Watch the video here! October speaker was Rebecca White, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maine, Augusta, who shared with us her research into the history of women’s clubs, such as Yarmouth’s Village Improvement Society, and their lasting impact on local communities. Rebecca White received her PhD from the University of Maine History Department in 2015 … [Read more...]

Thanks to Yarmouth Municipal TV, a recoding of this program is now available online! Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00 pm ~ Join us in person at Yarmouth History Center for our Annual Meeting and Lecture on October 11 at 7:00 pm. We will begin the evening with a brief business meeting for members to elect new board members and vote on a proposed change to our by-laws (please see … [Read more...]

Friday, September 23, 2022 at 7:00 pm ~ In collaboration with The KISMET Foundation, we are pleased to host Susan Bickford, a Yarmouth daughter and founder of the (stillness) project, a place-based, collaborative, interdisciplinary, improvisational annual retreat, as she shares several short videos created as part of the group's residency at the KISMET Foundation in June … [Read more...]

Now available to view online! Yarmouth History Center welcomed Candace Kanes, historian and former newspaper reporter and editor, to the Fall Lecture Series via Zoom on Tuesday, September 20 at 7:00pm. For this talk, Kanes shared her knowledge about the rich and evolving history of Maine’s newspapers. We offered this program as a complement to our new, and growing, online … [Read more...]

Join us for a lecture this fall! All lectures are free and open to the public. The lecture series is generously sponsored by the Leon and Lisa Gorman Fund.  September 20, 7:00, Zoom Speaker: Candace Kanes, historian and journalist Subject: History of Newspapers in Maine Historian and former newspaper reporter and editor Candace Kanes will share her knowledge … [Read more...]