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MUSEUMS & CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS
THE WIDE VARIETY OF MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTY primarily focuses 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,” vintage fashion in Island Falls, 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 CENTRAL AROOSTOOK
Boy with the Leaky Boot
Pierce Park, Houlton,
One of only 27 such statues
in the world. Ashland Logging
Museum, Ashland,
Local artifacts and
blacksmith’s shop.
Hancock Barracks,
Houlton
Housed troops during the
Bloodless Aroostook War. Caribou Performing Arts
Center, Caribou, Presenting
local and national artists.
Houlton Amphitheater,
Monument Park, Houlton,
Civil War monument,
summer concerts and festivals.
Webb Museum of Vintage
Fashion, Island Falls,
150 years of fashion history.
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.
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. *
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, Ampitheater
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.
ST. JOHN VALLEY
Acadian Archives UMFK,
Fort Kent, Acadian history,
culture, and folklife.
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.
Reed Art Gallery UMPI,
Presque isle, Showcasing a
variety of art by national and
regional artists. Acadian Village,
Van Buren, Seventeen
original and replica buildings.
Vera T. Estey House,
Presque Isle, Upper middle
class Victorian era home. * Historical Societies are
listed on the following page.
Tri-Cultural Museum,
Stockholm, Dedicated to
the area’s unique heritage
of Swedish, French and
English cultures. For more information on
museums and cultural
attractions in the region
visit our website or call
Judy at 800-216-2463.
Benjamin C. Wilder 1852
Homestead & Agricultural
Museum, Washburn,
Mid 19th-century farmhouse.
*
Open by appointment only.
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