Friendship Museum
Museum Hours:
Last Saturday in June-Labor Day:
Monday-Saturday 1-4 p.m.
Sunday 2-4 p.m.
Labor Day-Columbus Day:
Saturday 1-4 p.m., Sunday 2-4 p.m.
The Friendship Museum is a museum of local history preserving the artifacts and documents of a traditional seafaring community. The small brick schoolhouse that houses the museum is itself a museum artifact. Measuring only 20 by 25 feet, it is a typical one-room schoolhouse of the mid-19th century. It served as a grammar school from 1851-1923.
Admission is free. Donations are welcome.
1 Martin Point Road, Friendship, Maine 04547
Click topics in the menu bar at the top of the page to access: The Collection, Off-site Display, About Friendship, Events, Oral History Project, Volunteering, Membership, Museum Store, and Directions. For additional information, you can e-mail the museum at info@friendshipmuseum.org
Upcoming events
Wednesday Night at the Movies: Home movies of Life in Friendship in the ‘50s and 60s. June 16 and August 18, 7 p.m.
The films, which have recently been given to the museum, are from the collection of Carlton Simmons--a founding member of the Friendship Sloop Society, former Friendship Post Master, boat builder, and amateur film maker. They are being shown at the Town Office.
The program on August 18 will honor the 50th anniversary of the Friendship Sloop Society, with movies of early Friendship sloop races. Refreshments will be served.
Annual Meeting: August 18, 6:30 p.m, at the Town Office
A short meeting will be held be held prior to the movies of the Friendship sloop races in order to vote on the proposed slate of officers for the 2011 calendar year.
