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A Photo Gallery from our recent Summer S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) History Camp at 19th Century Curran Village, July 18-22, 2022
This past July 18-22 , 19th Century Curran Village hosted its’ first week-long summer S.T.E.A.M. history camp. Our program included the following: Alexander Calder-esque Wire Figure Circus Sculpture with artist Ann Thompson, Biddeford, ME Foot Treadle Sewing Machine with Susan Howard (Project: Cinch Bag Made with Fat Quarters) Cyanotypes with artifacts and found objects with…
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Our Ice Harvest Event on Saturday, February 5, 2022, 10AM-3PM is CANCELLED due to the Winter Storm.
After already postponing the Ice Harvest event originally scheduled for January 29; we are cancelling our free public Ice Harvest Event scheduled for Saturday, February 5. We will harvest ice during the coming week so that we can fill our Ice House for programming this coming spring and summer, but this will not be the…
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Register for our Blacksmith For A Day Workshop
Saturday, January 29, 2022, 9-4, Blacksmith For a Day Workshop. Learn the basics of metal forging in this beginner’s or refresher for the initiated’s workshop. Safety, materials, coal fired forging or propane forging, methods and technique are addressed in our museum blacksmith shop under instruction from our longtime blacksmith Dwight King. Make “J” hooks and…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
On behalf of our Board of Directors and our Museum Director we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We have had a long separation from you and you from us, but we hope you are looking forward to 19th Century Curran Village’s re-opening in 2022. We wish you good health and a pleasant holiday as we…
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Our Evolving Archives and the Richard B. Bronson Circus Collection
This summer (2021) for had the good fortune of receiving two significant donations of archival materials. John Bragg and Jonathan Eames of the one time family owned N.H. Bragg & Son Company, founded in Bangor, Maine in 1853, donated a number of late 19th century ephemera as well as some catalogs from the retailer in…
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Silent Auction Offering to Benefit 19th Century Curran Village
Silent Auction Offering: One Week Get-Away,March 19-26, 2021, Friday to Friday, Week #12 atthe Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine, OneBedroom Condo Unit with Pull-Out Couch, Kitchen,Dining, Living Room Area, Value: $800.Starting Bid: $275Arrive by 2PM, Unit #602, 220 Warrenton St., Rockport, ME, (207) 594-2511Place your bid by Email — klmarsters@gmail.com —by February 26 for achance to…
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Update on Upcoming Events & Programs
19th Century Curran Village has resumed its’ worshop schedule after nearly a year. All our events and programs will observe social distancing and require face masks. Our scheduled January 30 & 31 Blacksmithing: Make a Knife is CANCELLED; we are offering another date soon. There will be a Make a Propane Burning Blacksmithing Forge Workshop…
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Happy Thanksgiving 2020
On behalf of our Board of Directors and our Museum Director we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We have had a long separation from you and you from us but we hope you have thought of 19th Century Curran Village in Orrington and Holden, Maine. We wish you good health and a pleasant holiday as…
The Curran Homestead Village Museum is currently open by appointment and scheduled programs only. Please contact us to plan your visit.
