We're celebrating our fifth anniversary on the banks of the Royal River! Join us at the History Center on Saturday, March 31, when we'll have something for everyone. Stop by between 10:30 and noon for cupcakes, museum scavenger hunts, and a Yarmouth trivia contest. Check out our history and art exhibits and explore Yarmouth's fascinating history. This event is free and open to … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]