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Yarmouth Historical Society - Yarmouth, Maine

Yarmouth History Center

118 East Elm Street, Yarmouth, Maine · 207-846-6259

Yarmouth Stories: Forecaster Jack

March 8, 2018

Saturday, March 31 at 2:00 pm ~ Join Yarmouth Historical Society and “Forecaster Jack” Sillin for the next installment in the Yarmouth Stories series on Saturday, March 31 at 2:00 pm. Yarmouth’s own Forecaster Jack has been sharing “reliably hype-free” local weather information from his own blog for many years. He writes: “I came up with the idea for a blog soon after I … [Read more...]

Free film: Penguin Counters

February 16, 2018

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

February 7, 2018

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

January 24, 2018

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

December 26, 2017

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...]

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Spring 2026 Lecture Series

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