• Artisan Market

    112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. The Wilson Museum has celebrated the creativity and skills of traditional craftspeople and artisans through our collections, exhibits, and programs for more than a century. From the fine craftsmanship reflected in the construction of the Perkins House, to the beautiful textile work of Castine’s spinners and weavers over many ... Read more

  • Community Picnic

    Part of Wilson Museum's Artisan Market. 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. There are many ways to experience history and build community. One delicious way is through food! Enjoy a picnic lunch or a bite from delicious food trucks and top it off with a sample of bread from our bake oven! The Wilson Museum’s ... 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Integrating Medicinal Mushrooms into Your Life at Wilson Museum

    Join mycologist and author Greg Marley for a medicinal mushroom talk focused on the common Northeastern wild and cultivated mushrooms providing health benefits in our lives and available in the woods or foraged in a good market. In an age of increasing stress and escalating health care costs, many people seek healthy self-care practices in ... 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

  • Spooky Songs with Singer-Songwriter Gordon Thomas Ward

    112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine. Get in the spooky spirit with singer-songwriter Gordon Thomas Ward, of Winter Harbor, Maine, as he pairs his love of history with his talent for storytelling. Grammy-balloted singer-songwriter Gordon Thomas Ward will take us on a spirited journey through history with his enchanting storytelling. Back for his sixth performance ... 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