Month: May 2024

In conjunction with the new Orrington Farmers’ Market located at the Museum each Sunday, 2-6PM, some of the museum will be open (Free Admission). This will include the Letterpress Office and the Blacksmith Shop. Demonstrations will be ongoing at both. Learn about future letterpress printing workshops and blacksmithing workshops ( there is a Weekend Knifemaking Workshop coming up; see the “adult workshops” webpage on this website or consult our Facebook page “Events”. Carousel rides ($5) will be given at 2:30, 3:30, and 4:30.

There will be Museum activity in conjunction with the Orrington Farmers’ Market (2-6PM). The Letterpress Office and weather permitting some wood splitting with our recently donated Clark Foundry, Maine made splitter powered with a Fairbanks Morse “one lunger” engine. The Carousel will run at 2:30, 3:30, & 4:30.
Ticket cost ( Purchase at the Carousel Building ) is $5.

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Museum is offering a Coal Fired Forging: Blacksmithing Workshop with Instructor Dwight King, This will be from 2-5pm. The cost is $65. Bring a 2.5-3lb. hammer, safety eyewear, wear natural fiber clothes and footwear, gloves (optional), and earplugs (optional). Pay to register by calling: 207-205-4849. You should call by Wednesday.

The independent Orrington Farmers’ Market will be Sunday, May 19; it will consistently be every Sunday 2-6PM until the second week of October. The Market is evolving and new vendors will be added each week.

The Museum will offer Carousel Rides at 3, 4, and 5 for a ticket price of $5. The Museum will have one or more buildings open to the public depending on available volunteers. Donations welcome. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit entirely dependent on private donations and contributions, We are currently an all volunteer organization.

Recently, we started offering a $65 Beginning Blacksmithing Class on Friday Nights, but we plan to start offering this same 3-Hour Class on Sundays during the Orrington Farmers’ Market ( an independent entity).

This Sunday, May 12, 2-6PM the Museum will have several of its building open and hopefully active with volunteers sharing the past. The Letterpress Office will be open, and you might participate in operating a proof press. The Carousel will be operating (2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30 & 5) and we will be charging a $5 fee for a ride, although the other Museum activities will be free to the public. One great pastime for the kids might be our huge Victorian dollhouse in the Country Store; we have seen many kids get lost in play with this new offering.