As part of Great Maine Outdoor Weekend, you’re invited to discover the Royal River and enter to win a 2018 Maine State Park pass. Beginning on Saturday, September 30 and continuing through the month of October, explore five beautiful locations along the river in Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, New Gloucester, and Durham. Enjoy the hikes, learn about local history, and have fun … [Read more...]

Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm ~ Yarmouth Historical Society and Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening of Voyagers Without Trace on Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm. This documentary follows filmmaker Ian McCluskey as he retraces the 1938 journey of three French adventurers who sought to become the first people to kayak down the Green … [Read more...]

Tuesday, August 29 at 7:00 pm ~ Join us on Tuesday, August 29 at 7:00 pm to learn about local connections to traditional navigation and canoe culture. The program is free and open to the public. In 1889 the Tewksbury L. Swett of Yarmouth was shipwrecked in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. The crew was taken in and ultimately released by a chief to sail home and share … [Read more...]

Join us on Thursday, August 17 at 7:00 pm, to hear from Maine author Colin Sargent, who will speak about and read from his new book, The Boston Castrato. The novel centers on Raffi Peach, Italy’s last castrato, who is exiled to the US in the 1920s, where he makes his way to Boston. It has been praised by reviewers for its beautiful prose, rich characters, and vivid historical … [Read more...]

Tuesday, September 19 at 7:00 pm ~ Historian Joe Hall will visit the Yarmouth History Center on Tuesday, September 19 at 7:00 pm to speak about local Wabanaki history as part of our ongoing Lecture Series. Hall teaches colonial, environmental, and American Indian history at Bates College. His current research examines how Wabanakis and non-Indians shaped the Maine landscape and … [Read more...]