Castine Historical Society

I'm so glad we made it out to Castine. It was such a lovely, peaceful and friendly place to visit. I really liked they had a map of the town readily available near the main lot. That made exploring so easy. Talking with the woman in the historical society was also enlightening. Everyone we ran into was super friendly.

Another jewel of Castine. Alice who was on duty when I was there have me a lovely warm welcome. Small museum but with lots to see. A temporary exhibition about local sculptor Clark Fitz-Gerald whilst I was there. The Penobscot Expedition display (the reason I went) was interesting - not facts and figures necessary but thought provoking.

An absolutely charming exhibit that traces almost 400 years of Castine history. We spent about 45 enjoyable minuets here!

For a small town, this is extremely well done. Having lived in a small town in Vermont, I have never seen one better for a town of this size.

I loved it! Very informational and I learned quit a bit about the area and it's history. This area is also the scene of the worst Naval defeat in U. S. history until The attack on Pearl Harbor in WWII. They have an approximately 10 minute video presentation about the battle. This is a must visit before exploring the town. 10 out of 10, highly recommend this as a stop if your visiting Maine.

Nice collection of artifacts but not matched by interpretation. Still worthwhile.

Super charming little one room history/art museum. They have a permanent exhibit on the Penobscot Expedtion and an amazing quilt documenting different episodes in the glorious history of Castine.

A well curated museum. The exhibit (2018) on socially active women of Maine is excellent. I do wish they had a little more on Castine's French history.

Top notch place with top notch people. Jules is personable, informative. And helpful. I did not get a chance to check out the attached little museum, but it looked very interesting and had a lot of casting history

Can't say I was expecting much when we wandered in, but they had a really wonderful art display when we went in, along with some really cool permanent exhibits. The docent was excellent and gave us a wonderful intro. My son and nephew (12-13) both really enjoyed it as well.