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Bar Harbor Historical Society
33 Ledgelawn Ave.
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone : 207-288-3807
The Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic places, is located at 33 Ledgelawn Avenue, Bar Harbor. The concept which eventually grew to be the Bar Harbor Historical Society originated in the summer of 1945. In that year, a committee was formed from the directors of the Jesup Library. They decided to exhibit old photographs and pamphlets showing the town's past in memory of George B. Dorr, the father of Acadia National Park, who died in 1944.