The Curran Homestead
A Living History Farm and Museum
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The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum is a Community Education Project and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation located in Orrington, Maine. It includes a 19th-century farmstead with vegetable gardens, a functioning blacksmith shop, a growing collection of domestic and agricultural material culture, seasonal events, an oral history archive, and over 30 acres of fields and woodlands to explore. We are situated opposite a large fresh-water pond with accessibility to additional wooded trails. We offer the experience of early-20th-century life on a family farm in rural eastern Maine.

Our next event:

Saturday-Sunday, June 8-9, 2013:

 

Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser: Blowout in the Barnyard.  "One man’s trash is another man’s treasure;" come and find yours at our sale.  Please note: All items for sale have been donated for the express purpose of generating operating revenue for The Farm; none have been removed from the museum collection.

 


Past events:
         

         

     

     

Saturday, April 27, 2013; 9:30 a.m.:
Girl Scout program: "Life in Rural Maine a Century Ago." Living-history workshops at The Farm. Girl Scouts: Consult your local troop leader for details.

 

 

     

Would your group like to participate in a similar program? Please see our "Group Visits" page to find out how!


Sixteenth Annual Maple Syrup Festival and Irish Celebration

Fourth Annual "Harvest of Diamonds:"  Cutting ice on Field's Pond


Recent TV and Press Coverage:
 



See TV news coverage on NBC/WLBZ Channel 2 of our Spring Fling, an annual celebration of nature's gift of maple syrup, the Curran family's Irish ancestry, and an Easter egg hunt for the children.

The Weekly
, 28 February 2013:
"Ice Harvesting Connects Visitors to Orrington Farming History," by Brian Swartz.


See TV news coverage on ABC/WVII Channel 7 of our Fifth Annual Ice Harvest



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