Upcoming events

April 18, 2026 6pm

Sail Boston 250
Fundraising Dinner

JR Maxwell & Co
Details

April 23, 2026 5:30-7pm

Movie Night
The Race to Alaska

Bath Freight Shed
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May 2-3 8am-3pm

Costal Navigation Class

Captain Emma Hathaway
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May 15-17 2026

Maine's First Ship
Nautical Yard Sale

Donate your nautical items for reuse by others
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June 3, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
The History of Mayflower II

Whit Perry - Captain of the Mayflower II
Details soon

June 10, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
Adventure and Camaraderie: The Story of Altantic Challenge

Arista Holden - Executive Director, Atlantic Challenge USA
Details soon

June 17, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
The Colonial Hurricane of 1635

Neill DePaoli, PhD - Manager, Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
Details soon

June 24, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
The Wild Horses of Old Sagadahoc

Harald Prins, PhD - Professor of Anthropology, Kansas State University
Details soon

July 8, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
European Ship Rigging
(1418-1620)

Jim Nelson - Author and Chief Rigger for Maine's First Ship
Details soon

July 15, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
An Introduction to Archeology of the Popham Colony

Ted South, PhD - MFS volunteer and Virginia crew
Details soon

July 22, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
Native American Archaeology near Casco Bay

Arthur Spiess, PhD - Maine Historic Perservation Commission
Details soon

July 29, 2026 - 7pm

2026 Lecture Series
Native American Indians, European Contact, and the Popham Colony in Perspective

Jeffrey Brain, PhD - Peabody Essex Museum
Details soon

Past Events

Event Recordings

See recordings of past lectures and videos of other events
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Lectures

2024 Lecture Series
The Making of Virginia

Jim Parmentier
Details and Recording
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
Indigenous Maritime Culture in North America

Lincoln Paine
Author and Maritime Historian
Details and Recording
Recorded

2024 Lecture Series
Designing Virginia

David B Wyman
Details and Recording
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
Onboard s/v Tifara
Martinique to the Azores and Spain

Alicia Witham
Executive Director of Maine's First Ship
Details and Recording
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
The King's Ships
Henry V and the Birth of the English Navy

Matt Blazek
Education Director of Maine's First Ship
Details
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
Bateaux to the Brits
Arnold's 1775 Expedition to Quebec

Rob Stevens
Shipwright, Maine's First Ship
Details and Recording
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
Maine's Lobster Industry
From the Indigenous Period to the Present

Seth Goldstein
South Portland Historical Society
Details and Recording
Recorded

Annual Meeting 2024

Annual Meeting to hear what is happening and elect MFS officers
Details and annual report
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