Join us on Monday, October 19 at 7:00 pm for our Annual Meeting. On the agenda is a short business meeting followed by a program about "Chadbourn and his Yarmouth Contemporaries," the current exhibit in the History Gallery. Program Manager and art historian Katie Worthing will speak about Yarmouth artist Alfred "Chip" Chadbourn and his artistic context, both here in Yarmouth … [Read more...]

Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 pm ~ The Yarmouth Historical Society and the Royal River Conservation Trust are pleased to present a free film screening of From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, an award-winning documentary about the disappearance of one of North America's most abundant birds. The films follows naturalist and author Joel Greenberg as … [Read more...]

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...]