This is a wonderful gem in the Brunswick-Topsham region. The society owns the Joshua Chamberlain…read morehouse as well as the Skolfield Whittier house. The combined collection holds vast resources regarding Maine's Civil War hero as well as a comprehensive history of Brunswick and the surrounding area. Well worth a visit!!

This place was awesome. Would hit it again. End of day hardly anyone to fill up the tour so you…read moreget a nice personal tour. Our group only had 3 people in it. So much info on this Civil War general. Close to Boidin College to complete you Chamberlain experience. Inexpensive museum fee.

As a history lover, this was a dream come true! Troy Ancona took me on a tour, it is so worth it to…read morehave a docent. Learned so much as we walked through the house which is now a Museum. We also were allowed to record a podcast for my podcast in the Library of General Chamberlain's home, what a treat! This is a must if your into history!

Charming museum housed in a home built around 1810. The home was given to the Southport Historical…read moreSociety in 1988. It is open 11 am to 3 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in July and August until Labor Day. The home has been restored to its original character and contains household furnishings from the period. It also contains carpenters' tools, navigational instruments and charts and old photographs. It's delightful.

I've been meaning to stop by for a while now. Today was Customer Appreciation Day so I had no…read moreexcuse. I'm new to stained glass and have only completed three projects at this point. I absolutely love it though. This studio is beautiful. I came in through the downstairs so was able to see the work area - lots of people, creating lots of beautiful things. So many gorgeous, finished pieces hanging upstairs. Wow!! I picked up half a dozen pieces of glass - you know, the stuff I "needed" even though I hadn't realized it. Nice collection of everything stained glass. Even if I don't book seat time in the work area, I will most definitely be back for supplies.

The location was very cool and the people there were so helpful. We bought a beautiful piece and…read morethey packaged it for travel and held it until we came back through on our trip. Wonderful place and people.

The Tate House is a mid-eighteenth century home that was build for Captain George Tate who served…read moreas the Senior Mast Agent for the British Royal Navy. From what I remember, he helped oversee the shipments of pine trees from Maine to England. This impressive pre-Revolutionary home sits on a knoll overlooking the banks of the Fore River and boasts of a beautifully manicured yard (I would absolutely love to have a garden party here... something with fancy hats and bubbly, y'know?). I love everything about this museum, really I do...I think it has captured a frozen moment in Portland's timeline. I just think they need some new folks working here who are passionate about the right things. What I mean is, docents really can make or break an experience; when they're engaging and enthusiastic about the information they're sharing, it's infectious. When they're genuinely excited to breathe life into history, they make generations to come also excited. Unfortunately, from what I've experienced, the docents here (and the people inside the Gift Shop) are the complete opposite of that. Here's just one example (and there are many to choose from): I was once standing in the museum in a way in which a particular docent didn't like. So much so, she stopped the tour to make my friends and I reposition ourselves (multiple times) until she was happy, but then yelled at us because our arms were taking up too much space... not kidding. My suggestion is, if you can, come here during one of their events - there's a lot of different people working a lot of different areas, so one bad egg won't ruin your experience. For me, their Colonial Christmas event is absolutely spectacular (especially if there's a light dusting of snow on the ground). They really do capture the essence of the colonial times perfectly from the decorations to the period costumes to the music to the interactive games and to the delicious spread of treats in the Means House available afterwards!

I'm an old house enthusiast and this was a great house to tour…read more The guide was just ok, not great...but it's a great house to go see a typical colonial style home without trekking to Williamsburg. Put the kids in the car, take them here, and teach them about good old fashioned 'Murkan history.

This is about their Old Jail Museum on Federal Street. Unique site, particularly great for families…read morew kids 8-18 -- the dungeons are so cool! -- and every summer there's a different exhibit. We go every year!

I literally based my trip around this festival. I flew in from Austin Texas just to come to the…read moreYarmouth Clam Festival. I'm not even joking. I'm a native Mainer, and I've always loved the Clam festival. Where people put their camping chairs out along the side walk reserving their spot to watch the parade. I came on Thursday for the farmers market, and chairs were already set up for the parade on Friday. No one touches them or steals them, talk about a beautiful small community where everyone is family. I got off at exit 15 and followed the signs for the park n ride share parking lot. You can park for free and a school bus will shuttle you over to the festival. Busses run about 15/20 minutes. So you won't have to wait long. I got there early morning, 10am, they had 2 busses running the route. I walked around all the venders selling their arts and crafts and homemade desserts. It's in the grass, and in the shade. Today was just such a gorgeous Maine day. Nice breeze. Lots of shade, and the friendliest kindest people. In the other section if you go under the over pass, there's the whole tent where they do the clam shucking contest and all the seafood. That whole area is all tented so again, more shade available, lots of tables and chair to sit and eat your seafood. So much work and effort goes into planning this and the Yarmouth chamber of commerce has it down! As I walked along the seafood venders of fried clams, French fries, lobsters, fried dough, etc. I was trying to figure out what's the best way to go about this. It's 10am, I just ate breakfast, and am I really ready for seafood right now. So I walked away to give myself some time. And that's when I saw a police K9 demonstration. So I found a shaded area, and sat down on the ground and watched how they train a dog to attack the bad people. That was pretty cool to watch. It was a little hard to hear the police officers speak but you could catch a few key words and understand what they were saying. It was fun to watch another police office who was very well padded, get attacked by a dog. After the demonstration I wondered over to the rides area. Lots of rides I loved as a kid. The zipper, the Ferris wheel, and a few others. Lots of carnival type foods on that side. Cotton candy, candy apples, fried Oreo cookies, and fried dough too. The rides take tickets and it's cash only. And I believe rides cost a couple tickets each. By the time I walked around and saw everything I was ready for some Maine seafood. I decided on the shore dinner platter. A whole soft shell lobster. Steamers, small corn on the cob and potato salad. They give you a small container of hot water and butter. And a bundle of lobster bib, knife fork and wet nap. That was only $40.00 I thought that was a steal, and I was getting all the best of Maine seafood. Clams were outstanding. I haven't had steamed clams in forever. Lobster was sweet. Perfectly cooked. Corn was great. Potato salad was great too. I was so happy in my Maine heaven taking pictures like I was a tourist. I am, but not really. After eating I sat a little and then decided to head back up to the venders and look around some more. Then I caught the bus back to the park n ride share parking lot. Wonderful time. Perfect weather. Maybe I'll start coming every year for the Yarmouth clam festival. This year marks 57 years! Way to go Yarmouth.

2026 seemed a bit quiet this year. Maybe it was the weather being overcast, but the energy was…read morelower than in previous years. The prices of food and merchandise was crazy high, but you know that going in. I did not visit the rides. The crafts are always a treat for me.

Nancy 3 Hoffman is so passionate and gave us such a detailed tour of the museum. She was very…read morewelcoming! This museum is such a unique little place! We got fun prizes for answering trivia questions correctly. It is worth coming to Peaks Island just for this museum. Our favorite part was the tour Nancy gave us. What a fun and interestjng museum!!

Not even sure how to describe this place. To say that that the owner, Nancy 3 Hoffman, is…read moreeccentric would be a wild understatement. Just to be clear though, I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. Do not expect to casually enter this place and passively walk around. Nancy's dynamic personality and enthusiasm will immediately engage you with an interactive tour of her tiny museum including trivia, prizes, education and your participation in a musical finale featuring her on the accordion while singing. Her collection of umbrella COVERS seems mundane at first but she has created a great story to accompany them. It was without question the highlight of our day trip to Peaks Island. Please do NOT miss an opportunity to visit this place and meet Nancy.... you will not regret it. Admission is free but she accepts donations (give generously!).