Upcoming events

October 4, 2025 9am-1pm

Fiber Day and Free Visitor Center Day

Join local fiber artists and visit us for free
Details

October 4, 2025 4pm

Midcoast Youth Center
Chili Chowder Fest

And brew fest thanks to Bath Brewing
Details

October 6, 2025 6pm

Full Moon Dinner
Fourth Annual Chinese Hotpot

Chefs Chris Toy and Jeff Mao
Details and Tickets

October 7, 2025 5:30-8pm

Local Business Gathering

Join Main Street Bath and Maine’s First Ship for an evening of connection and community.
Details

October 25, 2025 6-9pm

Maritime Music Celebration

An evening of Maine's finest seafaring music
Details and Tickets

Past Events

Event Recordings

See recordings of past lectures and videos of other events
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Lectures

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
Indigenous Maritime Culture in North America

Lincoln Paine
Author and Maritime Historian
Details and Recording
Recorded

2025 Lecture Series
New Hampshire Gundalows
Building the replica Piscataqua

Rich Clyborne
Executive Director of Gundalow Company
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

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

2024 Lecture Series
The Making of Virginia

Jim Parmentier
Details and Recording
Recorded

2024 Lecture Series
Designing Virginia

David B Wyman
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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