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MUSEUMS & CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS
THE WIDE VARIETY OF MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTY primarily focus on the region’s
diverse cultural heritage and history of agriculture and trades, but there are a few surprises as well.
Find unique offerings like Fort Kent’s “first mile” and a monument in Presque Isle to the Double Eagle II, the
first helium balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean. In Houlton, stop at Pierce Park and say hello to the Boy with the
Leaky Boot statue. For natural history, try the Northern Maine Museum of Science at the University of Maine
Presque Isle to explore marine and forest specimens, and the Nylander Museum of Natural History in Caribou,
housing a wide array of geology, paleontology, flora, and fauna specimens.
SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK
Boy with the Leaky Boot
Pierce Park, Houlton,
One of only 27 such statues
in the world.
Hancock Barracks
Houlton, Housed troops during
the Bloodless Aroostook War.
Houlton Amphitheater
Monument Park, Houlton,
Civil War monument,
summer concerts and festivals.
Aroostook County
Historical & Art Museum
Houlton, Founded by
Ransford W. Shaw in 1938.
Southern Aroostook
Agriculture Museum
Littleton, Keeping Maine’s
agricultural heritage alive.
Watson Settlement
Bridge, Framingham Rd.,
Littleton, Maine’s
northernmost covered bridge.
Oakfield Railroad
Museum, Oakfield,
Historic passenger rail station.
Patten Lumberman’s
Museum, Patten,
Preserving Maine’s rich
logging history.
A.B. Leavitt House
Sherman Mills, 1890 Gothic
Revival mail-order architecture.
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK
Ashland Logging Museum
Ashland, Local artifacts,
blacksmith’s shop.
Caribou Historical Center
& Museum, Caribou, Hand
tools, farm equipment, and military
items from the 1800s and 1900s.
Caribou Performing Arts
Center, Caribou, Presenting
local and national artists.
McElwain House, Caribou,
1916 Colonial Revival
architecture.
Nylander Museum
Caribou, Local animal and
early human collections.
Rosie O’Grady Balloon of
Peace Monument, Caribou,
Site of first solo balloon flight
across the Atlantic in 1984.
Francis Malcolm Science
Institute, Easton, Planetarium,
science, and nature programs.
Community Bandstand
Fort Fairfield, Beautiful
gazebo-style bandstand.
Friends Church, Fort
Fairfield, Earliest church
still remaining. *
Maysville Museum
Presque Isle, Local history
and rural one-room schoolhouse.
April through October.
McIntosh Schoolhouse
Fort Fairfield, 1848 one-room
schoolhouse. *
Railroad Museum
Fort Fairfield, Locomotives
and automobile collection.
Blockhouse Museum
Fort Fairfield, Replica of
original 19th-century fort.
Covenant Church, New
Sweden, Built in 1891. *
Larsson-Noak Historic
District, New Sweden,
Collection of buildings
constructed by Swedish
immigrants. *
Thomas Park
New Sweden, Amphitheater
and Maypole.
Double Eagle II Park
Presque Isle, Commemorates
the first manned trans-Atlantic
flight in a helium balloon.
Northern Maine Museum
of Science, Presque Isle,
Science education and natural
history materials.
Presque Isle Air Museum
Presque Isle, Dedicated to
those who served at the air base.
Reed Art Gallery UMPI
Presque Isle, Showcasing a
variety of art by national and
regional artists.
The 1875 Vera Estey
House Museum
Presque Isle, Upper-middleclass
Victorian-era home.
Tri-Cultural Museum
Stockholm, Dedicated to
the area’s unique heritage
of Swedish, French, and
English cultures.
Benjamin C. Wilder 1852
Homestead & Agricultural
Museum, Washburn,
Mid 19th-century farmhouse.
ST. JOHN VALLEY
Acadian Archives UMFK
Fort Kent, Acadian history,
culture, and folk-life.
Blockhouse Museum
Fort Kent, Museum of
Bloodless Aroostook War.
Musée culturel du
Mont-Carmel, Lille,
Extensive collection of Acadian
and Quebecois artifacts.
Isaie and Scholastic
Martin Acadian
Homestead, Madawaska,
Oldest active Acadian home
in the area.
Historic Governor Brann
Schoolhouse, Van Buren,
Carefully restored little red
schoolhouse, managed by the
National Park Service.
Acadian Village
Van Buren, Seventeen
original and replica buildings.
Historical Societies are
listed on the following page.
Visit our website for more
information on museums
and cultural attractions in
the region.
Always be sure to check in advance
for current hours of operation to
avoid disappointment.
*
Open by appointment only.
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