Belfast Historical Society & Museum Belfast, Maine

Street Address

10 Market Street
Belfast, ME 04915

Phone: 207-338-9229
Email:
Web: www.belfastmuseum.org

Museum Hours

Summer Hours until Labor Day

Tuesday - Saturday		11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Until Columbus Day

Friday, Saturday		11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Admissions

Free

Description

The Belfast Museum is housed in an 1835 brick Federal style house in the heart of downtown Belfast, Maine. Featured exhibits include: maritime history, early Belfast history, maps, notable men and women, and photographs and artifacts pertaining to our distinctive history.

In the newly renovated barn next to the Museum, we house the old two-man city jail, an antique horse-drawn hearse and signs from old Belfast businesses.

Did you know that the Yankee Screwdriver, still found in toolboxes today, was invented in Belfast? Or, that the baseball expression "at bat, on deck and in the hole (or hold)", used to describe the batters line-up, was first coined by a Belfast scorekeeper in 1872? The Museum has the scorebook used in that game!

History

The Belfast Historical Society was formed in 1955. The Museum opened in 1975.

Artifacts Collections

The Museum houses artifacts from Native American spear points to a piece of the balloon used in the Explorer II stratospheric ascent in November 1935. We have an extensive collection of late 19th century women's clothing.

Publications

Newsletter to our membership

Museum Type

History
Historical Society

Governance

Board of Directors, with four Executive Board Members


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