Yarmouth History Center is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Wellcome Prize for Student Historians. Please join us at the History Center at 7:00pm on Wednesday, November 18 as our winners present their prize-winning research projects in person. The talk is free and open to all. Papers Paper, 1st prize: The Yarmouth Townies: History and Economics of Yarmouth … [Read more...]

On Saturday, November 7, 2026 from 2:45–4:00 pm, the Local Buzz Reading Series welcomes poet Claire Millikin and fiction author Sarah Braunstein to the Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm Street, Yarmouth. The monthly Local Buzz events are co-hosted by poets Linda Aldrich and Marcia F. Brown and feature area writers of poetry and prose reading from their work. Claire … [Read more...]

 October 2026: What’s Happening with the Herbie Kiosk? In partnership with Yarmouth Community Services, the Program Committee of Yarmouth History Center is undertaking a project to ensure the long-term preservation and continued presentation of the “Herbie slice” currently displayed in front of Town Hall.  Herbie was Yarmouth’s champion elm, growing at the … [Read more...]

October 15-18 and 23-25, 2026 ~ 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 … [Read more...]

Ron Romano joined us at the History Center on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 for a talk about his newest book, Stories from Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short. Thanks to Yarmouth Municipal TV, you can watch the talk here and use the window below! Maine gravestones from the 1800s were decorated with snapped flower buds, broken tree branches, and cracked columns to reveal … [Read more...]