Annual Meeting and Lecture by Curator Susan Hanley

Abandon Ship!  Mishaps and Maydays on Casco Bay

Our Annual Membership Meeting is this Thursday, August 13 from 5pm to 8pm. Please RSVP here. A light supper will be served on the porch starting at 5:30pm, followed by a “State of the Fifth Maine” update from the board.

Then at 7pm, we will move into the Memorial Hall for a presentation open to all. We are honored to present museum Trustee Susan Hanley as our speaker this year.

This season we are excited to open a new exhibit that focuses on shipwrecks and ship emergencies in Casco Bay. Ranging from the desperately tragic to the merely inconvenient, these incidents help the visitor understand the dangers and complications of water travel before radar, depth finders, and other navigational aids made vessels safer.

Our exhibit team has been hard at work all winter to tell the story of local shipwrecks—some famous, some relatively unknown, including one that happened on Peaks Island! How wrecks resulted in improvements in navigational aids or regulations is woven into the narrative. Hands-on elements add fun to the experience!

Congratulations and thanks go out to our exhibit team:

Guest Curator: Susan Hanley
Exhibit Designer: Eric Eaton
Project Manager: Holly Hurd-Forsyth

This exhibit is generously
sponsored by Island Lobster Co.