Upcoming events

April 22, 2023 9-noon

17th Century Foodways

Free demonstration of 17 Century cooking
Outside the Bath Freight Shed
Details

April 22, 2023 12:30-2pm

17th Century Lunch

Join us for a 17th Century Lunch
Only 30 tickets available
Details and Tickets soon

April 24, 2023 5:15-7pm

Bath Tourism Industry Night

5:15-6pm Tour
6-7 Social at Freight Shed
Details

Past Events

Launch Virginia

Join us to celebrate the launch of the pinnace Virginia at the Bath Freight Shed.
Details and Videos
Recorded

Virginia's First Voyage

Virginia goes to Wiscasset
Details and Images
Complete

Annual Meeting 2023

View Annual Report and MFS video
Annual Report and Video
Complete

Maine's First People
Women Who Paddled the Waterways

Bunny McBride, author
Details and video
Recorded

Samoset the Wawenock: Indigenous-Settler Relations in the 17th Century

Jody Bachelder, author
Details and video
Recorded

Picturing Maine's Indigenous Context
Colonialism and the Penobscot

Liam Riordan, Professor of History, U Maine
Details and video
Recorded

Tribes and their Interactions with the Ship Builders

John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Confederacy
Details and video
Recorded

Tall Ships America
50 Years of Education at Sea

Nick Hardisty, historian
Details and video
Recorded

The Nature Conservancy
History, Justice, and Collaborative Conservation

Kate Dempsey
Details and video
Recorded

Early English Voyages to the New World

Margaret J. Wilson, author of Norembega Navigators
Details and video
Recorded

The Popham Colony
Where Fact Meets Fiction

Richard deVillers Seymour, author
Details and video
Recorded

English and Wabanaki Watercraft
Tools of Trade, Diplomacy, and War

Neill DePaoli
Details and video
Recorded

Bath Winterfest at Maine's First Ship

Baked Bean Supper and Midcoast Cocktail Contest
Details

Full Moon Dinner

Chinese Hot Pots with fresh local produce
Chris Toy and Jeff Mao
Details
Complete

Fiber Day Talk
Connecting with the Modern Maya

Lori Benson
Maine Craft Weekend
Details and video
Recorded

The 500 million year geologic history of Casco Bay

David West, Department of Geology, Middlebury College
Details and Video
Recorded

The Diseased Ship: New England Sea Captains and the Slave Trade

Meadow Dibble, Maine Humanities Council Sponsored Speaker
Details and Video
Recorded

Founding Fish - 17th Century Cod Fishing

Mike Dekker, Author and Historian
Details and Video
Recorded

The Conservation of Fort St George Artifacts

Molly O'Ginness Carlson, Objects Conservator
Details and Video
Recorded

Women's Shipbuilding Day

Join our shipwright Rob Stevens for a day of fun with tools and friends.
Details
Complete

Fiber Day

Maine Craft Weekend
Details
Complete