What's the buzz in the "new" MFS office? Maine's First Ship is bee-coming part of Main Street Bath's Bee Bath, Buy Bath program. That's right, we will bee joining in with all the apiculture puns we can. The program takes flight on February 1st and you can collect a sticker for your card from MFS on Saturday mornings through March when you make a purchase in our gift shop. You can also get a sticker for a Bath Farmers Market purchase--so one visit to the Bath Freight Shed and you could have your card half filled. We encourage you to get all the details at visitbath.com/bee-bath-buy-bath and shop locally.
Bath Farmers' Market #beebathbuybath #fortheloveofbath #shopsmallshoplocal #bathfreightshed
Less than a month until Bath Winterfest!! MFS is planning to take part again by serving some hearty baked beans. We have changed the time so you can refuel after a busy morning and not miss out on the lantern parade. Join us 1-3pm on Saturday, February 21. #BathWinterfest Main Street Bath #bakedbeans #bathfreightshed #communitywarmth
I’m down
Our “new” space: we are settling the MFS office into the Bath Freight Shed! Special thanks to JR Maxwell & Co. for their support which has included serving as our landlord for the past several years on Front Street. And, of course, our incredible volunteers made this move possible with many hands pitching in to empty, clean, patch, and paint this room as well as sort, move, store, and set up the office. Meanwhile, Virginia is nestled in at Strouts Point Wharf for winter work, the Bath Farmers’ Market is going strong, we’re preparing to take part in Bath Winterfest, plus there’s lots of planning underway for Virginia and the Freight Shed in 2026.
JR Maxwell & Co Strouts Point Wharf Bath Farmers' Market Main Street Bath #BathWinterfest #bathfreightshed #1607pinnacevirginia #pophamcolony #historyingenuitycommunity #thankyouvolunteers
Goodbye to 122 Front Street which has been the home of the MFS office for several years. HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who helped move us and the accumulation of many years worth of stuff out of the space. We now turn our attention to settling into our new digs--we'll share a photo eventually.
#thankyouvolunteers #1607pinnacevirginia #pophamcolony #historyingenuitycommunity
Some great work was accomplished there!
This photo is from a Saturday, December 20, gathering of The MFS Clothing Crewe stitching away at the Patten Free Library here in Bath. Reports are that "Everyone was jovial and enjoying camaraderie." How nice to see such smiles as these dedicated folks share their time & talents to produce period costume pieces for our educators and sailing crewe. Thank you! 🧶
#17thcenturycostume #handstitching #1607pinnacevirginia #historyingenuitycommunity #pophamcolony
What? Too cold for the Freight Shed? Bundle up!! lol
THANK YOU to those who joined us in anyway for 2025 and supported this unique endeavor. We welcome the new year with the First Place entry from our photo contest. Jim Howe's winning photo was published in the October edition of The Cryer and if you are just finding out about this now on social media, you should sign up for the MFS newsletter. Congratulations to Jim! We wish everyone all the best for 2026 and hope you will visit, volunteer, donate, and share the story of Maine's First Ship.
Apologies to Jim because we did crop his photo a bit here to make it work better in this environment. #1607pinnacevirginia #historyingenuitycommunity
How do we get to sail on it? Is it still not open to the public?
Fabulous and I am just totally captivated by this ship !