Distilled in Maine: Book Talk and Tasting on October 9 The Yarmouth Historical Society welcomes author, teacher, and food blogger Kate McCarty to the History Center at 7:00 pm on October 9. McCarty's newly published book chronicles the tumultuous history of distilling in Maine, from the rum trade through temperance and prohibition and finally to today's resurgence in … [Read more...]

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:00 pm ~ Yarmouth Historical Society is pleased to host historian Joseph Conforti as part of its Fall Lecture Series. Conforti is the author of the newly-published book Lizzie Borden on Trial:  Murder, Ethnicity, and Gender, which explores not just the sensational murder trial and subsequent acquittal, but also investigates the intricacies of … [Read more...]

The Yarmouth Historical Society and the Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00 pm. Join us at the History Center for American Challenge: Alone Against the Atlantic, a riveting documentary that tracks seven solo sailors competing in the 1980 Observer Singlehanded TransAtlantic Race (OSTAR). One of these … [Read more...]

Thursday, July 16, 7:00 pm ~ We invite you to the Yarmouth History Center on Thursday July 16 at 7:00 pm for “Talk of the Townies,” a special program and talk about Yarmouth’s own Townies baseball team. Joining us will be Jim Baumer, author of When Towns Had Teams, the definitive book about town teams in Maine during the mid-twentieth century. We encourage the public to … [Read more...]

Tuesday, June 30, 5:30-7:00 pm Everyone loves a mystery – and we invite you to help solve some of them! Join us at the History Center as we help Maine Historical Society kick off a fun new program related to the forthcoming "Mystery Corner" of Maine Memory Network. We will sort through old photographs and historic objects in local collections that are missing identifying … [Read more...]