Events Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 3 Boothbay Region Historical Societyand Bristol Marine’s Shipyard – a special event a tour and reception prior to the launch of the refurbished Eleanor a reproduction of a ship that played a vital role during the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

March 20 Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine’s Fight for Woman Suffrage WATCH on YOUTUBE
May 21 Annual Meeting and Put in Their Place: Criminalizing the Other in Lincoln County WATCH on YOUTUBE
June 27 A Look Back: 150 Years in Boothbay Harbor WATCH on YOUTUBE
July 11 The Rice Brothers of East Boothbay WATCH on YOUTUBE
August 8 Queen Marie Antoinette & Boothbay Area Links to France and Other Places READ the REPORT
August 18 Mapping Maine: A Boothbay Region Historical Society Fundraiser (in-person only)
October 11-12 Annual Cheese and Bake Sale
December 7 Annual Holiday Open House

May 18 Annual Meeting of the Boothbay Region Historical Society and The Bowdoin
June 22 The History of Harbor Theater
July 13 Memories of the Boothbay Region
August 20 Fundraiser featuring Bob Krist’s documentary films about life along the Maine coast
September 21 Exciting Changes at Maine State Aquarium, Learning Lab, and Burnt Island

May 17 Annual Meeting of the Boothbay Region Historical Society and First Maypole Dance in America: Damariscove in the 1600s
June 2 Boatbuilding in Maine and Boothbay from 1980 to the Present
July 21 Sprucewold: The Early Years
August 25 Early Shipyards of Boothbay
September 29 Past Images of Ocean Point, Maine

May Shared Ground: An Exploration of 17th century Indigenous and Euromerican Cultures through Gardening
June The Thistle Inn: From Captain’s Home to Local Tavern
July Holiday Bake Sale Fundraiser
July Preserving Land in the Boothbay Region: The Story Behind Thirty-five Miles of Nature Trails
August Roadside Maine, The Development of Route One, 1900 – 1950
September Boothbay Harbor’s Wharfscape: Structures, Territory, and Life at Water’s Edge
October Cheese and Bake Sale

May 21 Annual Meeting of the Boothbay Region Historical Society and Life at the East Boothbay Store: Then and Now
May 23 The Camera Discovers Monhegan: Island Photographs from 1859 to 1900
August 1 Midcoast Maine in World War II
September 5 The Life of Capt. Anders Anderson
October 3 History of Quilting Trunk Show
October 12 Cheese, Bake, and Tea Sales
November 16 Boothbay Fisheries Project
December 7 Holiday Lights Open House

May 10 Speaker Series: The Tenders of Southport Bridge
May 15 Annual Meeting of the Boothbay Region Historical Society
July 18-21 and 25-28 Silent Auction
July 26 Speaker Series: The Evolution of Washburn & Doughty Associates
July 28 Annual Bake Sale
August 16 Cake and Culture Tour: A History of the Boothbay Region in Ten Objects
August 23 Speaker Series: 1950s Minstrel Shows Rise Once More!
September 6 Speaker Series: History of Quilting Trunk Show
September 27 Cake and Culture Tour: A History of Boothbay Region in Ten Objects
October 17-20 Cheese Sale
November 10 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day Commemorated
November 14 Looking at History through Our Collections Adult Ed Class
November 28 Growing Up in Maine in the 1800s Adult Ed Class
December 1 Annual Harbor Lights Open House