethel (Intervale Road, near junction with Locke Mills/East Bethel Road)
Supper begins at 5:00 pm, with a performance at 7:00 pm by Maine humorist
Norbert Twitchell. $10 donation covers supper and entertainment.
Thursday, October 13 — 7:30 pm
Lecture: "A Day's Work" by author Bill Bunting
Location: Pleasant Valley Grange, West Bethel (located on Route 2, just east of the West Bethel Post Office)
Contact the Bethel Historical Society for more information.
Saturday, October 22 — 1:00-4:00 pm
Closing Day for the Exhibit
Last day to view the Smithsonian exhibit Barn Again! Celebrating an American
Icon. Project Scholar Donald Cyr will present a 2:00 pm lecture entitled
"Aroostook Barns" as a fitting close to this spectacular traveling exhibit.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held at the
Society's Robinson House.
