Welcome to Belfast, Maine USA

2012 Winter Hours

The Museum is currently closed for the season. Most mornings somebody is at the Museum and visitors are welcome to drop in or to make an appointment.

Admission

FREE – donations welcomed!
Group tours available.

Phone

207.338.9229

Address

10 Market Street
Downtown Belfast, Maine [map]

Window on History

Our monthly programs are taped and made available for you to watch here or all on Vimeo. You can also view them locally on BCTV-2. If you like our programs and would like to purchase one, please contact or visit us.

A Generous Donation

1864 flag quilt detail In late February the Museum received a call from a woman in Montana. She related how her mother, more than 30 years ago, had saved a quilt from a burn barrel and kept it safely stored. She offered to return it to Belfast and of course we gratefully accepted. On Friday March 11, 2011 — almost 150 years since it was stitched — the quilt returned to Belfast.

The names of the women who worked on the quilt are inscribed on it, along with patriotic messages, poetry, the names of battles and more. Read more.

2012 Program

BHSM is excited to announce that “Window on History,” the televised version of The Belfast Historical Society’s monthly free programs, was so well received during its first season that it’s been expanded from seven to ten months for Season II.

The 2012 program schedule is in place. New "Window on History," programs begin the end of January. Programs at the Belfast Library begin on April 23.
Download the 2012 schedule.

In April, the Belfast Free Library begins seven months of “Live at the Library” programs. As in the past, the programs are free to the public. If you can’t visit us locally on BCTV or at the Belfast Free Library, remember that you can always watch the programs online.

Season II of “Window on History” is made possible by the generous support of our Sponsors.

Walking Tours

The self-guided walking tours of the Downtown and Residential Historic Districts were published this summer and made available at the Museum and the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber tells us that the tours are “flying off the shelf!” More info.

Become a member!

Your support helps to make possible our various programs. Read more or download a 2012 membership form.