Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 pm ~ Yarmouth History Center and Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening of The Penguin Counters on Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 pm. This 2016 documentary follows Ron Naveen and his team of field biologists as they make the journey to Antarctica to track and study penguin populations. The film has garnered praise for … [Read more...]
Erik Wochholz: Historic Garden Design
Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 pm ~ Yarmouth History Center welcomes Erik Wochholz to the Spring Lecture Series at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 20. Wochholz, Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will speak about “Historic Garden Design: Herbalism, foodways, and the evolution of ornamental flowers.” Historic garden design often … [Read more...]
Free film: Song of the Sea
Thursday, February 15 at 7:00 pm ~ Yarmouth Historical Society and Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening of Song of the Sea on Thursday, February 15 at 7:00 pm. This critically-acclaimed 2014 animated film is based on the Irish legend of the Selkies and tells the story of the last seal-child, Saoirse, and her brother Ben, who set out on an … [Read more...]
Free film: The Great Alone
Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 ~ Yarmouth Historical Society and Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening of The Great Alone on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 pm. This award-winning 2016 documentary was shot in the arctic wilderness of Alaska and captures the inspiring comeback story of champion sled dog racer Lance Mackey, who battled both cancer … [Read more...]
Spring 2018 Lecture Series
Coming to the History Center in Spring 2018: Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 pm ~ Erik Wochholz, Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum, Historic Garden Design Tuesday, April 24, 7:00 pm ~ Curt Martin, independent historian and lecturer, Whaling in the Age of Sail Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 pm ~ Margaret Creighton, Professor of History at Bates … [Read more...]