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2008 EVENTS

WILSON MUSEUM:
Open: May 27 - September 30; Daily; 2 - 5 p.m.

John Perkins House Blacksmith Shop Hearse House
July and August; Sunday & Wednesday; 2 - 5 p.m.

Group visits can be arranged by appointment.
Programs are free unless otherwise noted.
(207) 326-9247 or info@wilsonmusuem.org


Additional events will be added as
time draws closer

 

Sunday, January 27 

2:30 p.m.   
                

 

Panel Discussion: Hunting, Harvesting & Homecooking on the Bagaduce: Way Back When  Popular series with local panelists.
Co-sponsored by Bagaduce Watershed Association
Emerson Hall, Court Street

 

 

 

 

 Thursday, April 17

  

7 p.m.           



 

Lecture:  Images of Women in European Ice Age Art: from the French Caves to the Russian Plains with Dr. Randall White, Director of the Center for the Study of Human Origins NYU, Co-sponsored by the Castine Arts Association
Mitchell Room, Castine Historical Society, 17 School Street

 

 

 

 

Sunday, June 22

5:30 p.m. 

Members' Reception to view new exhibit with introductory talk by guest exhibit curator Dr. Riva Berleant
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street

 

 

 

Wednesday - Friday, June 25, 26 & 27 

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Plein-Air Painting & Drawing Workshop. Wilson Museum will be the home base for a three day workshop arranged by Barbara Mallonee
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 


 

Saturday, June 28

 
10:30 a.m. 


Eastern State Normal School Alumni Annual Reunion, music by Ellacappella, hosted by Wilson Museum
Reservations required for luncheon by June 13th
MMA, Harborview Room 

 

 

 

Sunday, July 9

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Thursday, July 10 

3 p.m.

 
Lecture: Highlights from the Wilson Museum's Textile Collection with textile consultant Lynne Bassett
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 


Friday-Tuesday, July 11-15 

 2-5 p.m.

Celebrate Castine, town wide celebration -
Wilson Museum, John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop and Hearse House open all 5 days

 

 Sunday, July 13

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Sunday, July 16

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Thursday, July 17 

 
 3 p.m.
Concert: Native American Flute Music with Hawk Henries
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

 

Wednesday, July 23

6 p.m.               
 

Concert: Yankee Brass Band
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

 

 

Wednesday & Thursday, July 23 & 24 

All day
both days

Civil War Encampment with Michael Celli
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

3 p.m. 
Thursday

Lecture on Medical Practices/Conditions during the American Civil War with Michael Celli
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street  

 

 Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27

 2-5 p.m.Eighteenth Century Encampment with the Davis family
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 
 

 

Thursday, July 31 

 3 p.m.


Lecture: African Masks and Art Used as Communication Tools with Oscar Mokeme, Director of The Museum of African Culture
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street

 

 

 

 

Saturday, August 2 

2-4 p.m. 

Opening Reception for exhibit Friends of Elizabeth O'Malley: Sketches & Paintings
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

 

Sunday, August 6

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Sunday, August 10

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Sunday, August 13

2-5 p.m.           

 

Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 
John Perkins House
As part of guided tour: $5

 

 

 

Saturday, August 16 

All day


 
Demonstration: Basic Gravestone Conservation with Independent Gravestone Conservator Jonathan Appell, Co-sponsored with the Castine Cemetery Association
Castine Cemetery, Court Street 
 

 

 

Wednesday, August 20 

2 - 5 p.m. 
Demonstration: Pickles & Preserves with Sandra Oliver
John Perkins House, 120 Perkins Street 
 

 

Monday - Wednesday, August 25, 26 & 27 

 All day

Workshop: Early Northeast Prehistoric Pottery with Charles Paquin.  This is a three day hands-on workshop on early techniques in pottery, fire-making, decoration, and other useful and necessary skills.
Shore Lot near John Perkins House, 120 Perkins Street


 

Wednesday, August 27 

 3 p.m.

Lecture: Before Champlain: Indians on Penobscot Bay with William Haviland, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Vermont
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

Thursday, August 28 

1-4 p.m. 

Workshop: Caring for Leather & Fur: The Basics with Abbe Museum Collections Manager Julia Clark
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 
 

 

 

Friday, August 29

6 p.m. 

Concert: Castine Town Band
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

 

Saturday, September 13 

 
3 p.m. 

Lecture: The Castine Coin Deposit: A Numismatic Rosetta Stone with numismatist Dr. Philip Mossman
Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins Street 

 

 

Saturday, September 27

2-5 p.m. Museum Day in conjunction with Smithsonian Magazine and as thank you to our patrons 

 



Previous Calendars
Summer 2007 Information from the 2007 Calendar of the Wilson Museum
Summer 2006 Information on Chautauqua Days and other events from 2006


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WILSON MUSEUM
Open: May 27 — September 30
Daily, 2 — 5 pm
John Perkins House BulletBlacksmith Shop BulletHearse House
July — August, Wednesday & Sunday, 2 — 5 pm
Group visits can be arranged by appointment.
(207) 326-9247   info@wilsonmuseum.org

Admission is free, except for the John Perkins House, where there are guided tours.
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