Upcoming events

February 11, 2022 4-6pm

Bath Winterfest at Maine's First Ship

Baked Bean Supper and Midcoast Cocktail Contest
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Past Events

Launch Virginia

Join us to celebrate the launch of the pinnace Virginia at the Bath Freight Shed.
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Virginia's First Voyage

Virginia goes to Wiscasset
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Women's Shipbuilding Day

Join our shipwright Rob Stevens for a day of fun with tools and friends.
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Maine's First People
Women Who Paddled the Waterways

Bunny McBride, author
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Samoset the Wawenock: Indigenous-Settler Relations in the 17th Century

Jody Bachelder, author
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Picturing Maine's Indigenous Context
Colonialism and the Penobscot

Liam Riordan, Professor of History, U Maine
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Tribes and their Interactions with the Ship Builders

John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Confederacy
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Tall Ships America
50 Years of Education at Sea

Nick Hardisty, historian
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The Nature Conservancy
History, Justice, and Collaborative Conservation

Kate Dempsey
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Early English Voyages to the New World

Margaret J. Wilson, author of Norembega Navigators
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The Popham Colony
Where Fact Meets Fiction

Richard deVillers Seymour, author
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English and Wabanaki Watercraft
Tools of Trade, Diplomacy, and War

Neill DePaoli
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Full Moon Dinner

Chinese Hot Pots with fresh local produce
Chris Toy and Jeff Mao
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Fiber Day

Maine Craft Weekend
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Fiber Day Talk
Connecting with the Modern Maya

Lori Benson
Maine Craft Weekend
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The 500 million year geologic history of Casco Bay

David West, Department of Geology, Middlebury College
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The Diseased Ship: New England Sea Captains and the Slave Trade

Meadow Dibble, Maine Humanities Council Sponsored Speaker
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Founding Fish - 17th Century Cod Fishing

Mike Dekker, Author and Historian
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The Conservation of Fort St George Artifacts

Molly O'Ginness Carlson, Objects Conservator
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