Please join us on the evening of Thursday, September 7th at 6:30pm for a talk by Dr. Richard Milstead and Carolyn Lawson, entitled “What They Wore.”
Dr. Milstead was the guest curator for the Fifth Maine Museum’s new exhibit in 2023 by the same name. The exhibit includes reproduction Civil War jackets and a reproduction nurse’s uniform, on loan from Carolyn Lawson. Both Dr. Milstead and Carolyn Lawson will share some of the historical details of these garments and how they relate to the Fifth Maine Regiment specifically.
Join us for a free concert to benefit the Fifth Maine Museum by Süpernørmål — a psychedelic band who will be conjuring ghosts! And goodness knows, we have ghosts at the Fifth Maine!
An evening of fun, friends, and bevvies as we head into autumn!
Brenda Buchanan, author of crime novels and short stories set in and around Portland, Maine, will be reading from her most recent book.
Join us the night of the full Harvest Moon, as The Hedgehogs celebrate with music, dancing, and festive refreshment!
The Fifth Maine Museum’s Harvest Supper will be on Saturday, October 7th, with seatings at 5:30pm and at 7:00pm. We’ll still have two seatings in our dining room, and we’re adding a TO GO option.
We are changing things up for our Harvest Supper this year!
Don’t worry. Your old favorites – delicious food, good friends, and the warm atmosphere of the Fifth Maine Museum dining room – will still be there.
New this year, we’ll be offering a beef chili and a vegan chili, with lots of hot sauce on the side for those who like it spicy!! Salad, cornbread, and apple crisp for dessert make this a delicious meal!
Cider and coffee provided — but you are welcome to BYOB.
Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for non-members — and must be bought prior to the event. Please email fifthmainemuseum@gmail.com or call 207-766-3330 to place an order.
When you place your order, let us know which seating you would like to attend, and if you will eat in the dining room or if you’d prefer our TO GO option. Once 60 dining room seats are sold at each time slot, only the TO GO option will be available.
DATE: Saturday, October 7th
TIME: 5:30pm and 7:00pm seatings
COST:
Member prices: $20 adults, $10 kids
Non-member prices: $25 adults, $12 kids
Kids under 3 eat free.
The price break for members makes this a great time to join the Fifth Maine Museum. Besides getting $5 off for every meal you purchase, you’ll enjoy all of our usual member perks!
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The last day that the museum is open for the 2023 season is Indigenous Peoples Day, October 9, 2023.
We can often open by appointment during the months of October and November. Feel free to inquire by calling us at 207-766-3330 or email us at fifthmainemuseum@gmail.com.
Wine Night at the Fifth Maine Museum is back with Layne Witherell, who will lead us on a romp through a series of red and white wines.
This fundraiser is a wonderful way to learn more about wine and support the Fifth!
Tickets are $75 and space is limited to 40 people. For more information or to make reservations, email Gail Kelley atfifthmainemuseum@gmail.com.
It’s our fourth annual Halloween Candy Throw Down!!
Come one! Come all!
We want to see your costumes and we’ll shower you with candy to make that happen!!
Stop by the Fifth Maine Museum between 4:30pm and 6:30pm on October 31st to try your hand at candy catching.
Peaks Island resident and landscape architect, Ann Kearsley, will present her talk entitled, “Rights of Nature” in the Fifth Maine Museum dining room.
Ann will discuss how the movement to establish legal rights for non-humans and natural systems could shape the future of our built environment, followed by a Q&A session from the audience. Please join us for this thought-provoking evening!
DATE: Thursday, October 26th
TIME: 6:30-7:30pm
PLACE: Fifth Maine Museum dining room
COST: Free
Peaks Island resident Ann Kearsley is a landscape architect and urban designer and the owner of Ann Kearsley Design based in Portland, ME. She teaches in the graduate landscape architecture program at the Rhode Island School of Design and lectures frequently on integrating ecological restoration and regenerative agricultural techniques into landscape planning, design, and construction. Her current research investigates the potential for Rights of Nature legal challenges to create a framework for a more equitable and cooperative inter-species sharing of our landscapes.