• Hands-On History at Wilson Museum

    Hands-On History at Wilson Museum

    At the Wilson Museum, 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. SEE, SMELL, TOUCH, & HEAR HISTORY IN ACTION Immerse yourself in history, culture, and place during our Hands-On History Days. This is a must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year. Each Hands-On History Day you can experience engaging activities and demonstrations! Special demonstrations ... Read more

  • Hands-On History at Wilson Museum

    Hands-On History at Wilson Museum

    At the Wilson Museum, 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. SEE, SMELL, TOUCH, & HEAR HISTORY IN ACTION Immerse yourself in history, culture, and place during our Hands-On History Days. This is a must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year. Each Hands-On History Day you can experience engaging activities and demonstrations! Special demonstrations ... Read more

  • Hand-building Workshop with Ellen Sedgwick

    Stay tuned for details about a hand-building workshop with potter Ellen Sedgwick! Registration required. Visit this page for more information and to register. 112 Perkins Street Castine, Maine

  • Does Anything from the Year 1776 Matter Today?

    Location: Mitchell Room, Castine Historical Society, 17 School Street, Castine Reservations required for in-person attendance. Click here to RSVP or for the link to watch online. The Declaration of Independence is a fixture of American culture and the reason that many of us try to spend time with family, picnic, and watch fireworks on the ... Read more

  • Wilson Museum Book Discussion – The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

    Location: Hutchins Education Center 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine Register for this book discussion here. This month's book: NATIONAL BESTSELLER. 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winner. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt ... Read more

  • Explore the Castine Town Cemetery

    Rain Date: Saturday, October 25 Location: Begins at Castine Town Cemetery on Court Street Reservations: Required to attend. Click here to RSVP. Join Georgia Zildjian, Educator at the Wilson Museum, and Lisa Simpson Lutts, the former Executive Director of the Castine Historical Society, for an hour-long walking tour of the Castine Cemetery. Participants will learn ... Read more

  • Explore the Castine Town Cemetery

    Rain Date: Saturday, October 26 Location: Begins at Castine Town Cemetery on Court Street Reservations: Required to attend. Click here to RSVP. Join Georgia Zildjian, Educator at the Wilson Museum, and Lisa Simpson Lutts, the former Executive Director of the Castine Historical Society, for an hour-long walking tour of the Castine Cemetery. Participants will learn ... Read more

  • We’re Morocco Bound! at Wilson Museum

    112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. It’s been said that the most efficient search of an unmapped territory takes the form of a random walk. So, let’s accompany retired legal anthropologist Larry Rosen on such a walk through an Arab town, seeing elements of everyday life and features that paint the background to an understanding ... Read more

  • Wilson Museum Book Discussion – Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

    Location: Hutchins Education Center 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine Register for this book discussion here. This month's book: Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything. When Dr. Castine takes a job as the president ... Read more