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  • DISCOVER
    • Basic Information
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      • Fees, Hours & Visitor Centers
      • Island Explorer Bus
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    • Stories of Acadia
    • Points of Interest
    • Visit Acadia Maps
    • Weather & Tides
    • Nature & Wildlife
  • EATING & SLEEPING
    • Hotels & Motels
    • Bed & Breakfasts
    • Inns
    • Campgrounds
    • Cottages & Cabins
    • Dining
      • Restaurants
      • Tasting & Breweries
    • Eat Local
      • Farms
      • Farmer’s Markets
      • Community Suppers
  • THINGS TO DO
    • Shop Local
    • Outdoors
      • Island Outfitters
      • Biking
      • Rock Climbing
      • Boating
        • Canoeing
        • Sea Kayaking
        • Sailing
        • Paddleboarding
      • Swimming
      • Acadia With Your Dog
      • Birding
      • Fishing
      • Leaf Peeping
      • Gardens
      • Night Skies
      • Tidepooling
      • Horseback Riding
      • Golfing & Tennis
    • Arts & Culture
      • Galleries & Local Artists
      • Music & Theater
      • Museums
    • Tours
    • For Children & Families
    • Rainy Days
    • Events
    • Spas & Wellness
      • Yoga
      • Spas & Alternative Practitioners
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      • Cross Country Skiing
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      • Snowmobiling
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Great Harbor Maritime Museum
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Great Harbor Maritime Museum

For Children & Families, Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 27, 2018

The Great Harbor Maritime Museum, in downtown Northeast Harbor, features changing exhibits. Past exhibits have included steamship transportation on Mt. Desert Island and model boat exhibitions.

Museum in the Streets, Bar Harbor, Maine
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The Museum in the Streets

Museums, Tier 1By visitacadiaadminSeptember 25, 2018

A heritage discovery trail that invites you to discover Bar Harbor’s unique story at their your pace, over the course of an afternoon or several return visits.

Islesford Historical Museum
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Islesford Historical Museum

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 25, 2018

Visitors to the museum are able to step on board the stern of a lobster boat and handle the tools used daily by fishermen; see boat models, paintings, buoys, and hooked rugs created by the fishermen and their families.

Somesville Museum & Gardens
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Somesville Historical Museum & Gardens

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 24, 2018

Constructed in 1981, the building overlooks an ancient mill pond and tranquil Somes Harbor with Sargent and Norumbega Mountains in the distance.

Old Schoolhouse Musuem, Mount Desert Island
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Sound Schoolhouse

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 23, 2018

A visit to the Sound Schoolhouse offers people of all ages an opportunity to step back in time and think about how education in a one-room school would differ from today’s schooling.

Bar Harbor Historical Society
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Bar Harbor Historical Society

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 23, 2018

The Bar Harbor Historical Society invites you to travel back in time to “old” Bar Harbor.

George B. Dorr Musuem of Natural History, Bar Harbor, Maine
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George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 23, 2018

The George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History investigates, interprets, and displays the natural world of Maine.

Wendell Gilley Musuem, Southwest Harbor, Maine
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Wendell Gilley Museum

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 23, 2018

The museum celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving.

Seal Cove Auto Museum, Maine
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Seal Cove Auto Museum

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 23, 2018

The Seal Cove Auto Museum’s collection features some of the earliest automobiles and motorcycles, as well as clothing and accessories, from 1895 through the early 1920s.

The Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
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The Abbe Museum

Museums, Tier 1, Rainy Day ActivitiesBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 22, 2018

One mission, two locations – Inspiring new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit.

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