Museums in Maine

363 museums across Maine, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Lincoln County Museum · museum · Lincoln · Must-see
• L C Bates Museum · museum · Somerset · Must-see
• Old Fort Western · museum · Kennebec · Must-see
• Abbe Museum · museum · Hancock · Must-see
• Bug Light · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Hudson Museum · museum · Penobscot · Must-see
• Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton · museum · Aroostook · Must-see
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Ogunquit Museum of American Art · museum · York · Must-see
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Colby College Museum of Art · museum · Kennebec · Must-see
• Seashore Trolley Museum · museum · York · Must-see
• Portland Museum of Art · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Maine Maritime Museum · museum · Sagadahoc · Must-see
• Umbrella Cover Museum · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Portland Fire Museum · museum · Cumberland · Must-see
• Curtis Island Lighthouse · museum · Knox · Must-see
• Maine State Museum · museum · Kennebec · Must-see
• Wilson Museum · museum · Hancock · Must-see
• Page Farm and Home Museum · museum · Penobscot · Must-see
• Bates College Museum of Art · museum · Androscoggin · Must-see
• Farnsworth Art Museum · museum · Knox · Must-see
• Penobscot Marine Museum Campus · museum · Waldo · Must-see
• Redington Museum · museum · Kennebec · Must-see
• Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel · museum · Aroostook
• Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Fifth Maine Regiment Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Pejepscot Historical Society · museum · Cumberland
• Pownalborough Courthouse · museum · Lincoln
• Hose 5 Fire Museum · museum · Penobscot
• First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House · museum · Kennebec
• Salome Sellers House Museum · museum · Hancock
• Brick Store Museum · museum · York
• Chapman-Hall House Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Victoria Mansion · museum · Cumberland
• Neal Dow House · museum · Cumberland
• Art Gallery · museum · Cumberland
• Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Maine Air Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Maine Discovery Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Museum L-A · museum · Androscoggin
• Maine Art Gallery · museum · Lincoln
• Northern Maine Museum of Science · museum · Aroostook
• Old Schoolhouse Museum · museum · York
• The Daigle Dube House · museum · Aroostook
• History House · museum · Somerset
• John Hancock Warehouse · museum · York
• Nickels-Sortwell House · museum · Lincoln
• Governor Brann School · museum · Aroostook
• Maine Maritime Museum Park · museum · Sagadahoc
• Sayward-Wheeler House Museum · museum · York
• Old Gaol Museum · museum · York
• Center School · museum · Lincoln
• Madrid Village Schoolhouse · museum · Franklin
• Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society · museum · Hancock
• Wadsworth-Longfellow House · museum · Cumberland
• L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Galleries · museum · Cumberland
• Center for Maine Contemporary Art · museum · Knox
• Museum of African Culture · museum · Cumberland
• Lady Pepperell House Museum · museum · York
• Daniel Marrett House Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Gates House Museum · museum · Washington
• Ruggles House Museum · museum · Washington
• Cole Land Transportation Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Bucksport Historical Society Museum · museum · Hancock
• Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine · museum · Cumberland
• Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum · museum · Penobscot
• The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center · museum · Androscoggin
• Musée historique du Madawaska · museum · Maine
• Chocolate Museum · museum · Maine
• Tourism New Brunswick · museum · Maine
• Greater Grand Isle Historical Society and Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum · museum · Washington
• McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum · museum · Washington
• Vanceboro Historical Society · museum · Washington
• Waponahki Museum · museum · Washington
• La Vieille Gare de Rivière-Bleue · museum · Maine
• Boothbay Region Historical Society · museum · Lincoln
• Fishermans Museum and Art Gallery · museum · Lincoln
• George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History · museum · Hancock
• Maine Lighthouse Museum · museum · Knox
• Patten Lumbermans Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Somesville Museum and Gardens · museum · Hancock
• Waldoborough Historical Society · museum · Lincoln
• Colonel Black Mansion Museum · museum · Hancock
• Friendship Museum · museum · Knox
• Isaac Farrar Mansion Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives · museum · Sagadahoc
• Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage · museum · Knox
• Nylander Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Museum · museum · York
• Phippsburg Historical Museum · museum · Sagadahoc
• Scarborough Museum · museum · Cumberland
• The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Boothbay Railway Village Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Burnham Tavern Museum · museum · Washington
• Cushing's Point Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Grand Banks Schooner Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Granite Gallery · museum · Knox
• Jonathan Fisher House · museum · Hancock
• Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum · museum · Lincoln
• Knox Museum · museum · Knox
• Maine Forest and Logging Museum · museum · Penobscot
• New Sweden Historical Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Penobscot Nation Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Poland Spring Museum · museum · Androscoggin
• Red Schoolhouse · museum · Franklin
• Sail Power & Steam Museum · museum · Knox
• Seal Cove Auto Museum · museum · Hancock
• Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Tante Blanche Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Tate House Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Thorndike Mill · museum · Waldo
• Wendell Gilley Museum · museum · Hancock
• Yarmouth Historical Society · museum · Cumberland
• Androscoggin County Historical Museum · museum · Androscoggin
• Athens Historical Society Museum · museum · Somerset
• Auburn Fire Department Museum · museum · Androscoggin
• Barracks Museum · museum · Washington
• Blacksmith Shop Museum · museum · Piscataquis
• CHTJ Southard House Museum · museum · Sagadahoc
• Clewley Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Conway House Museum · museum · Knox
• Deer Isle Granite Museum · museum · Hancock
• Fort McKinley Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Frontier Heritage History Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Godfrey House Museum · museum · Penobscot
• Kennebunk Marine Museum · museum · York
• Knox Mill Museum · museum · Knox
• Lord Mansion Museum · museum · York
• Maine Classic Car Museum · museum · York
• Maine Coast Sardine History Museum · museum · Washington
• Maine Jewish Museum · museum · Cumberland
• Mary Meeker Cramer Museum · museum · Knox
• Monmouth Museum · museum · Kennebec
• Moosehead Marine Museum · museum · Piscataquis
• Mustard Mill Museum · museum · Washington
• Ogunquit Heritage Museum · museum · York
• Old Town Loop · museum · Penobscot
• Stockholm Historical Society Museum · museum · Aroostook
• Telephone Museum · museum · Hancock
• York Institute Museum · museum · York
• Stanley Museum · museum · Franklin
• Abbe Museum · museum · Hancock
• Alan Claude Gallery · museum · Kennebec
• Alfred Shaker Museum · museum · York
• Alfred Village Museum · museum · York

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