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Maine Historical Society Museum
489 Congress Street
Portland, ME, 04101
Phone : (207) 774-1822
Fax : (207) 775-4301
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	Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum collects, preserves, displays, interprets, and operates historic railroad equipment from Maineâ€™s two-foot-gauge railways for the education and enjoyment of the public. From the 1870s until the 1940s, some 200 miles of narrow gauge lines served the stateâ€™s smaller communities. Today, our Museum visitors relive railroading as it once was and come to understand the railroadsâ€™ importance to Maineâ€™s economic development.

	Maine State Museum Maine was one of the first states to initiate the concept of a state museum, but it took over 120 years to demonstrate that consistent support and proper facilities are vital for success. In 1836 the Maine State Legislature voted funds for a "cabinet or museum of mineral specimensâ€¦at the State House in Augusta." Boston geologist Dr. Charles T. Jackson, who conducted the first Geological Survey of Maine, selected specimens of his discoveries for display in 1837.

	Museum L-A Museum L-A is a private 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 1996, by local attorney Elliott Epstein at the close of the City of Lewistonâ€™s Bicentennial celebration, in order to fulfill the Bicentennialâ€™s goal of creating a permanent memorial to local history. Primarily run and driven by volunteers during the first decade, early work consisted largely of salvaging and preserving industrial artifacts from closing businesses.

	Ogunquit Museum of American Art The Ogunquit Museum of American Art engages and educates a diverse audience by collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting American art from the nineteenth century to the present. The Museum integrates its unique artistic heritage and setting to enhance visitor enjoyment and understanding of art. Upon entering the Museum, visitors look directly through the glass wall of its main gallery to the dramatic coast, the ocean, and the far horizon.

	Penobscot Marine Museum Maine's history of boat- and shipbuilding goes back more than 200 years. In vessels ranging from the bark canoe to the six-masted schooner, the Maine-built boat has been a touchstone of good workmanship and practical yet appealing design. Vessel types whose places or origin are inseparable from their names â€“ like the Jonesport lobster boat, the Lincolnville wherry, the Matinicus double-ender and the Friendship sloop â€“ attest to Maine's boatbuilding renown.