Yarmouth History Center is pleased to host a writing workshop with author Steve Langan, beginning in March 2024. Register to develop and explore your “illness and health timeline” in a guided five-week writing workshop that includes generative information and materials. Encouraging participants to write their personal history will be emphasized—and there’s also the … [Read more...]
Annual Meeting and Lecture
Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 pm ~ Join us at Yarmouth History Center for our Annual Meeting and Lecture on October 18 at 7:00 pm. We will begin the evening with a brief business meeting for members to elect new and renewing board members. Following the business meeting, Executive Director Katie Worthing will speak about our newest collections acquisition, a wonderful 1844 … [Read more...]
Stroll Haunted Yarmouth
October 20-22 and 27-29 ~ Yarmouth Historical Society is thrilled to support Royal River Community Players' production of the annual Stroll Haunted Yarmouth. This year's performance features all-new stories drawn from Yarmouth's past, focusing on the Baptist Cemetery and the Old Meetinghouse on Hillside Street. Please visit Royal River Community Players for full program … [Read more...]
Classic Film Series
We are excited to partner with Yarmouth’s Merrill Memorial Library to offer an exciting slate of classic film screenings throughout the winter and spring. We wrap up this series on Wednesday, April 10 with the 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon. Due to some changes in this series, this will be a digital screening, not 16mm as originally planned. These screenings begin at … [Read more...]
Book Talk: Jeri Theriault
Thanks to Yarmouth Municipal TV, this program is now available online! Yarmouth History Center welcomes Maine poet Jeri Theriault to the Fall Lecture Series at 7:00pm on Thursday, September 28. She will read from her new collection, Self-Portrait as Homestead (Deerbrook Editions), and discuss the process of mapping a personal history through poetry. The poems in this … [Read more...]